Jamal Adams is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on October 17, 1995 in Lewisville, Texas, United States. Safety was selected 6th overall in the 2017 NFL Draft by the New York Jets. After three years with the Jets, he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks prior to the 2020 NFL season.
He followed in the footsteps of Tyrann Mathieu and Patrick Peterson as another LSU defensive back drafted to the NFL.
Jamal Lee Adams (born October 17, 1995) is an American football strong safety for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU, and was drafted sixth overall in the 2017 NFL Draft by the Jets.
Adams made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the Jets season-opener versus the Buffalo Bills and recorded five combined tackles and deflected a pass in a 21–12 loss. Adams made his first career tackle on running back Mike Tolbert after his 13-yard run on the Bills’ first drive. On September 24, Adams recorded two solo tackles, broke up a pass, and made his first career sack on quarterback Jay Cutler during a 20–6 win against the Miami Dolphins. In Week 17, he collected a season-high ten combined tackles (three solo) and a pass deflection in the Jets’ 26–6 loss to the New England Patriots. Adams finished his rookie season in 2017 with 83 combined tackles (63 solo), six pass deflections, and two sacks in 16 games and 16 starts.
His father George Adams was a running back in the NFL from 1985 to 1991.