Player Detail

FRANK ADAMS
Cornerback
1989 / 1993
Gastonia, NC

Biography
Adams was a quarterback at Ashbrook but was recruited by Joe Morrison’s staff to play wide receiver in the run-and-shoot offense. He made All-Conference as a senior in 1988 for the Green Wave and played in the 1989 North Carolina East-West All-Star Game before joining USC, who he chose over an offer from North Carolina A&T. Unfortunately Morrison passed away before Adams’ freshman year and he spent his first couple of seasons shuffling between positions. He redshirted in 1989 while working at wide receiver, then moved to running back in 1990. Adams had six rushing attempts over four games, his longest run being 10 yards against West Virginia. He shifted to cornerback in 1991, seeing action as a backup to Jerry Inman that year. Adams became a full-time starter the next season and was named second team All-SEC as well as winning the team’s Outstanding Defensive Player and also the Special Teams Awards. He intercepted a pass at the USC 1 against Mississippi State to help preserve a 21-6 upset win. Adams’ biggest game that year may have been against Louisiana Tech, when he returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown and intercepted a pass at the Gamecock 38 with nine seconds left in Carolina’s 14-13 win. He finished fourth on the team in tackles in 1992 and led the team in interceptions and passes broken up. Adams started every game in 1993 and finished sixth in tackles and second in passes broken up. He spent time in camp with Pittsburgh Steelers in 1994,then played for the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League and the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts in 1995. Adams also played in the Arena league as a member of the 1996 Connecticut Coyotes. He lives in the Atlanta area now and has done some coaching (offensive coordinator at Chattahoochee Tech) and runs a gym.

Biography

Adams was a quarterback at Ashbrook but was recruited by Joe Morrison’s staff to play wide receiver in the run-and-shoot offense. He made All-Conference as a senior in 1988 for the Green Wave and played in the 1989 North Carolina East-West All-Star Game before joining USC, who he chose over an offer from North Carolina A&T. Unfortunately Morrison passed away before Adams’ freshman year and he spent his first couple of seasons shuffling between positions. He redshirted in 1989 while working at wide receiver, then moved to running back in 1990. Adams had six rushing attempts over four games, his longest run being 10 yards against West Virginia. He shifted to cornerback in 1991, seeing action as a backup to Jerry Inman that year. Adams became a full-time starter the next season and was named second team All-SEC as well as winning the team’s Outstanding Defensive Player and also the Special Teams Awards. He intercepted a pass at the USC 1 against Mississippi State to help preserve a 21-6 upset win. Adams’ biggest game that year may have been against Louisiana Tech, when he returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown and intercepted a pass at the Gamecock 38 with nine seconds left in Carolina’s 14-13 win. He finished fourth on the team in tackles in 1992 and led the team in interceptions and passes broken up. Adams started every game in 1993 and finished sixth in tackles and second in passes broken up. He spent time in camp with Pittsburgh Steelers in 1994,then played for the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League and the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts in 1995. Adams also played in the Arena league as a member of the 1996 Connecticut Coyotes. He lives in the Atlanta area now and has done some coaching (offensive coordinator at Chattahoochee Tech) and runs a gym.

Prior Schools
School	Location
Ashbrook	Gastonia, NC

Roster Listings
Year	Roster	Num	Pos	Ht	Wt	Yr	Gms	GS
1989	Lindy's 1989 Annual	21	WR	5-10	165	Fr
1989	Program vs Duke	21	WR	5-10	165	Fr	0	0
1990	Spring 1990	21	CB	5-10	165	RFr
1990	Program vs North Carolina	21	RB	5-8	164	RFr	0	0
1991	Athlon's Guide	21	RB	5-8	164	So
1991	1991 Media Guide	21	CB	5-8	164	So
1991	Duke 1991	21	CB	5-8	164	So	1	1
1992	1992 Spring Game	21	CB	5-8	165	Jr
1992	Media Guide	21	CB	5-8	165	Jr	7	7
1993	Spring 1993	21	CB	5-8	165	Sr
1993	Program vs Vanderbilt	21	CB	5-8	172	Sr	11	11
9999	Gamecock Archives All-Time By #	21	CB	5-8	172		0	0

