Senior tight end for South Carolina. 2022: 13 catches, 168 receiving yards.
6′3″ · 252 lb · Knoxville, TN
The story
4 tight end for South Carolina. 2022: 13 catches, 168 receiving yards.
Nate Adkins
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Nate Adkins arrived at South Carolina from East Tennessee State. One game to point at: 78 rec yds, 5 receptions against Notre Dame — Bowl, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at South Carolina, 168 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec tds (8th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 25.0 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 34.0 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 26.7 | 8.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 29.3 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | South Carolina | 13 | 168 | 12.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 13 | 168 | 12.9 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022
W 63–38
vs Tennessee
2 rec · 20 yds
Dominant 25-point win at home against Tennessee.
With S. Rattler — 438 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.9 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · J. Vann — 2 rec · 78 yds · 2 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 7-48vs Georgia | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 50-10vs South Carolina State | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-27@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 63-38vs Tennessee | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-30@ Clemson | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 0 | 32 | |
| Bowl | L 38-45vs Notre Dame | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 0 | 24 | |
| Total | 13 | 168 | 9.8 | 0 | 32 |
Play style
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Brady Russell’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Holmes's senior season at Kent State (2023).
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Player DNA