Senior defensive back on UL Monroe's 2021 roster.
6′0″ · 175 lb · Baton Rouge, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 876 nationally · Signed with Missouri
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on UL Monroe's roster.
Adam Sparks
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Adam Sparks has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Troy — Week 4, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at UL Monroe, 147 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Viator → Terry Bowden. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryant Vincent
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #214 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021
W 31–28
vs Liberty
1 SOLO · 4 TOT
Edged out Liberty at home in a shootout.
With C. Rogers — 225 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.2 · 42 rush yds (25 car) · D. McCormick — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-45@ Kentucky | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 12-7vs Jackson State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-16vs Troy | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 6-59@ Coastal Carolina | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-55vs Georgia State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-28vs Liberty | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-59@ App State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-27@ LSU | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Cedric Stone’s 2021 season.
Matches Cedric on
Differs from Cedric on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Kempton Shine's senior season at Eastern Michigan (2021).
Matches Kempton on
Player DNA