Willis Adams

American football player (born 1956)

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American football player

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Position:| Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:|  (1956-08-22) August 22, 1956 (age 68)
Weimar, Texas, U.S.
Height:| 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:| 194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:| Schulenburg (Schulenburg, Texas)
College:| Houston
NFL draft:| 1979 / round: 1 / pick: 20
Career history

* Cleveland Browns (1979–1985)

Career NFL statistics
| Games played:| 75

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Receptions:| 61
Receiving yards:| 962
Receiving TDs:| 2
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Willis Dean Adams (born August 22, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). Adams attended Schulenburg High School in Schulenburg, Texas.

After graduation from high school, Adams first attended Navarro Junior College in Corsicana, Texas, before enrolling at the University of Houston.[1]

In his NFL career, Adams recorded 61 receptions, 936 yards, and two touchdowns.

After retiring from the NFL, Adams became a physical education teacher.[2]

## Notes

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1. ^ Howard M. Balzer (ed.), Football Register 1980. St. Louis, MO: The Sporting News, 1980; p. 3.
2. ^ "Reasons why world football is the best sport in the world - Cover32". April 2, 2020.

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1979 NFL draft first-round selections

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* Jack Thompson
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* Jerry Butler
* Barry Krauss
* Phil Simms
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* Keith Dorney
* Russell Erxleben
* Charles Alexander
* Kellen Winslow
* Marty Lyons
* Eddie Lee Ivery
* Ted Brown
* Don Smith
* Manu Tuiasosopo
* George Andrews
* Willis Adams
* Jerry Robinson
* Kelvin Clark
* Steve Fuller
* Jon Giesler
* Rick Sanford
* Kent Hill
* Robert Shaw
* Greg Hawthorne

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Cleveland Browns 1979 NFL draft selections

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* Lawrence Johnson
* Sam Claphan
* Jim Ramey
* Matt Miller
* Rich Dimler
* Clinton Burrell
* Jim Ronan
* Cody Risien
* Kent Perkov
* Carl McGee
* Curtis Weathers
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* L. Jackson
* Hutchinson
* Warfield
* Morin
* Matheson
* Upshaw
* Johnson
* Phipps
* McKay
* Scott
* Darden
* Holden
* Adams
* Mitchell
* Pruitt
* R. Jackson
* O. Newsome
* Matthews
* Adams
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* Dixon
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* M. Garrett
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* Njoku
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* Ward
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