Josh Adams (American football)

Josh Adams
Notre Dame Fighting Irish No. 33
Position Running back
Class Sophomore
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Warrington (PA) CB South
Personal information
Place of birth Warrington, Pennsylvania
Height 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg)

Josh Adams is an American football running back for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Early years

Adams attended Central Bucks High School South in Warrington, Pennsylvania. As a sophomore, he rushed for 2,085 yards and 28 touchdowns. He rushed for 738 yards and 10 touchdowns his junior year in 2013 before suffering a torn ACL.[1][2] As a senior, he returned from his injury, rushing for 1,623 yards with 25 touchdowns. He was named to the All-USA Pennsylvania Football Team at running back and earned offensive player of the year honors, by USA Today.[3]

Considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, he was rated as the 47th best running back prospect of his class.[4] Josh committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football over offers from Stanford, Penn State, Wisconsin, among others.[5]

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Josh Adams
RB		 Warrington, Pennsylvania Central Bucks High School South 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jun 30, 2014 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 77
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 27 (RB), 199 (national)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

Freshman

Adams started his true freshman season in 2015 behind starter Tarean Folston and backup C. J. Prosise. After Folston tore his ACL, he was given a larger role in the offence.[6] In his first college game against Texas, he rushed for 49 yards and scored two touchdowns.[7] Adams started his first game against Wake Forest, replacing Prosise who was injured the previous game. He rushed for 141 yards on 17 carries (8.3 avg), and scored a Notre Dame record 98-yard touchdown run.[8][9] Prosise would return the next game against Boston College, however he was injured during the game and would not play again that season, leaving Adams as the starter for remainder of the year. Closing out the regular season at Stanford, Adams rushed for a 168 yards on 18 carries (9.3 avg) and one touchdown. He set a new Notre Dame record for rushing yards in a game for a freshman.[10] In the Fiesta Bowl vs. Ohio State, Adams ended his season rushing for 78 yards on 14 carries (5.6 avg) and adding one touchdown. He finished his season rushing for 835 yards on 117 carries (7.1 avg), while rushing for six touchdowns. His 835 yards on the season, set a new Notre Dame freshman record for rushing yards in a season, eclipsing the 786 garnered by Darius Walker in 2004.

References

  1. ↑ Football: C.B. South's Adams out for season
  2. ↑ Notebook: Notre Dame RB Josh Adams cherishes injury adversity
  3. ↑ 2014 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Pennsylvania Football Team
  4. ↑ Rivals.com
  5. ↑ Central Bucks South's Josh Adams felt the charm of the Irish
  6. ↑ C.J. Prosise, Josh Adams allow Notre Dame to stick to the plan
  7. ↑ Notre Dame never felt like recruiting Josh Adams was a risk
  8. ↑ Josh Adams' record-setting run another example of next man up for Notre Dame
  9. ↑ WATCH: Josh Adams runs into the record book for Notre Dame
  10. ↑ RB Josh Adams breaks Notre Dame record set in 'the Rudy game'
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