#89

Jerell Adams

Former tight end at South Carolina. 2015: 28 catches, 421 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · South Carolina · #89

6′6″ · Pinewood, SC

New York — drafted 2016, Rd 6, Pick 9, #184 overall

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 401 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at South Carolina. 2015: 28 catches, 421 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2011.
Drafted round 6 by the New York in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at South Carolina, 700 receiving yards — drafted at #184 overall by New York.

His career

2011

Signed with South Carolina3-star out of Scotts Branch

2012

Signed with South Carolina4-star out of Fork Union Military Academy

2016

Drafted by New Yorkround 6, pick 184

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#401 national

CFB

College

South Carolina

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #184

New York · 2016

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 11th NFL season

#184Rd 6 · Pick 9

New YorkEntering 11th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Steve Spurrier — 10-15 over that span.

2014South Carolina7-6HC: Steve Spurrier · Balanced

2015South Carolina3-9HC: Steve Spurrier · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (86th percentile). Strength: rec yards (84th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#16 / 119 · 86th pct

15.0

Rec yards#20 / 119 · 84th pct

421

Receptions#29 / 119 · 76th pct

Rec TDs#32 / 119 · 63rd pct

Long catch#54 / 119 · 54th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	50.0	14.5	0.2
Road5g	1.6	24.2	16.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.1	33.1	17.1	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	47.2	12.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	South Carolina	28	421	15.0	3	--
2014	South Carolina	21	279	13.3	1	--
Career		49	700	14.3	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2015

W 17–13

vs North Carolina

2 rec · 18 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With S. Kelly — 17 rush yds (1 car) · C. Mitch — 122 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 49.0 · 44 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 17-13vs North Carolina	2	18	9.0	0	16
Wk 2	L 22-26vs Kentucky	3	52	17.3	1	33
Wk 3	L 20-52@ Georgia	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 4	W 31-14vs UCF	3	47	15.7	0	17
Wk 5	L 10-24@ Missouri	3	32	10.7	0	21
Wk 6	L 24-45@ LSU	1	36	36.0	1	36
Wk 7	W 19-10vs Vanderbilt	2	32	16.0	0	25
Wk 9	L 28-35@ Texas A&M	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 10	L 24-27@ Tennessee	2	37	18.5	1	30
Wk 11	L 14-24vs Florida	4	46	11.5	0	18
Wk 12	L 22-23vs The Citadel	6	105	17.5	0	30	Season-high 105 yds
Total		28	421	15.3	3	36

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology