Armani Adams: S · Western Michigan · #30.
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Armani Adams
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The six seasons span two programs and four head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Willie Taggart, Tom Herman and Lance Taylor. First career honor, 2022: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Bethune-Cookman — Week 3, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Western Michigan | 21 | 11 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | 69 | 43 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | Florida Atlantic | 27 | 15 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Florida Atlantic | 18 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 148 | 92 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 8 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-28@ Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-56@ No. 2 Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 59-31vs Bethune-Cookman | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-27@ Marshall | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-42@ Ball State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-41@ Buffalo | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-21vs Kent State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 23-30vs South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 11 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
21tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFL21 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Pass share
40.6%
323 pass / 473 run
Plays / game
61.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Florida Atlantic and Western Michigan, 148 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 46 games over six seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Lane Kiffin, Willie Taggart, Tom Herman and Lance Taylor.