Depth Chart Appearances
Description	Position	Rank
1991 Media Guide	Right Cornerback	2nd String
1992 Spring (Unofficial)	Cornerback	Starter
1992 Media Guide	Right Cornerback	Starter
Official Spring Depth Chart 4/7/1993	Right Cornerback	Starter

Rushing
Year	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1990	6	5	0.8	0
Tot	6	5	0.8	0

Receiving
Year	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Com%	1D	CDT	CD%	BP%
1990	2	-2	-1.0	0
1991	1	24	24.0	0
Tot	3	22	7.3	0

Receiving by QB
Year	QB	Rec	Throws	Com%	Yds	1D	TD	Success Rate
1990
	Bobby Fuller	2	3	66.7	-2	0	0	33.33
1991
	Daren Parker	1	1	100.0	24	1	0	100.00

Success Rate from Official Play-By-Play Stats
Year	Pass Plays	Pass SR	Pass SPP	Rush Plays	Rush SR	Rush SPP	Recv Plays	Recv SR	Recv SPP	Recv FC%	Tot SPP	SPP/Play
1990				4	0.00	-1.79	3	33.3	-2.05	50	-3.84	-0.55
1991				0			1	100	4	0	4	4

Defense
Year	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FR	FF	BK	IP	CDS	RZS	IPP	YPT
1991	26	16	42	0.0	0.0		5	0	1	0	0	10	3	0	21.92	10.24
1992	36	34	70	1.0	0.0	4	8	0	0	0	0	17	4	2	55.74	9.63
1993	27	21	48	0.0	0.0		4	0	0	0	3	4	2	2	18.95	9.67
Tot	89	71	160	1.0	0.0	4	17	0	1	0	3	31	9	4	96.61

IP - Impact Plays; CDS - Conversion Down Stops (3rd & 4th Down); RZS - Red Zone Stops; IPP - Impact Play Points; YPT - Yards Per Tackle

Kickoff Returns
Year	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
1990	6	104	17.3	0
1991	5	90	18.0	0
1992	15	379	25.3	1
1993	14	291	20.8	0
Tot	40	864	21.6	1

Punt Returns
Year	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
1990	2	9	4.5	0
1993	6	49	8.2	0
Tot	8	58	7.3	0

Games Started
Date	Opponent	Position
1991-11-23	Clemson	Right Cornerback
1992-09-05	Georgia	Left Cornerback
1992-09-12	Arkansas	Left Cornerback
1992-10-03	Alabama	Left Cornerback
1992-10-17	Mississippi State	Left Cornerback
1992-10-31	Tennessee	Left Cornerback
1992-11-07	Louisiana Tech	Left Cornerback
1992-11-21	Clemson	Left Cornerback
1993-09-04	Georgia	Right Cornerback
1993-09-11	Arkansas	Cornerback
1993-09-18	Louisiana Tech	Cornerback
1993-09-23	Kentucky	Cornerback
1993-10-02	Alabama	Right Cornerback
1993-10-09	East Carolina	Cornerback
1993-10-16	Mississippi State	Cornerback
1993-10-23	Vanderbilt	Right Cornerback
1993-10-30	Tennessee	Cornerback
1993-11-13	Florida	Cornerback
1993-11-20	Clemson	Cornerback

Single Game Rushing Stats
Season	Game Date	Opponent	Att	Yds	TD
1990	1990-09-01	Duke	2	-4	0
	1990-09-08	North Carolina	2	3	0
	1990-09-29	Georgia Tech	2	6	0
	1990-11-24	West Virginia	1	10	0

Single Game Receiving Stats
Season	Game Date	Opponent	Rec	Yds	TD
1990	1990-09-08	North Carolina	1	-8	0
	1990-10-13	East Carolina	1	6	0
1991	1991-10-19	Georgia Tech	1	24	0

