Player Dossier

2023-2025

Eastern Michigan

Jefferson Adam

DL • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Ypsilanti, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jefferson Adam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

37%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

65

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Iowa State • Eastern Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: St. Francis (PA)

Player Story

Jefferson Adam built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Ypsilanti, MI wearing No. 85, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Iowa State. The clearest part of Jefferson Adam's...

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Jefferson Adam, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Jefferson Adam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
26
TFL
6.5
Sacks
4.5

Quick Answers

Jefferson Adam quick answers

Latest team and position
Eastern Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
26
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Top game
St. Francis (PA)
Latest roster
No. 85 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan11266.54.5--047.5
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan00-0--0-

Related Context

Jefferson Adam played DL for Iowa State and Eastern Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jefferson Adam recorded 26 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Eastern Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Eastern Michigan paired 11 primary output with 19.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.8 efficiency.

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Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa State, Eastern Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: St. Francis (PA)

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

19.8

Usage

5.3

Consistency

25.8

Best Game by takeover score

St. Francis (PA)

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Massachusetts: 0. Washington: 0. Jacksonville State: 0.5. St. Francis (PA): 4. Kent State: 0. Miami (OH): 0.5. Central Michigan: 3. Akron: 0.5. Ohio: 0.5. Buffalo: 2. Western Michigan: 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. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Washington: 2 by 8.3. Jacksonville State: 3 by 17.5. St. Francis (PA): 3 by 52.5. Kent State: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 2 by 13.3. Central Michigan: 3 by 42.5. Akron: 1 by 9.2. Ohio: 3 by 17.5. Buffalo: 2 by 28.3. Western Michigan: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.5 · Games = 5 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

St. Francis (PA)

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs St. Francis (PA)

Result
Sat 11/30@ Western MichiganL 18-2633000
Thu 11/21vs BuffaloSplash gameL 20-3721110
Thu 11/14@ OhioL 10-35320.5000
Sat 10/26@ AkronL 21-25100.5000
Sat 10/19vs Central MichiganSplash gameW 38-34311.501.500
Sat 10/12vs Miami (OH)L 14-38200.5000
Sat 9/28@ Kent StateW 52-3322000
Sat 9/21vs St. Francis (PA)2+ sacks · Splash gameW 36-033220
Sat 9/14vs Jacksonville StateW 37-34310.5000
Sat 9/7@ WashingtonL 9-3021000
Sat 8/31@ MassachusettsW 28-1422000

Player Story

Jefferson Adam story

Jefferson Adam built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Ypsilanti, MI wearing No. 85, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Iowa State. The clearest part of Jefferson Adam's career was his defensive production: 26 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Eastern Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jefferson Adam's production has multiple signals. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Eastern Michigan and Iowa State.

The arc is straightforward: Jefferson Adam moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Iowa State

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Eastern Michigan

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State0
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan1119.85.311
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan0-11

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs St. Francis (PA)

Week 4 · W 36-0

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Central Michigan

Week 8 · W 38-34 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

71.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Buffalo

Week 13 · L 20-37 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

47.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Akron

Week 9 · L 21-25 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

27 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 27 takeover score.

#5

@ Ohio

Week 12 · L 10-35 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

26.7 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

11 primary output · 19.8 efficiency · 5.3 usage

47.5

#2

2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games