{"id":59544,"date":"2019-03-11T18:04:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=59544"},"modified":"2019-03-11T18:08:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:08:34","slug":"adam-humphries-expected-to-sign-with-the-tennessee-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/03\/11\/adam-humphries-expected-to-sign-with-the-tennessee-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Humphries Expected to Sign With the Tennessee Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four-year veteran wide receiver\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HumpAd00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Humphries<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is expected to sign a four-year, $36 million contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/titans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>, per multiple reports. Humphries, a Clemson product, spent the first four years of his career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Titans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Titans<\/a> are signing former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bucs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bucs<\/a> WR Adam Humphries, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeGarafolo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MikeGarafolo<\/a> and me. Another top slot threat off the market. One of the NFL\u2019s most efficient on third down.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1105222502597443584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Adam Humphries Expected to Sign With the Tennessee Titans<\/h1>\n<p>Everyone enjoys a feel-good success story. Humpries has come a long way from humble beginnings to one of the top free agent wide receivers. Humpries went undrafted in the 2015\u00a0NFL Draft. However, he accepted an invitation to attend rookie minicamp for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Initially, he made the cut as a punt\/kick returner and bounced from the active roster to the practice squad. Appearing in 15 games,\u00a0Humphries finished his rookie season with 27 receptions for 260 yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>The following season saw a coaching change and increased usage for the up-and-coming slot receiver. His sophomore season doubled his rookie season&#8217;s targets (83), yards (622), and touchdowns. He finished with 55 receptions and two scores to go along with a 66.3% catch rate. Early on it became apparent that Humphries makes the most of the targets he receives.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017\u00a0season was similar in all statistical categories, solidifying\u00a0his role as their primary slot receiver. The biggest change in that season&#8217;s production was the jump in catch rate. He finished with a career-high\u00a073.5% that season. Otherwise, his statistical performance was very similar to the prior season.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 season was where Humphries was playing for his viewers and for his future contract. He continued his efficiency with targets and saw increases in most statistical\u00a0categories. In a crowded receiving core that includes <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=EvanMi00,EvanMi20,EvanMi21&amp;search=Mike+Evans&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Evans<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JackDe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSean Jackson<\/a><\/strong>, Humpries continued to be involved. He set career bests in targets (105), receptions (76), receiving\u00a0yards (816), and touchdowns with five. He managed all that while maintaining a 72.4% catch-rate. In all, Humphries entered free agency with 219 receptions for 2329 yards and nine touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"ljgcJusiQABpgsUbPspehA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1088208924\" 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:'ljgcJusiQABpgsUbPspehA',sig:'O46vTLbcn0bvYEOTvnCPWD7dDW0JAhEoRWqn_-V1v68=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1088208924',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wide receiver Adam Humphries has officially found a new home. The former undrafted free agent spent the last four years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2225,"featured_media":60716,"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":[36,29,11],"tags":[983,1254,984,40,1608,308,58],"class_list":["post-59544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-buccaneers","category-titans","tag-adam-humphries","tag-desean-jackson","tag-mike-evans","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-free-agency","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tennessee-titans"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59544","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\/2225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}