2012 Scouting Report: Johnny Adams, CB, MSU
By Editorial Staff
This is our Johnny Adams scouting report. Adams is a junior cornerback for the Michingan State Spartans. For all of our other scouting reports go to our scouting report page
Measurables
5”11
175 pounds
(combine numbers will be posted here after combine happens)
Stats
2011 Season:
Games: 13
Tackles: 49
TFL: 4
Int: 3
Sacks: 3
Pass Defended: 6
Career:
Games: 38
Tackles: 120
TFL: 8
Int: 8
Sacks: 3
Pass Defended: 17
Pros:
Very Sound in zone coverage
Has enough speed in man coverage as well
Attacks passes in front of him very well
Very sound tackler
Has become a very effective blitzer
Has great concentration on the football
Solid Hands for a CB
Cons:
Needs to bulk up for the NFL
Can get burned by quick WR
Better zone cornerback than man-to-man
Should return for his senior season
Player Comparison: Jerraud Powers
Round Projection: 4th Round
Summary:
Johnny Adams is a very aggressive CB who is very sound in zone coverage. He is adapt at attacking forward whether it be breaking on the ball or tackling a RB or WR in front of him. He is on the small side which can make him a target for taller WR…that being said he is a ferocious tackler. He is also becoming a very effective blitzer. He times his blitzes very well. I think Adams comes back for one more season but he has NFL talent. I think he starts out as a nickel cornerback and works his way into a solid #2 CB.
Bio:
CAREER NOTES: Fourth-year player is in his second season as a starter . . . two-time All-Big Ten selection (2010: second team-coaches; 2011: first team-coaches; second team-media) . . . starter at boundary corner after starting at field corner in 2010 . . . has 120 career tackles in 41 career games (2.9 avg.), including 27 starts . . . leads all active Spartans with 25 passes defended (eight interceptions, 17 PBUs) in his career . . . ranks among MSU’s all-time leaders in interception return yards (fourth with 219) and interceptions (tied for 20th with eight).
2011 NOTES: All-Big Ten first-team selection by the coaches and second-team selection by the media . . . named to Rivals.com All-Big Ten second team . . . has 49 tackles, including a career-high 4.0 for losses (35 yards) and 3.0 sacks (32 yards) . . . leads team and is tied for fifth in the Big Ten with nine pass break-ups (three interceptions, six pass break-ups) . . . tied for sixth in the Big Ten with three interceptions and his 141 interception return yards are third most in an MSU season and rank fifth in the FBS . . . fourth on the team with four quarterback hurries . . . earned honorable mention College Football Performance Awards Defensive Back of the Week accolades after his excellent all-around game in the win over Indiana: recorded an 86-yard interception return for a touchdown, the fourth-longest interception return in MSU history; compiled three tackles, including a 14-yard sack; also broke up a pass . . . had four tackles and returned an interception 30 yards in the first quarter at Iowa, setting up MSU’s second touchdown in the Spartans’ 37-21 victory over the Hawkeyes . . . compiled five tackles against Minnesota . . . recorded his first interception of the season at No. 13 Nebraska and returned it 25 yards, setting up an MSU field goal in the second quarter; also had five tackles against the Cornhuskers . . . tied his career high with seven tackles and also had a quarterback hurry in the win over No. 4 Wisconsin . . . registered four tackles, two pass break-ups and two quarterback hurries in MSU’s fourth straight win over Michigan; his 10-yard sack of Denard Robinson on fourth-and-1 on the MSU 9-yard line late in the fourth quarter helped seal the Spartan victory . . . collected four tackles, including an 8-yard sack, at Ohio State . . . recorded two tackles and one pass break-up vs. Central Michigan . . . compiled five tackles, including one for a 3-yard loss, at Notre Dame . . . tied career highs with seven tackles and two pass break-ups in season opener against Youngstown State.
CAREER IN BOWL GAMES: Has 10 tackles in two previous bowl games . . . tied for third on the team against Alabama in the 2011 Capital One Bowl with seven tackles . . . recorded three tackles in the 2009 Capital One Bowl vs. Georgia.
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