2016 Football Roster
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Tony Adams
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Independence
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 315
AS A SENIOR (2017):
• Most experienced starter on the team with 35 career starts and 2,472 career snaps.
AS A JUNIOR (2016):
• A second-team All-ACC performer in 2016 on the media and coaches’ teams.
• Played 93% of the team’s offensive snaps in 2016. He did not allow a sack and tallied 34 knockdown blocks.
• Was named to the preseason watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy.
• Missed much of spring and part of summer workouts with an injury.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015):
• Played every snap during ACC action.
• Recipient of the team’s Community Service Award for 2015.
• The most experienced sophomore on the team in terms of snaps played, he has also saw action at center.
• On the preseason ‘watch’ list for the Wuerffel Trophy.
AS A FRESHMAN (2014):
• Started nine games at right guard, he also saw time at center.
• Started more contests than any other true freshman.
• Moved into the starting lineup at RG in the fourth game of the season - he worked at center during spring drills.
• Enrolled at NC State for the 2014 spring semester, he graduated from high school early.
• Earned the offensive Philip Rivers Award for Freshman of the Year.
• An Academic All-ACC performer.
IN HIGH SCHOOL:
• Played center, OT and DT and was team captain for coach Joe Evans.
• Team posted an 8-5 record during senior season and advanced to the second round of the NC 4AA state playoffs.
• Honors: All-Mecklenburg County by the Charlotte Observer and a three-time all-conference performer. Played his junior season at left tackle, earning all-conference honors.
• Junior Stats: 56 tackles, 3.5 sacks as a junior.
• Rankings: No. 7 center nationally by scout.com. No. 46 offensive guard nationally by ESPN.com.
• Personal: Moved from Boston prior to his sophomore year. Began playing competitive tennis at the age of two, and was the No. 1 player for Independence. Father, Carl Adams, was the head wrestling coach at Boston University for more than three decades.
• Major: Sport management