Aaron Rodgers summed up Davante Adams' game as only Rodgers can, saying this week that as a new Jet, Adams "brings clout and accolades from somebody who's been at the zenith of his profession." Adams also brings a boatload of stats and facts that speak of the impact he's had on the playing field and can continue to have for however long he wears the green and white.
It sounds as if the newest Jets elite player will be in his new uniform and available to add to some of his metrics when the Jets meet the Steelers on Sunday night. Here is Davante Adams by the numbers:
No. 1
That's the ranking Adams has when totaling the most receptions and receiving TDs in the NFL's last X seasons. Let's set the bar at the last 9 seasons. Davante, who spent the first 6 of those campaigns (2016-21) with Rodgers on the Packers, then the last 2-plus with the Raiders, has 802 catches and 81 TDs in that span, most among the league's pass catchers at all positions. And his 10,061 receiving yards are No. 2 behind only the Dolphins' Tyreek Hill (10,425).
3-A
Looking at all 11 of Adams' pro seasons, he and Rodgers connected for 3 touchdown passes twice, in a home loss to Minnesota in November 2020 and in a home win over Tennessee a month later. The TD catches are tied for the most in a game in Adams' career and tied for 3rd-most (along with many others) for most TD receptions in a game in the last 5 NFL seasons.
3-B
Adams is not a fumbler. In 164 career games, regular season and playoffs, he's fumbled just 6 times, not once since October '22, and has lost just 3 fumbles, last time in 2020. Of the 26 WRs with at least 700 catches since 2000, Davante has the 4th-best "sure hands" average at 153.5 receptions/fumble.
3-C
As multitalented as Adams is — "He can play on-the-ball receiver, off-the-ball receiver, slot," Rodgers ticked off — don't expect him to be lining up in the backfield or running any end-arounds or reverses. He has just 3 carries in his career, all in 2022 as a Raider, on which he had a long of 4 yards and a total of minus-1 yard rushing.
4
Adams already has 104 touchdown catches in all games as a pro, with 76 of them coming off Rodgers' right arm. But with 96 regular-season TD grabs (68 of them from A-Rod), he needs just 4 touchdowns this season to reach 100 for his RS career. When he does that, he'll join only 8 other pass-catchers who reached 100 RS catches in their careers. Adams is poised to join that club along with the Bucs' Mike Evans, who has 99 TDs.
10
Adams had 10 first downs in a game, in the Packers' 35-20 win at Houston in 2020. He had 13 catches that day for 196 yards and two TDs, all passes coming from Rodgers. Since 1963, no Jets WR has moved the sticks 10 times in a game, and only one has done it at any position — FB Clark Gaines with 10 (on a team-record 17 receptions) vs. San Francisco in 1980.
14
Adams and Rodgers conspired for 14 receptions, 156 yards and 2 TDs when the Packers defeated the Vikings, 43-34, at Minnesota in 2020. The receptions are a career single-game high in Adams' career.
38
Adams needs 110 receptions to reach 1,000 for his regular-season career, not likely in his games with the Jets this season. But include his 72 playoff catches and he's just 38 shy of a grand for his career. He could become the 20th player to reach 1,000 RS and PO catches all-time.
123
Adams' regular-season personal best for receptions in a season were his 123 with the Packers in 2021. He in fact has 5 100-catch seasons, 4 of them in a row from 2020-23. The Jets, by comparison, have only one 100-catch season in franchise history, the 109 grabs by Brandon Marshall in his remarkable 2015 season.
134
Adams has the 4th-longest active regular-season streak with at least one reception at 134 games and counting. Titans WR DeAndre Hopkins' 167 games is the active leader, followed by Chiefs TE Travis Kelce at 163 games and Texans WR Stefon Diggs at 142.
206
Adams and Rodgers combined for 11 receptions, 206 yards and 1 TD when the Packers defeated the Bengals, 25-22, at Cincinnati in 2021. The receiving yardage is the most in a game in Adams' career.
1,000/10,000
Adams already has the 10,000 part of this equation at 10,990 career receiving yards. With the 110 receptions mentioned above, he'll get to 1,000 and can join one of the NFL's most exclusive clubs. There are only 12 WRs in the league's 1,000/10,000 Club.
