The Green Bay Packers have signed WR Davante Adams to a contract extension. The signing was announced Friday by Ted Thompson, Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations.
Adams, who was drafted out of Fresno State in the second round (No. 53 overall) by the Packers in 2014, has recorded the fourth-most receptions (237) and receiving touchdowns (26) by a Green Bay player in their first four seasons in the NFL (according to the Elias Sports Bureau).
WR Davante Adams signed a contract extension with the Green Bay Packers on Friday. Take a look at highlights from his 2017 season. Photos by Evan Siegle and Corey Wilson, packers.com.
Adams posted 163 receptions from 2014-16, the fourth most in team history by a player in his first three NFL seasons behind WRs Sterling Sharpe (212), Greg Jennings (178) and James Lofton (171).
He registered at least one TD catch in nine games last season, tied for No. 2 in the league behind Nelson (11), and recorded a career-high four 100-yard receiving games and a career-best 10 catches of 25-plus yards.
Adams joined Nelson to become only the second teammate duo in team history (Nelson and WR Randall Cobb in 2014) with 12-plus TD catches each in the same season.
17, had 13 catches in Week 7 vs. Chicago and 12 receptions in Week 8 at Atlanta last season, becoming the first player in franchise history to register 12-plus catches in back-to-back games.
He was tied for the league lead in 2016 with multiple receiving TDs in three games.
17, registered nine TD receptions in Weeks 9-17 last season, tied with Nelson for the league lead over that span.
He caught 50 passes for 483 yards (9.7 avg.) and a TD in 2015 despite missing three games due to an ankle injury.
Adams registered 121 receiving yards in the Week 13 win vs. New England in '14, the most by a Green Bay rookie since Sharpe's 124-yard effort vs. Detroit on Nov. 20, 1988.
He started all 26 games he appeared in for the Bulldogs and caught 233 passes for 3,030 yards (13.0 avg.) and 38 TDs in college.
17, set school career records for receptions and TD catches, despite playing just two seasons for the Bulldogs.
Adams caught at least one TD pass in 22 of 26 games, highlighted by a streak of 11 straight games with a TD grab (school and Mountain West records).
He osted 13 games with 100-plus receiving yards during his career, a school record.
Adams majored in communications.
Adams posted career highs for receptions (75), receiving yards (997) and receiving TDs (12) in 2016, finishing tied for No. 2 in the NFL in TD catches behind teammate Jordy Nelson (14).
Adams leads the Packers with 74 receptions for 885 yards (12.0 avg.) and 10 receiving touchdowns (tied for No. 2 in the NFL) this season. With 12 receiving touchdowns in 2016, he joins Jordy Nelson (2014, 2016), Antonio Freeman (1997-98), Sterling Sharpe (1992-94) and Don Hutson (1941-43) as the only players in franchise history to register 10-plus TD catches in consecutive seasons. Adams is the only player in the NFL to have registered 70-plus receptions and 10-plus receiving TDs last season and this season.
Since 2016, Adams has registered five games with two-plus receiving touchdowns, tied with Nelson and Antonio Brown for the most in the NFL over that span. His four career games with 10-plus receptions are tied with Hutson for the third most in franchise history, trailing Donald Driver and Sharpe, who both have seven. Since 2014, Adams ranks in the top 10 in the NFL in receiving touchdowns (four, tied for No. 4), receptions (28, tied for No. 6) and receiving yards (389, No. 6) in the postseason.
