Player Dossier

2012-2015

South Carolina

Jerell Adams

TE • 6'6" • Pinewood, SC, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Jerell Adams reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

40

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

54

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: The Citadel

Player Story

Jerell Adams built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a tight end from Pinewood, SC wearing No. 89, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Jerell Adams' career was his receiving role: 66...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8751

Scotts Branch · Summerton, SC

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2016
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 9
Overall
No. 184
NFL Team
New York Giants

Jerell Adams, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · South Carolina. Jerell Adams reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
977
Receptions
66
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Jerell Adams quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · TE
Career Receiving Yards
977
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · South Carolina
Top game
The Citadel
Recruit profile
3-star · Scotts Branch · South Carolina
High school pipeline
Scotts Branch · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2016 · Round 6 · Pick 9 · New York Giants
Latest roster
No. 89 · Class 2015
2015 Receiving yards rank
421 receiving yards · TE 20th (top 7%) · SEC 28th (top 13%) · National 298th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina4490151.8
2013 PostseasonSouth Carolina7317146.7
2013 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina710170146.7
2014 PostseasonSouth Carolina815058.9
2014 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina820274158.9
2015 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1128421375.5

Related Context

Jerell Adams played TE for South Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jerell Adams recorded 977 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with South Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

South Carolina paired 421 primary output with 83.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 83.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: The Citadel

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2015 Regular Season · South Carolina

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

38.3

Efficiency

83.1

Usage

15.6

Consistency

66.6

Best Game by takeover score

The Citadel

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 18. Kentucky: 52. Georgia: 15. UCF: 47. Missouri: 32. LSU: 36. Vanderbilt: 32. Texas A&M: 1. Tennessee: 37. Florida: 46. The Citadel: 105

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. North Carolina: 2 by 60. Kentucky: 3 by 100. Georgia: 1 by 100. UCF: 3 by 100. Missouri: 3 by 71.1. LSU: 1 by 100. Vanderbilt: 2 by 100. Texas A&M: 1 by 6.7. Tennessee: 2 by 100. Florida: 4 by 76.7. The Citadel: 6 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins32.3 · Games = 3 · -8.2 vs Losses
Losses40.5 · Games = 8 · +8.2 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

The Citadel

Best efficiency game

100 vs The Citadel

Result
Sat 11/21vs The Citadel100 receiving yardsL 22-23610517.517.50030
Sat 11/14vs FloridaL 14-2444611.511.50018
Sat 11/7@ TennesseeL 24-2723718.518.50130
Sat 10/31@ Texas A&ML 28-35111101
Sat 10/17vs VanderbiltW 19-102321616025
Sat 10/10@ LSUL 24-451363636136
Sat 10/3@ MissouriL 10-2433210.710.70021
Sat 9/26vs UCFW 31-1434715.715.70017
Sat 9/19@ GeorgiaL 20-521151515015
Sat 9/12vs KentuckyL 22-2635217.317.30133
Thu 9/3vs North CarolinaW 17-1321899016

Player Story

Jerell Adams story

Jerell Adams built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a tight end from Pinewood, SC wearing No. 89, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Jerell Adams' career was his receiving role: 66 catches, 977 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Jerell Adams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    South Carolina

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220132013201420142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina90956.2
2013 PostseasonSouth Carolina18767.38.797
2013 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina18767.38.70
2014 PostseasonSouth Carolina27972.212.292
2014 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina27972.212.20
2015 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina42183.115.6142

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs The Citadel

Week 12 · L 22-23

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

105

Receiving Yards

90.4 takeover

105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Furman

Week 8 · W 41-10

91

Receiving Yards

87.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

91 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Kentucky

Week 6 · W 35-28 · Conference game

50

Receiving Yards

79 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

50 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs UCF

Week 4 · W 31-14

47

Receiving Yards

76 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

47 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Missouri

Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game

48

Receiving Yards

74.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

48 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · South Carolina

421 primary output · 83.1 efficiency · 15.6 usage

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#2

2014 Postseason · South Carolina

58.9

279 primary · 72.2 efficiency · 12.2 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · South Carolina

58.9

279 primary · 72.2 efficiency · 12.2 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games