#85

Jefferson Adam

Senior defensive lineman for Eastern Michigan. 2024: 4.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

DL · Eastern Michigan · Sr. · #85

6′2″ · 260 lb · Ypsilanti, MI · Washtenaw International

CFB Index 60 · #154 of 426 edge rushersLow confidence

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Recruiting

3★

EDGE recruit

No. 40 nationally · Joined Iowa State

Last played in 2024.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior defensive lineman for Eastern Michigan. 2024: 4.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa State in 2023.
Transferred from Iowa State to Eastern Michigan in 2024.

The full story, with sources

How he projects

Grades highest in tackling and pursuit.

The full scouting read

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Jefferson Adam

DL · Eastern Michigan · Sr · #85

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Iowa State to Eastern Michigan — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Western Michigan, Week 14, 2024.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Eastern Michigan	26	16	6.5	4.5	--	--	--
Career		26	16	6.5	4.5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 28-14@ Massachusetts	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 9-30@ Washington	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 37-34vs Jacksonville State	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 4	W 36-0vs Saint Francis	3	3	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 5	W 52-33@ Kent State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 14-38vs Miami (OH)	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 38-34vs Central Michigan	3	1	1.5	1.5	—
Wk 9	L 21-25@ Akron	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 10-35@ Ohio	3	2	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 20-37vs Buffalo	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 14	L 18-26@ Western Michigan	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Total		26	16	6.5	4.5	—

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 36–0

vs Saint Francis

2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles

Dominant 36-point win at home against Saint Francis.

With Z. Griffin — 1 rec · 89 yds · 1 TD · M. Tomasek — 46.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Eastern Michigan5-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

60Quality starter #154 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#152 / 2892 · 94th pct

4.5

Tackles for loss#361 / 2892 · 87th pct

6.5

Solo tackles#1346 / 2892 · 52nd pct

Tackles#1590 / 2892 · 44th pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

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.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

26 tkl · 6 TFL · 4 sacks

TFL rate

25%6 TFL

Sack rate

17%4 sacks

Hurry rate

0%0 hurries

26 tackles · 6 for loss · 4 sacks.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	1.1	0.9	0.0
Road6g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.7	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

56.1%

137 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

61.0

4 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

154 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #154 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #154 at the position.

The defensive line · Eastern Michigan

#54Quincy ByasDL · So.3 tackles for loss · 2026
#88Ronn HardinDL · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2026
#98Joseph OluwayemiDL · Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2026
#58Peyton ChristianDL · Sr.1 tackle for loss · 2026
#85Jefferson AdamDL · Sr.no box-score line yet

17 more on the roster · Eastern Michigan team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jefferson Adam

2023

202411 games

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

2024 snapshot

Defensive profile

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

Background

The defensive line · Eastern Michigan