{"id":375137,"date":"2025-12-29T02:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/375137\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T02:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:15:12","slug":"the-clemson-insider-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/375137\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clemson Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the Clemson players who are set to hit the NCAA transfer portal is Keith Adams Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The punishing running back, nicknamed \u201cHammerhead\u201d by Clemson\u2019s coaching staff, plans to enter the portal when it opens on Jan. 2.<\/p>\n<p>As a redshirt junior this season, Adams played in 11 games while rushing for 71 yards and one touchdown. The 5-foot-9, 220-pounder played only 36 total offensive snaps and received just 14 carries this year.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Adams took to social media and appeared to call out Clemson\u2019s coaching staff for how his talents were utilized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not used the right way at my previous school and have proven multiple times that I am worthy to play,\u201d Adams wrote on X (formerly Twitter). \u201cI have 1 more year of eligibility and I plan on making a huge impact on wherever I go. I guarantee I\u2019ll be the hardest running back to tackle in college football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Clemson legacy who finished his prep career in Utah, Adams recorded 58 career carries for 274 yards and two touchdowns, as well as one reception for 4 yards, in 174 snaps over 32 games at Clemson from 2022-25.<\/p>\n<p>Adams began his prep career at Cherokee High School in Canton, Ga., before finishing his prep career at Pine View High in St. George, Utah. He earned first-team all-state and all-region honors as a senior in 2021 after rushing for 1,376 yards and 22 touchdowns on 219 carries, while adding 217 yards and a touchdown on 17 receptions.<\/p>\n<p>He is the son of Clemson Hall of Famer Keith Adams, a two-time All-America linebacker who won 1999 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and still holds Clemson single-season records for tackles, tackles for loss and sacks.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was not used the right way at my previous school and have proven multiple times that I am worthy to play. I have 1 more year of eligibility and I plan on making a huge impact on wherever I go. I guarantee I\u2019ll be the hardest running back to tackle in college football. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R7dmilaEE6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/R7dmilaEE6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keith Adams Jr. (@keithadamsjr3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keithadamsjr3\/status\/2005352368431665292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the Clemson players who are set to hit the NCAA transfer portal is Keith Adams Jr.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[6596,399,6600,6598,398,396,397,6597,99,6599,6601],"class_list":{"0":"post-375137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-clemson-insider-podcast","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-gymnastics","11":"tag-hero","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-football","14":"tag-ncaafootball","15":"tag-noonan","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-track-and-field","18":"tag-wednesday"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}