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Gaines
               Adams:
               
               
Football Player
               for Clemson, the Chicago Bears, and the Tampa Bay
               Buccaneers
               
               
               
               
 
                    
                       
                    
                
                 
                    
                
       

               
               

Gaines Adams (June
                  8, 1983 – January 17, 2010)
                  
                  
Gaines Adams (June 8, 1983
                  – January 17, 2010) was a Professional
                  football player for the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay
                  Buccaneers of the National Football League, Adams
                  was 26 years old when he died of cardiac
                  arrest.
                  
                  
Adams played defensive end for
                  the Chicago Bears in 2009, and for the Tampa Bay
                  Buccaneers from 2007 to 2009..
                  
                  
 


         
         
Physical Stats:
         
         

Height: 6-5
            
            
Weight: 258

         
         
 
         
         
Born: June 8, 1983 in Greenwood ,
         SC
         
         
 
         
         
High School:
         
         

Cambridge Acad. (Greenwood,
            SC)
            
            
Fork Union Mil. Acad. (VA)

         
         
College:
         
         
Clemson
         
         
NFL Draft: 2007
         
         
Round: 1 / Pick: 4
         
         
NFL Experience: 3rd
         season
         
         

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
            (2007–2009)
            
            
Chicago Bears (2009)

         
         
NFL Career Stats:
         
         

Tackles 93
            
            
Sacks 13.5
            
            
Interceptions 2
            
            
 
            
            
 

         
         
Career highlights and
         awards:
         
         

First-team All-ACC (2006)
            
            
ACC Defensive Player of the Year
            (2006)
            
            
Consensus First-team All-American
            (2006)
            
            
PFW/PFWA All-Rookie Team
            (2007)
            
            

 
                  
                  
 
                  
                  
 
                  
                  
 
                  
                  
Resources:
                  
                  
Family
                  coming to grips with Gaines Adams' death
                  -Chicago Tribune, Jan.
                  19, 2010
                  
                  
Gaines
                  Adams-NFL.com
                  
                  
Gaines
                  Adams Clemson Tigers Profile
                  
                  
 


         
         
         
         

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