Keion Adams: DE · Western Michigan · #1.
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Keion Adams
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Buffalo — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 18 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Western Michigan | 49 | 34 | 18.0 | 7.5 |
| Career | 49 | 34 | 18.0 | 7.5 |
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 · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 22-21@ Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 70-21vs North Carolina Central | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-10@ Illinois | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-31vs Georgia Southern | 8 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 49-10@ Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-30vs Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-0@ Akron | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-31vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-20@ Ball State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-21@ Kent State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-0vs Buffalo | 6 | 6 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 13 | W 55-35vs Toledo | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 14 | W 29-23vs Ohio | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 16-24vs No. 8 Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 34 | 18.0 | 7.5 | — | 0 |
Week 13 · 2016
W 55-35
vs Toledo
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out Toledo at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
15%8 sacksTFL rate
37%18 TFLHurry rate
24%12 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
38%8 of 20 pressures49 tackles · 18 for loss · 7.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
37.9%
378 pass / 620 run
Plays / game
71.3
14 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
382 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
49 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Western Michigan, 8 sacks — drafted at #248 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under P.J. Fleck.
Next stop · NFL
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 10th NFL season
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 10th NFL season
