Usage / Role
19%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021UL Monroe
Adam Sparks
DB • 6'0" • 175 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Adam Sparks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30 disruption score.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Missouri
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Missouri • UL Monroe
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Player Story
Adam Sparks built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 14, spending time with Missouri and UL Monroe. The clearest part of Adam Sparks' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Missouri
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Adam Sparks, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Missouri. Adam Sparks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 147
- TFL
- 6
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 12
Quick Answers
Adam Sparks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UL Monroe · DB
- Career Tackles
- 147
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Missouri
- Top game
- West Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Dutchtown · Missouri
- High school pipeline
- Dutchtown · 21 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 48 tackles · DB 144th (top 16%) · Sun Belt 52nd (top 12%) · National 648th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Missouri | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 40.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Missouri | 11 | 31 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 40.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Missouri | 8 | 38 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Missouri | 6 | 17 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 26.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Missouri | 4 | 10 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 27.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 8 | 48 | - | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 43.8 |
Related Context
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Adam Sparks played DB for Missouri and UL Monroe. Across 5 tracked seasons, Adam Sparks recorded 147 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UL Monroe.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Missouri paired 6.5 primary output with 27.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, UL Monroe.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2019 Regular Season · Missouri
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
17.7
Usage
3.7
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 3.5. Southeast Missouri State: 0. Troy: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Georgia: 0. Tennessee: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. West Virginia: 5 by 55.8. Southeast Missouri State: 3 by 12.5. Troy: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
55.8 vs West Virginia
Player Story
Adam Sparks story
Adam Sparks built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 14, spending time with Missouri and UL Monroe. The clearest part of Adam Sparks' career was his defensive production: 147 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 12 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Adam Sparks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Missouri
2017-2020
Opening stop
- 2
UL Monroe
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Missouri | 7 | 19.2 | 3.3 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Missouri | 7 | 19.2 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Missouri | 6.5 | 27.9 | 5.8 | -0.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Missouri | 3.5 | 17.7 | 3.7 | -3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Missouri | 2 | 15.4 | 2.1 | -1.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 4 | 30 | 4.6 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs West Virginia
Week 2 · W 38-7
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
@ Kentucky
Week 1 · L 10-45
1
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Wyoming
Week 2 · W 40-13
2
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Troy
Week 4 · W 29-16 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
68.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Arkansas
Week 13 · W 48-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
59.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Missouri
6.5 primary output · 27.9 efficiency · 5.8 usage
54.4
#2
2021 Regular Season · UL Monroe
43.8
4 primary · 30 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Missouri
40.6
7 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
5
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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