Kendall Adams

Photo by: Scott D. Weaver / K-State Athletics

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
6-1
Weight:
221
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Fort Worth, Texas
High School:
All Saints Episcopal

CAREER HONORS
• 2018 Preseason All-Big 12
• Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Charlotte)

CAREER: An athletic, veteran safety who started 36 career games.

2018: Played in 11 of the team’s 12 games, which starts in eight contests... Had a season-high seven tackles at Baylor, a game that featured an interception in the Bear endzone on a halfback pass... Also broke up a pass against Texas and had six tackles against Mississippi State... Continued a streak with three-straight years with a fumble recovery when he jumped on a ball against UTSA.

2017: Started 10 games before an injury cut his campaign short in the 11th game of the year... Still finished fourth on the team in tackles with 63 stops to go along with a tackle for loss... Carded three picks on the year to rank fifth in the Big 12 in interceptions per game (0.3)... Returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown and a fumble 46 yards for a score against Charlotte en route to Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors... Became the first Wildcat with both a pick-six and a fumble recovery score in the same game since in Dyshod Carter against Missouri in 1999, while he was just the third Big 12 player to accomplish the feat (Texas Tech’s Paul McClendon vs. North Texas in 2001)... Tallied at least eight tackles on four occasions, including a season-high 11 stops against West Virginia that included a career-high tying two passes defended... Had eight tackles and a TFL against Baylor, which included his second interception of the season... Also had a pick against Oklahoma State.

2016: Started all 13 games, ranking fifth on the team with 62 tackles... Also picked off two passes and broke up another... Tallied 25 of his tackles over the final four contests (6.25 per game)... Recorded a season-high 11 tackles at Oklahoma, one shy of his career high... Collected seven tackles and an interception against Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl... Also registered seven tackles against Texas Tech and Baylor, as well as six against Kansas... Picked off his first-career pass against Florida Atlantic... Recovered a fumble at West Virginia that helped halt a potential Mountaineer scoring drive.

2015: Appeared in 12 games with five starts, including starts in each of the final four games of the season... Recorded 41 tackles – including 30 in the final four games – with 3.5 tackles for loss and a sack... Carded a career-high 12 tackles against Iowa State, which featured his first-career sack... Also had 1.5 TFLs at Kansas... Recovered an onside kick at Texas Tech, the first by a Wildcat since 2008.

2014: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years at All Saints Episcopal under head coach Aaron Beck, including his senior year in which he earned All-Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) honors and helped All Saints win a state championship... Rated the nation’s 67th-best safety by Scout.com... Also helped the Saints win a state championship as a junior... Registered 226 tackles and 10 interceptions in his prep career... Totaled 1,491 career receiving yards and 21 touchdowns on 86 receptions during his career, including his senior season in which he hauled in 47 receptions for 981 yards and 14 scores... Also lettered in basketball, earning First Team All-SPC honors two times... A strong student who was selected to the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS).

PERSONAL: Kendall Tyler-Jacob Adams was born August 28, 1995, in Gainesville, Texas... Son of Shon Adams... Majoring in social science.