Jamal Adams: S · LSU · #33.
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Jamal Adams
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The two seasons at LSU span two head coaches: Les Miles and Ed Orgeron. The first career honor came in 2016: All-America (CBS). A game that shows it: 13 tackles against Auburn — Week 4, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
76 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 7.5 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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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-16vs Wisconsin | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-13vs Jacksonville State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-20vs Mississippi State | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-18@ Auburn | 13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 42-7vs Missouri | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-10vs Southern Miss | 11 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-21vs No. 23 Ole Miss | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 0-10vs No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10@ Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-16vs No. 21 Florida | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 54-39@ No. 22 Texas A&M | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 29-9vs No. 15 Louisville | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 76 | 42 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
76tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%8 TFL76 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 1 sack · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 7.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ed Orgeron
Pass share
39.6%
298 pass / 455 run
Plays / game
62.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
320 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
76 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Career, closed
Gone at #6 overall.
How it ended
Two seasons at LSU, 76 tackles — drafted at #6 overall by the New York Jets.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Ed Orgeron. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
New York JetsEntering 10th NFL season
New York JetsEntering 10th NFL season
