Keith Adams (American football)
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 22, 1979 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Norwood, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 238 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Atlanta (GA) Westlake | ||||||||||
| College: | Clemson | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2001 / Round: 7 / Pick: 232 | ||||||||||
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| Games played: | 85 |
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| Games started: | 23 |
| Tackles: | 160 |
| Forced fumbles: | 3 |
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Keith A. Adams (born November 22, 1979) is a former American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for Clemson University, and received consensus All-American honors. The Tennessee Titans chose him in the seventh round of the 2001 NFL Draft, and he played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns of the NFL.
Adams was born in Norwood, Massachusetts. He attended Westlake High School in Atlanta, Georgia, where he played high school football for the Westlake Lions.
While attending Clemson University, Adams played for the Clemson Tigers football team from 1998 to 2000.
Following his 1999 sophomore season, he registered 186 tackles (led the nation), 35 tackles for loss (led the nation) and 16 sacks (second in the nation). He received first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection, the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, and Football News first-team All-American honors.
As a junior in 2000, he was again a first-team All-ACC selection and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American.
At the end of his junior season he declared his intention to enter the NFL Draft. He finished his college career after playing in 35 games, ranking sixth in school history in career tackles (379), third in career tackles for loss (54), third in career sacks (23), number one in tackles in a game, number one in tackles in a season, number one in sacks in a game (4), number one in sacks in a season (16), number one in tackles for loss in a game (6) and number one in tackles for loss in a season (35).
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