Single Game Interceptions
Season	Game Date	Opponent	Int	Yds	TD	Passer
1992	1992-09-05	Georgia	1	28	0	Eric Zeier

Scoring Plays
Date	Opponent	Qtr	Time	USC	Opp	Play
1992-11-07	Louisiana Tech	3		7	13	Frank Adams, 91-yd kickoff return (Marty Simpson kick)

Receptions
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1990	1990-09-08	North Carolina	2	9	USC	30	Frank Adams, loss of 8 on pass from Bobby Fuller (J.R. Boldin)
1990	1990-10-13	East Carolina	2	7	USC	48	Frank Adams, 6-yd pass from Bobby Fuller
1991	1991-10-19	Georgia Tech	4	6	USC	42	Frank Adams, 24-yd pass from Daren Parker on fake punt + GT personal foul

Defense - Tackles For Loss
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1992	1992-11-14	Florida	1	10	FLA	25	Errict Rhett rush for loss of 2 (Frank Adams, Ernest Dixon)

Defense - Passes Broken Up
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1991	1991-10-05	East Tennessee State	1	10	USC	46	Williams pass for Beatty tipped by Frank Adams intercepted by Eric Brown at SC 32
1991	1991-11-09	Florida State	3	7	FSU	33	Casey Weldon pass for McCorvey incomplete (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-16	North Carolina	1	10	UNC	44	Jason Stanicek pass for Corey Holliday incomplete (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-16	North Carolina	1	10	UNC	37	Jason Stanicek pass for Corey Holliday incomplete (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-19	East Carolina	2	10	ECU	45	Michael Anderson pass for Hicks incomplete (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-26	Kentucky	3	4	USC	33	Pookie Jones pass for Johnson incomplete (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-26	Kentucky	3	9	USC	17	Pookie Jones pass for Calvert incomplete (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-11-14	Florida	1	9	USC	9	Palmer pass for Shane Matthews incomplete (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-10-23	Vanderbilt	3	22	VAN	32	Ronnie Gordon pass for Kenny Simon incomplete (Frank Adams)

Defense - Interceptions
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1992	1992-09-05	Georgia	2	10	USC	42	Eric Zeier pass intercepted by Frank Adams at SC 37, returned 28 yards
1992	1992-10-03	Alabama	2	20	USC	37	Jay Barker pass for David Palmer intercepted by Frank Adams at SC 16, no return
1992	1992-10-17	Mississippi State	1	10	USC	23	Greg Plump pass intercepted by Frank Adams at SC 1
1992	1992-11-07	Louisiana Tech	2	14	USC	38	Aaron Ferguson pass intercepted by Frank Adams at SC 30, returned 24 yards (Willie Roaf)

