Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016UCLA
Ishmael Adams
WR • 5'8" • Woodland Hills, CA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Ishmael Adams reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Ishmael Adams built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Woodland Hills, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Ishmael Adams' career was his return-game role:...
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- Committed To
- UCLA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Ishmael Adams, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · UCLA. Ishmael Adams reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 178
- Receptions
- 20
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Ishmael Adams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 178
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Oaks Christian · UCLA
- High school pipeline
- Oaks Christian · 30 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2016
- 2016 Receiving yards rank
- 178 receiving yards · WR 477th (top 49%) · Pac-12 71st (top 39%) · National 645th (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Postseason | UCLA | 7 | - | 0 | 0 | 50.1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 7 | - | 0 | 0 | 50.1 |
| 2014 Postseason | UCLA | 12 | - | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | - | 0 | 3 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 7 | - | 0 | 1 | 100 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 11 | 20 | 178 | 0 | 59.7 |
Related Context
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Ishmael Adams played WR for UCLA. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ishmael Adams recorded 32 rushing yards, 178 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
UCLA paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 60.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
16.2
Efficiency
60.8
Usage
9.5
Consistency
46.5
Best Game by takeover score
UNLV
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 10. UNLV: 41. BYU: 32. Stanford: 24. Arizona: 11. Washington State: 15. Utah: 29. Colorado: 12. Oregon State: 0. USC: 0. California: 4
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. Texas A&M: 1 by 66.7. UNLV: 4 by 68.3. BYU: 2 by 100. Stanford: 2 by 80. Arizona: 2 by 36.7. Washington State: 2 by 50. Utah: 5 by 38.7. Colorado: 1 by 80. California: 1 by 26.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins21 · Games = 4 · +7.6 vs Losses
Losses13.4 · Games = 7 · -7.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
UNLV
Best efficiency game
100 vs BYU
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | @ California | L 10-36 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 11/20 | vs USC | L 14-36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Oregon State | W 38-24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 11/4 | @ Colorado | L 10-20 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Utah | L 45-52 | — | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 5.80 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 10/16 | @ Washington State | L 21-27 | — | 2 | 15 | 5 | 7.50 | 0 | 13 |
| Sun 10/2 | vs Arizona | W 45-24 | — | 2 | 11 | 8.3 | 5.50 | 0 | 7 |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Stanford | L 13-22 | — | 2 | 24 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| Sun 9/18 | @ BYU | W 17-14 | — | 2 | 32 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| Sun 9/11 | vs UNLV | W 42-21 | — | 4 | 41 | 9.6 | 10.30 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Texas A&M | L 24-31 | — | 1 | 10 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Player Story
Ishmael Adams story
Ishmael Adams built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Woodland Hills, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Ishmael Adams' career was his return-game role: 2,144 return yards and 1 return touchdown across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with UCLA. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 32 rushing yards and 178 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCLA.
The arc is straightforward: Ishmael Adams 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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UCLA
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Postseason | UCLA | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | UCLA | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 178 | 60.8 | 9.5 | 178 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 2 · W 42-21
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
41
Receiving Yards
74.7 takeover
41 receiving yards with a 68.3 efficiency score.
#2
@ BYU
Week 3 · W 17-14
32
Receiving Yards
67.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
32 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Stanford
Week 4 · L 13-22 · Conference game
24
Receiving Yards
58.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
24 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
#4
vs Utah
Week 8 · L 45-52 · Conference game
29
Receiving Yards
50.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
29 receiving yards with a 38.7 efficiency score.
#5
@ Colorado
Week 10 · L 10-20 · Conference game
12
Receiving Yards
43.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
12 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · UCLA
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2016 Regular Season · UCLA
59.7
178 primary · 60.8 efficiency · 9.5 usage
#3
2013 Postseason · UCLA
50.1
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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