{"id":111770,"date":"2021-04-26T07:08:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=111770"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:03:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:03:45","slug":"jonathan-adams-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/04\/26\/jonathan-adams-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 NFL Draft: Jonathan Adams Player Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jonathan Adams NFL Draft Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Position<\/strong>: Wide Receiver<br \/>\n<strong>Height<\/strong>: 6\u2019-2\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Weight<\/strong>: 210 pounds<br \/>\n<strong>School<\/strong>: Arkansas State<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Jonathan Adams 2021 NFL Draft Profile<\/h2>\n<p>After spending the past four seasons at Arkansas State, wide receiver Jonathan Abrams is hoping to take his talents to the next level in the 2021 NFL Draft. Adams is coming off of what is easily his best season to date, recording 78 receptions for 1,106 yards and 12 touchdowns on 121 targets. Each one of these marks represented a career-high, even though he played more snaps in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Adams initially joined the college football ranks as a two-star recruit. After not receiving attention from major programs, Adams committed to Arkansas State and turned into a pretty solid receiver. After serving as a depth option through his first two seasons, Adams finally broke out in his junior season. In 2019, he recorded 62 receptions for 851 yards and five touchdowns on 101 targets.<\/p>\n<h3>Strengths<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Big play threat with the ability to change a game with one catch;<\/li>\n<li>Hasn\u2019t met a defender he won\u2019t leap over for a catch;<\/li>\n<li>Great at getting off the line against press;<\/li>\n<li>Strong, physical player that can overpower defenders;<\/li>\n<li>92<sup>nd<\/sup> percentile burst score and 57<sup>th<\/sup> percentile college dominator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Weaknesses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Can\u2019t do anything other than win jump balls down the field;<\/li>\n<li>Painfully slow out of his breaks \u2013 don\u2019t ask him to move east-west;<\/li>\n<li>Doesn\u2019t have much deep speed \u2013 every catch will be a contested one;<\/li>\n<li>Terrible route runner with a limited tree;<\/li>\n<li>Late breakout age especially concerning considering level of competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NFL Comparison<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/ArceJJ00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J.J. Arcega-Whiteside<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teams With Need At Position<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/titans\/\" target=\"_self\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/saints\/\" target=\"_self\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_self\">New England Patriots<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/lions\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Lions<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\/\" target=\"_self\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bears\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Bears<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bengals\/\" target=\"_self\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Projection<\/strong>: 6<sup>th<\/sup>\/7<sup>th<\/sup> Round<\/p>\n<h3>Bottom Line on Jonathan Adams<\/h3>\n<p>Jonathan Adams is the definition of a one-trick pony. If looking solely at his highlight reel, you\u2019d think that you\u2019re getting one of the best players in the entire NFL Draft. The Arkansas State product excels at winning at the catch point, and Adams\u2019 10 or so best plays could go up against anyone else in this class. His ability to high point the football is second to none, and he already knows how to use his above-average strength to outmuscle cornerbacks without drawing a flag. He can also beat press coverage at the line, which isn\u2019t the easiest thing in the world for some college receivers.<\/p>\n<p>However, Adams\u2019 film gets considerably less impressive when you watch him do anything else. Even though he makes most of his plays down the field, he doesn\u2019t have great deep speed. He\u2019s strong enough to win contested catches against collegiate cornerbacks, but will that translate to the bigger, faster, and stronger world of the NFL?<\/p>\n<p>If it doesn\u2019t, then it\u2019s hard to imagine any world where Adams makes it in the NFL. The Arkansas State product simply does not run good routes, and his lateral agility is one of the worst in the entire class. He loses most of what speed he has when running breaking routes, and he isn\u2019t going to be able to move all over the formation. Ultimately, he could be a good depth receiver with situation-specific roles, but it\u2019s hard to see him becoming anything more than that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"klpfy7alT5tG-uQQqNe8ng\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1272523346\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'klpfy7alT5tG-uQQqNe8ng',sig:'JKFndgL58c48UFAvRRAJz5ohf-IObJpsYSyc814z25g=',w:'594px',h:'424px',items:'1272523346',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Adams has one of the best highlight tapes in the NFL Draft, but is that going to be enough to hear his name on draft day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":111771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647,33760],"tags":[8163,2030],"class_list":["post-111770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","category-profiles","tag-jonathan-adams","tag-nfl-draft-profiles"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246883,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111770\/revisions\/246883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}