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| Position: | Running back |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 22, 1962 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Lafayette (Lexington) |
| College: | Kentucky |
| NFL draft: | 1985 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19 |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
George Wallace Adams (born December 22, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats and was selected in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft.[1] He played in the NFL for the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.
Adams' son, Jamal, played safety at Louisiana State University. He was picked sixth overall by the New York Jets in the 2017 NFL Draft.[2]
NFL career statistics
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| Won the Super Bowl | |
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
| 1985 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 128 | 498 | 3.9 | 39 | 2 | 31 | 389 | 12.5 | 70 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 1986 | NYG | 0 | 0 | DNP | |||||||||||
| 1987 | NYG | 12 | 7 | 61 | 169 | 2.8 | 14 | 1 | 35 | 298 | 8.5 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1988 | NYG | 16 | 1 | 29 | 76 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 174 | 6.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYG | 14 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NE | 16 | 7 | 28 | 111 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 146 | 9.1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1991 | NE | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 76 | 16 | 257 | 886 | 3.4 | 39 | 3 | 111 | 1,014 | 9.1 | 70 | 4 | 11 | 5 | |
See also
References
- ^ "1985 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ^ Higgins, Ron (August 26, 2015). "LSU safety Jamal Adams hits anything that moves". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
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