Josh Adams

BIOGRAPHY

Josh Adams was born on October 29, 1996, in Warrington, Pennsylvania. He is a running back for the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL. Adams played college football at the University Of Notre Dame.

Adams attended Central Bucks High School South in Warrington, Pennsylvania, where he played high school football for the Titans. As a sophomore, he rushed for 2,085 yards and 28 touchdowns. He rushed for 738 yards and ten touchdowns his junior year in 2013 before suffering a torn ACL. As a senior, he returned from his injury, rushing for 1,623 yards with 25 goals. He was named to the All-USA Pennsylvania Football Team at running back and earned offensive player of the year honors, by USA Today.

During his freshman season in 2015, Adams in his first college game against Texas, he rushed for 49 yards and scored two touchdowns. In the Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State, Adams ended his season rushing for 78 yards on 14 carries (5.6 avg) and adding one touchdown. He finished his season rushing for 835 yards on 117 carries (7.1 avg) while rushing for six touchdowns. His 835 yards on the season in 2015, set a new Notre Dame freshman record for rushing yards in a season, eclipsing the 786 garnered by Darius Walker, 2004.

During his sophomore season in 2016, in the second game of the season against Nevada, he had ten carries for 106 yards in the 39–10 victory. On October 1, against Syracuse, he had 102 rushing yards. On November 19, against Virginia Tech, he had 100 rushing yards to go along with a 22-yard reception in the 34–31 loss. In the next game, against USC, he had 180 rushing yards in the regular-season finale for the Fighting Irish. Overall, Adams had 933 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns on the season.

During his junior season in 2017, Adams started his final season with the Fighting Irish strong with 161 rushing yards and two touchdowns against Temple. Two weeks later, against Boston College, he had 229 rushing yards in the victory. On September 30, against the Miami RedHawks, he had 159 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns in the win. On October 21, against USC, he had 191 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns in the 49–14 win. The next week, against NC State, he had his second game of the year going over 200 rushing yards with 202. Through eight games of the 2017 season, Adams ranked fifth among all Division I FBS players with 1,169 rushing yards on 132 carries. Overall, he finished his final collegiate season with 1,430 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns.

On January 5, 2018, Adams announced that he would pursue a career in the NFL.

Adams signed with the Philadelphia Eagles on May 11, 2018. He was promoted to the active roster on September 18, 2018.

On September 1, 2019, Adams was signed to the New York Jets practice squad. Adams signed a contract extension with the Jets on March 17, 2021.