Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 71-3vs Nicholls | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#2
Adrian Maddox
Senior safety on Kansas State's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 194 lb · Conyers, GA · Heritage
CFB Index 56 · #212 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceTransferred Georgia → Kansas State for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 safety on Kansas State's 2026 roster.
- Transferred from Georgia to Kansas State in 2026.
Adrian Maddox
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across three seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Trent Dilfer, Kirby Smart and Collin Klein. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Nicholls — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
202411 games
- Entered the portal
20253 games
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024–2025
Kansas State
2026era →
Collin Klein
Kansas State
Coaching transition mid-career: Chris Klieman → Collin Klein. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Kansas State
2025Georgia
2026Kansas State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024UAB3-9HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced
2025Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning
2026Kansas State2-0HC: Collin Klein · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 1.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Collin Klein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
56 · #212 of 537 safeties
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Georgia | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | UAB | 44 | 30 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 49 | 35 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 71–3
vs Nicholls
1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD
Dominant 68-point win at home against Nicholls.
With A. Johnson — 199 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 23 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · B. White — 7 rush yds (1 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Dezjhon Malone’s 2023 season.
81%match
Matches Dezjhon on
Tackle volume
Class year
Weight
Differs from Dezjhon on
Height (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Hugh Nelson's sophomore season at Hawai'i (2022).
Matches Hugh on
TFL rate
PD rate
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like Adrian Maddox
Background
CAREER HONORS • 2023 Aeneas Williams Award watch list • 2022 Jerry Rice Award finalist 2025 AT UNIV. OF GEORGIA: Appeared in four games, seeing time on 67 defensive snaps over the Marshall, Austin Peay, Kentucky and Ole Miss games, the latter being the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the...
The secondary · Kansas State
- #25Zashon Rich57 tackles · 2025
- Koy Beasley40 tackles · 2025
- #18Wesley Fair36 tackles · 2025
- #9Donovan McIntosh33 tackles · 2025
- #2Adrian Maddox4 tackles · 2025
18 more on the roster · Kansas State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology