2021 Honors
1st team All-Big Sky Conference
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Hero Sports 2nd Team All-American
2020 Honors
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2019 Honors
AP 1st team All-American
STATS 1st team All-American
Walter Camp 1st team All-American
Athlon Sports 1st team All-American
Phil Steele 2nd team All-American
Buck Buchanan Award Candidate
Hero Sports Sophomore All-American
1st team All-Big Sky Conference
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
2018 Honors
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
The Vikings top returning defensive back once again... a much-decorated career already and has a senior season to play... has started all 35 games of his career... ranks third all-time in pass breakups at PSU with 31... career includes 165 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 31 pass breakups, nine interceptions and four fumble recoveries... enters the season as the FCS leader in career pass breakups with 40 (31 PBUs, 9 INTS)... named Preseason All-America by multiple media outlets... will be a team leader and a captain for the third straight year... has already earned his degree in Applied Health and Fitness... now doing graduate work in Educational Leadership and Policy.
JUNIOR SEASON • 2021
Backed up his All-American season with another All-American season (two years later)... named second team All-American by Hero Sports... moved to boundary cornerback and was highly productive though offenses often avoided him... started every game for the third consecutive season... made 52 tackles, five tackles for loss, three interceptions, three fumble recoveries, five pass breakups and a forced fumble... ranked first in the Big Sky in fumble recoveries, fifth in interceptions... had an interception, a fumble recovery and a pair of tackles at Hawai’i (9/4)... made three tackles and an interception at Washington State (9/11)... made five tackles, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup in a win over Idaho State (10/16)... made a career-high 11 tackles, two for losses and broke up a pass in a win over 24th-ranked Weber State (11/6)... had six stops, two tackles for loss, two pass breakups, forced and recovered a fumble at Sacramento State (11/13)... a team co-captain... named Academic All-Big Sky Conference and Portland State’s Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 2020-21 despite not having a season due to COVID.
SOPHOMORE SEASON • 2019
Proved to be even better than expected... started all 12 games, 11 at strong safety and one at free safety, and led the nation in passes defensed with 24... had a school-record 19 pass breakups and five interceptions, both of which led the Big Sky Conference... ranked 13th in the nation in interceptions... added 56 tackles, two tackles for loss and a blocked kick... in eight league games had 44 tackles, two tackles for loss, 11 breakups and five interceptions... named first team All-American by Associated Press, STATS, Walter Camp and Athlon Sports... second team All-American by Phil Steele... Hero Sports Sophomore All-American... earned first team All-Big Sky Conference... was one of 26 players in the nation on the ballot for the Buck Buchanan Award for National Defensive Player of the Year... finished 12th in the balloting... also earned Academic All-Big Sky Conference.... best game was five tackles, two interceptions and two pass breakups in a shutout win over Idaho (10/12)... had a career-high 10 tackles with three pass breakups at Northern Arizona (10/26)... made six tackles, one for loss, two breakups and an interceptions against UC Davis (11/9)... selected as a team captain.
FRESHMAN SEASON • 2018
Became a big part of the Viking defense, starting all 11 games... moved into the role of strong safety and was a playmaker... ranked fifth on the team with 48 tackles... also had 6.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery for touchdown, an interception and a team-high seven pass breakups... led the team in tackles twice... made three tackles, one for a loss and a fumble recovery for a touchdown in a win over College of Idaho (9/15)... had a season-high eight tackles and a pass breakup in the win at Montana (10/6)... had four tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, an interception and a pass breakup in a win over Northern Colorado (10/13)... a team-high seven tackles, one for loss and a pass breakup against Eastern Washington (11/16)... named Academic All-Big Sky Conference.
BEFORE PORTLAND STATE
Has lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track at Newberg High School... named Oregon 6A first team All-State and Three Rivers League Defensive Player of the Year as a defensive back… named first team All-League for three seasons... also played quarterback and earned first team All-League honors twice… rushed 136 times for 1,037 yards and 10 touchdowns… ranked as the ninth-best prospect in the state of Oregon by Battle Prep West... team captain for three seasons... competed in the Les Schwab Bowl All-Star game, making six tackles... also earned All-League honors twice in baseball... was first team All-State in track in the 400 meters as a junior.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Son of Susan and Larry Adams... has two sisters, Tanya and Maya, and one brother, Darnell... brother Darnell was a wide receiver on the Viking football team, 2012-17.
