Rodney Adams

#87 · WR · South Florida6′1″ · St. Petersburg, FL · Lakewood

Rodney Adams: WR · South Florida · #87.

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Rodney Adams

WR · South Florida · #87

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Third year in the same receiving corps at South Florida. A game that shows it: 115 receiving yards and 86 rushing yards against Memphis — Week 11, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

South Florida in the news

USF secures bowl eligibilityNov 1

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	South Florida	67	822	12.3	5	84
2015	South Florida	45	822	18.3	9	68
2014	South Florida	23	323	14.0	2	67
Career		135	1,967	14.6	16	84

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-20vs Towson	2	20	10.0	0	15
Wk 2	W 48-17vs Northern Illinois	5	66	13.2	1	26
Wk 3	W 45-20@ Syracuse	4	67	16.8	1	31
Wk 4	L 35-55vs No. 13 Florida State	1	84	84.0	1	84
Wk 5	W 45-20@ Cincinnati	6	66	11.0	0	28
Wk 6	W 38-22vs East Carolina	7	113	16.1	1	62
Wk 7	W 42-27vs UConn	7	43	6.1	0	31
Wk 8	L 30-46@ Temple	2	43	21.5	0	30
Wk 9	W 52-45vs No. 22 Navy	7	54	7.7	0	19
Wk 11	W 49-42@ Memphis	8	115	14.4	1	49	Season-high 115 yds
Wk 12	W 35-27@ SMU	2	6	3.0	0	6
Wk 13	W 48-31vs UCF	9	78	8.7	0	25
Bowl	W 46-39vs South Carolina	7	67	9.6	0	21
Total		67	822	12.3	5	84

Signature game

Week 11 · 2016

W 49-42

at Memphis

8 rec · 115 yds · 1 TD · 86 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Memphis on the road in a shootout.

With Q. Flowers — 263 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.7 · 210 rush yds (20 car) · 3 TD · J. Hernandez — 37.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 43 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Memphis · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +6.97Rodney Adams run for 92 yds for a TD, (Brandon Behr KICK) MEMPHIS Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined
Week 4 · Florida State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.58Quinton Flowers pass complete to Rodney Adams for 84 yds for a TD, (Emilio Nadelman KICK)
Week 6 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.95Flowers to Adams: a 62-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.76Quinton Flowers pass complete to Rodney Adams for 49 yds for a TD, (Brandon Behr KICK)
Week 3 · Syracuse · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +3.11Quinton Flowers pass complete to Rodney Adams for 27 yds for a TD, (Emilio Nadelman KICK)
Week 1 · South Carolina · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.89Quinton Flowers pass complete to Rodney Adams for 16 yds to the SCaro 44 for a

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Week 3 · Syracuse · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Rodney Adams run for 9 yds for a TD, (Emilio Nadelman KICK)
Week 5 · Cincinnati · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.73Quinton Flowers pass complete to Rodney Adams for 18 yds to the SFla 45 for a
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Flowers to Adams: a 26-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.60Rodney Adams run for 19 yds for a TD, (Emilio Nadelman KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (99th percentile). Strength: rush yards (97th percentile). Concern: epa / target (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#223 / 674 · 67th pct

71.8%

Explosive rate#338 / 674 · 49th pct

11.5%

TD rate#377 / 674 · 43rd pct

3.8%

Yards / catch#393 / 674 · 42nd pct

11.7

EPA / target#607 / 674 · 10th pct

0.18

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

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

91st → 10th percentile

Explosive rate

97th → 49th percentile

Catch rate

49th → 67th percentile

TD rate

96th → 43rd percentile

Yards / catch

95th → 42nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road5g	4.4	59.4	13.3	0.4

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

2016 season

Head Coach

Willie Taggart

Pass share

39.0%

358 pass / 559 run

Plays / game

70.5

13 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

352 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

67 catches and 23 carries in 13 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Rodney Adams

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons, two schools, drafted

2013

2017