#87

Rodney Adams

Former wide receiver at South Florida. 2016: 67 catches, 822 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · South Florida · #87

6′1″ · St. Petersburg, FL

Minnesota — drafted 2017, Rd 5, Pick 27, #170 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 363 nationally · Signed with Toledo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at South Florida. 2016: 67 catches, 822 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Toledo in 2013.
Drafted round 5 by the Minnesota in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at South Florida, 1,967 receiving yards — drafted at #170 overall by Minnesota.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 147 yds vs Temple.Temple · W 44-232015

2013

Signed with Toledo3-star out of Lakewood

2017

Drafted by Minnesotaround 5, pick 170

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#363 national

CFB

College

South Florida

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #170

Minnesota · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Willie Taggart

South Florida

Played his entire career under Willie Taggart.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 10th NFL season

#170Rd 5 · Pick 27

MinnesotaEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Willie Taggart — 23-15 over that span.

2014South Florida4-8HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

2015South Florida8-5HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2016South Florida11-2HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (99th percentile). Strength: rush yards (97th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (2nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#3 / 257 · 99th pct

Rush yards#7 / 257 · 97th pct

231

Long catch#24 / 524 · 95th pct

Receptions#48 / 524 · 91st pct

Rec yards#73 / 524 · 86th pct

822

Rec TDs#108 / 524 · 75th pct

Yards / catch#314 / 524 · 40th pct

12.3

Fumbles lost#211 / 216 · 2nd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.4	65.4	20.8	0.4
Road6g	4.8	60.7	12.7	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.9	65.8	20.9	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	59.2	11.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	South Florida	67	822	12.3	5	--
2015	South Florida	45	822	18.3	9	--
2014	South Florida	23	323	14.0	2	--
Career		135	1,967	14.6	16	--

Season	Team
2016	South Florida	23	231	534	--	--
2015	South Florida	10	81	466	--	--
2014	South Florida	5	52	121	--	--
Career		38	364	1,121	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016

W 56–20

vs Towson

37 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 36-point win at home against Towson.

With Q. Flowers — 178 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.3 · 46 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · J. Hernandez — 38 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week