Keith A. Adams (born November 22, 1979) in Norwood, Massachusetts. He attended Westlake High School in Atlanta, Georgia, where he played high school football for the Westlake Lions. Keith Adams was an All American at Westlake High School. After his senior year at Westlake High School Adams played in the Georgia/ Florida All Star Game. While attending Clemson University, Adams played for the Clemson Tigers football team from 1998 to 2000. He played in 35 games during his three-season college career and amassed 23 quarterback sacks, which left him tied for the third highest career sack total in Clemson history. Following his 1999 sophomore season, he was a firs-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection, the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, and a Football News first-team All-American. As a junior in 2000, he was again a first-team All-ACC selection and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. Two-time All-American (1999 and 2000)
• ACC Defensive Player of the Year (1999)
• Finalist for Butkus Award and Bednarik Award (2000)
• National Defensive Player of the Year Finalist by Football News (2000)
• Set Clemson single season record for tackles (186) and sacks (16) in 1999
• Set Clemson single game tackle record with 27 vs. South Carolina in 1999
• Had 379 career tackles, ninth in Clemson history even though he played just three years. Two-time All-American (1999 and 2000)
• Played seven years in the NFL with Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami and Cleveland. Adams was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the seventh round (232nd overall) in the 2001 NFL Draft. He was allocated to NFL Europe and played in ten games for the Berlin Thunder. He finished the season with 55 tackles and one sack. He played in World Bowl X and helped the Thunder win their second consecutive Championship. in 2003 Adams led the NFC in special team tackles while playing for the Philadelphia Eagles. In 2004 Adams started in Super Bowl 39 for the Philadelphia Eagles against the New England Patriots. In 2005 Adams started all 16 games for the Philadelphia Eagles and totaled 101 tackles for the Philadelphia Eagles. In 2006 Adams played for the Miami Dolphins. In 2007 Adams played his last year for the Cleveland Browns. Adams was inducted in the Clemson football Hall of Fame in 2012. Adams returned to Clemson in 2013 where he finished his degree in parks, recreation, tourism management. In 2013 Adams was a student coach at Clemson University where he worked directly under Defensive Coordinator. In 2014 Adams worked for Arizona Western as linebacker coach. 2015 Adams is the Defensive coordinator for the Georgia prep Sports Academy. Keith Adams is married to his wife Rayyah Adams and has four children Keith Adams Jr, Brooke Adams, Cassidy Adams, and Kimora Adams.