Defensive Plays
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1991	1991-10-05	East Tennessee State	3	10	ETS	20	Marmo, 9-yd pass from Williams (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-10-05	East Tennessee State	1	10	ETS	17	Jordan rush for 6 (Norman Greene, Frank Adams)
1991	1991-10-12	Louisiana Tech	2	9	USC	42	Bland, 14-yd pass from Johnson (Frank Adams, Bru Pender)
1991	1991-10-12	Louisiana Tech	2	20	USC	25	Kennedy, 9-yd pass from Johnson (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-10-12	Louisiana Tech	1	10	LAT	38	Davis rush for 18 (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-10-12	Louisiana Tech	3	7	USC	41	Kennedy, 9-yd pass from Sam Hughes (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-10-19	Georgia Tech	1	10	USC	40	Bobby Rodriguez rush for 3 (Eric Brown, Frank Adams)
1991	1991-10-19	Georgia Tech	3	8	GAT	32	Stegall, 25-yd pass from Jeff Howard (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-10-19	Georgia Tech	3	9	USC	25	Stegall, 6-yd pass from Jeff Howard (Robert Gibson, Frank Adams)
1991	1991-10-19	Georgia Tech	2	9	GAT	32	M.Smith, 12-yd pass from Shawn Jones (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-02	N.C. State	2	6	NCS	20	Anthony Barbour rush for 2 (Frank Adams, Tony Watkins)
1991	1991-11-02	N.C. State	1	10	USC	42	Anthony Barbour rush for 9 (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-02	N.C. State	1	10	USC	48	Charles Davenport, 12-yd pass from Geoff Bender (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-02	N.C. State	1	10	USC	17	Anthony Barbour rush for 8 (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-09	Florida State	1	10	USC	39	Amp Lee rush for 11 (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-09	Florida State	1	10	USC	28	Amp Lee rush for 12 (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-09	Florida State	3	5	FSU	21	Matt Frier, 13-yd pass from Casey Weldon (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-16	North Carolina	3	4	UNC	22	Corey Holliday, 6-yd pass from Jason Stanicek (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-23	Clemson	3	3	USC	34	DeChane Cameron rush for 10 (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-23	Clemson	1	10	CLM	27	Terry Smith, 62-yd pass from DeChane Cameron (Frank Adams)
1991	1991-11-23	Clemson	1	10	CLM	44	Doug Bolin rush for no gain (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-05	Georgia	1	10	USC	45	Andre Hastings, 15-yd pass from Eric Zeier (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-05	Georgia	1	10	USC	30	Garrison Hearst, 21-yd pass from Eric Zeier, fumble, recovered by (Frank Adams) at SC 10
1992	1992-09-19	East Carolina	2	8	ECU	22	Junior Smith rush for 45 (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-19	East Carolina	1	10	ECU	22	Junior Smith rush for 5 (Frank Adams) - ECU holding
1992	1992-09-19	East Carolina	1	15	ECU	17	Junior Smith rush for 1 (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-19	East Carolina	2	10	ECU	1	Letcher, 14-yd pass from Michael Anderson (Eric Brown, Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-19	East Carolina	1	10	USC	30	Batson, 6-yd pass from Michael Anderson (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-19	East Carolina	2	7	ECU	24	Junior Smith rush for 3 (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-19	East Carolina	3	4	ECU	27	Cedric Van Buren, 3-yd pass from Michael Anderson (Frank Adams, Eric Brown)
1992	1992-09-26	Kentucky	2	6	UKY	49	Johnson, 8-yd pass from Pookie Jones (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-26	Kentucky	2	12	UKY	46	Johnson, 9-yd pass from Pookie Jones (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-26	Kentucky	3	6	USC	37	Calvert, 9-yd pass from Pookie Jones (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-26	Kentucky	1	10	UKY	26	Redd rush for 9 (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-09-26	Kentucky	3	8	USC	34	Johnson, 16-yd pass from Pookie Jones (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-03	Alabama	2	10	USC	36	Prince Wimbley, 5-yd pass from Jay Barker (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-03	Alabama	1	10	ALA	48	David Palmer, 11-yd pass from Jay Barker (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-03	Alabama	2	7	USC	34	Brian Burgdorf rush for 7 (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-03	Alabama	3	8	USC	47	Dabo Swinney, 9-yd pass from Brian Burgdorf (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-17	Mississippi State	1	15	MST	6	Harris, 7-yd pass from Todd Jordan (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-17	Mississippi State	2	8	MST	13	Olanda Truitt, 20-yd pass from Todd Jordan (Tony Watkins, Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-17	Mississippi State	1	10	MST	33	Kenny Roberts rush for 3 (Lawrence Mitchell, Frank Adams, Hank Campbell)
