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| Positions | Wide receiver,kickoff returner | ||||||||
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| Born | (1989-11-22)November 22, 1989 (age 36) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Central Arkansas Christian(North Little Rock, Arkansas) | ||||||||
| College | Arkansas | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2012: 4th round, 104th overall pick | ||||||||
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Joe Adams (born November 22, 1989) is an American former professionalfootball player who was awide receiver for theCarolina Panthers of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theArkansas Razorbacks, earning consensusAll-American honors in 2011. He was selected by the Panthers in the fourth round of the2012 NFL draft.
Adams was born inLittle Rock, Arkansas. Encouraged by his mother Charlotte Allmon, he finished his secondary education atCentral Arkansas Christian High School inNorth Little Rock, Arkansas.[1]
Adams attended theUniversity of Arkansas, where he played for theRazorbacks from 2008 to 2011. Initially, the four-star receiver had verbally committed to play for theUSC Trojans, but switched to Arkansas afterBobby Petrino was hired in December 2007. Adams was a three-year starter at wide receiver, and a four-year starter as Arkansas' mainpunt returner. As a senior in 2011, he was recognized as a consensus first-teamAll-SEC player, as well as a consensus first-teamAll-American, after being named to the first-teams ofESPN, theFootball Writers Association of America (FWAA),Pro Football Weekly,Scout.com, andSporting News.[2][3][4][5]
Adams was also the recipient of the inaugural Johnny "The Jet" Rodgers Return Specialist Award (Jet Award) in 2011, recognizing the best return specialist in all of college football. Adams returned 19 punts for 321 yards (16.9 yards per return) and 4 touchdowns (tops in the nation) in the 2011 season, helping the Razorbacks to an 11-2 record, and a victory overKansas State in the2012 Cotton Bowl. Adams also returned a punt 51 yards for a touchdown in the bowl game, the first punt returned for a score since former Arkansas playerLance Alworth returned one in the1961 Cotton Bowl. But Adams' most electrifying punt return came against theTennessee Volunteers on November 12, 2011, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Joe caught the punt on the Razorback forty yard line, reversed his field numerous times, slipped seven tackle attempts, and wove his way through the Vols defenders for a sixty-yard return and six points.[6] Arkansas won the game, 49–7. It is considered the most electrifying punt return in college football history.[citation needed]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 5 ft10+5⁄8 in (1.79 m) | 179 lb (81 kg) | 31+7⁄8 in (0.81 m) | 9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.46 s | 1.51 s | 2.58 s | 4.18 s | 7.09 s | 38.0 in (0.97 m) | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | 7 reps | |
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TheCarolina Panthers selected Adams in the fourth round, 104th overall pick, of the2012 NFL draft.[9] He returned kicks in the first three games of the 2012 season before being benched after losing two fumbles in a game against theNew York Giants.[10] On August 27, he was waived.[11]
Adams signed with theEdmonton Eskimos of theCanadian Football League in 2014, but was released before the season.
TheHouston Texans signed Adams on August 1, 2014.[12] The Texans released Adams on August 25, 2014.[13]
Adams was signed to theBC Lions' practice roster on October 20, 2014. He was released by the Lions on October 31, 2014.[14]
On April 7, 2016, Adams signed with theTexas Revolution of Allen, Texas, a founding member ofChampions Indoor Football, anindoor American football league. Adams re-signed with the Revolution on January 5, 2017.
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