Sam Adams is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Adams in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Adams's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Sam Adams
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1999 | 26 | SEA | 9 | — | 26 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 27 | BAL | 13 | — | 24 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | BAL | 11 | — | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 29 | OAK | 13 | — | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 30 | BUF | 12 | — | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 31 | BUF | 14 | — | 36 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 32 | BUF | 11 | — | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 33 | CIN | 10 | — | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 34 | DEN | 7 | — | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 100 | — | 178 | 124 | 54 | 23 | 8 | 22.0 | 53.0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
73 career value over replacement — #1564 all-time of 4,649. 8.1/season above a replacement-level DL.
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #8 (Rd 1) · SEA · 1994 · -1.2 vs expected KV-H
59actual
60.2 expected · Δ−1.2
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