1992	1992-10-24	Vanderbilt	1	10	VAN	48	Wilson rush for 40 (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-24	Vanderbilt	2	3	VAN	41	Wilson rush for 2 (Ernest Dixon, Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-31	Tennessee	3	8	UTN	29	Cory Fleming, 41-yd pass from Heath Shuler (Frank Adams, Norman Greene)
1992	1992-10-31	Tennessee	1	10	UTN	43	David Horn,5 -yd pass from Heath Shuler (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-31	Tennessee	3	5	USC	34	David Horn, 4-yd pass from Heath Shuler (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-10-31	Tennessee	1	10	UTN	40	James Stewart, 41-yd pass from Heath Shuler (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-11-07	Louisiana Tech	2	10	USC	34	Parks, 11-yd pass from Aaron Ferguson (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-11-07	Louisiana Tech	1	10	USC	39	Henry, 7-yd pass from Aaron Ferguson (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-11-07	Louisiana Tech	3	3	USC	32	Parks, 10-yd pass from Aaron Fergson (James Flowers, Frank Adams)
1992	1992-11-07	Louisiana Tech	1	15	LAT	37	Francis, 13-yd pass from Aaron Ferguson (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-11-07	Louisiana Tech	2	4	USC	29	Redmon rush for no gain (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-11-07	Louisiana Tech	1	10	LAT	48	Cooper, 8-yd pass from Aaron Ferguson (Frank Adams)
1992	1992-11-14	Florida	2	3	FLA	37	Errict Rhett rush for 8 (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-04	Georgia	4	6	USC	6	Kanon Parkman field goal blocked by (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-11	Arkansas	1	10	USC	12	Oscar Malone rush for 3 (Frank Adams, Aubrey Brooks)
1993	1993-09-11	Arkansas	1	10	ARK	42	Kirk Botkin, 23-yd pass from Barry Lunney (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-11	Arkansas	1	10	USC	23	Kirk Botkin, 11-yd pass from Barry Lunney (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-11	Arkansas	1	10	USC	12	Oscar Malone rush for 8 (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-11	Arkansas	1	10	ARK	35	Oscar Malone, 4-yd pass from Barry Lunney (Tony Watkins, Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-11	Arkansas	1	10	USC	27	Oscar Malone rush for 16 (Tony Watkins, Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-18	Louisiana Tech	1	10	LAT	29	Jason Cooper rush for 6 (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-18	Louisiana Tech	2	4	LAT	35	Chad Mackey, 6-yd pass from Aaron Ferguson (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-18	Louisiana Tech	2	6	LAT	45	Jason Cooper, 7-yd pass from Aaron Ferguson (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-18	Louisiana Tech	3	4	LAT	29	Rupp, 5-yd pass from Aaron Ferguson (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-09-18	Louisiana Tech	2	16	USC	46	Brian Francis, 11-yd pass from Jason Martin (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-10-16	Mississippi State	1	10	USC	12	Fred McCrary, 4-yd pass from Todd Jordan (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-10-16	Mississippi State	2	6	MST	39	Michael Davis rush for 11 (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-10-23	Vanderbilt	1	10	VAN	27	Kenny Simon, 9-yd pass from Ronnie Gordon (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-10-23	Vanderbilt	0	0	VAN	35	Yenner kicks of to SC 8, Frank Adams returns 5 yards (Davis)
1993	1993-10-23	Vanderbilt	1	10	VAN	36	Kenny Simon, 14-yd pass from Ronnie Gordon (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-10-23	Vanderbilt	1	10	VAN	34	Tony Jackson rush, fumbles, forced by (Frank Adams) recovered by (Stacy Evans)
1993	1993-10-30	Tennessee	3	10	USC	10	Williams, 9-yd pass from Heath Shuler (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-10-30	Tennessee	2	1	USC	22	Williams rush for 2 (Frank Adams) - UT clipping
1993	1993-10-30	Tennessee	1	10	UTN	35	Kendrick Jones, 8-yd pass from Jerry Colquitt (Frank Adams, Chris Rumph)
1993	1993-11-20	Clemson	1	10	CLM	43	Rodney Blunt rush for 5 (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-11-20	Clemson	2	10	CLM	41	Terry Smith, 27-yd pass from Dexter McCleon (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-11-20	Clemson	2	7	CLM	39	Terry Smith, 22-yd pass from Dexter McCleon (Frank Adams)
1993	1993-11-20	Clemson	4	5	USC	38	Jason Davis, 24-yd pass from Dexter McCleon (Frank Adams)