The University of Akron Athletics
2025 Football Roster

Alex Adams
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Osyka, Miss.
- High School:
- South Pike | LSU
2025: Named to the Phil Steele Preseason All-MAC Second Team... named to the Athlon Sports Preseason All-MAC Second Team
2024: Did Not Play (Medical Redshirt)…
2023: Played in seven games... had 22 receptions for 188 yards... scored two touchdowns... season-high 29-yard reception... 8.5 yards per game... had a season-high 75 yards against Morgan State (Sept. 9)... scored a touchdown at Central Michigan (Oct. 14)...
2022: Appeared in 11 games, including 10 starts...pulled in 63 catches for 850 yards and a team-high nine touchdowns...averaged 77.3 yards receiving per game and 13.5 yards per catch...pulled in nine catches for 200 yards at Kent State...recorded 115, 102 and 150 yards receiving versus Miami, Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois, respectively...tallied two touchdowns on four catches for 96 yards against Bowling Green...posted a pair of touchdowns on seven receptions for 150 yards at Northern Illinois.
2022 ACCOLADES: First-Team All-MAC.
PRIOR TO AKRON: Appeared in 10 games with Louisiana State in two years en route to catching two passes for 11 yards...played in in seven games for the Tigers in 2021, playing mainly on special teams...appeared in three games, catching one pass for six yards...committed to LSU over offers from Auburn, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Florida State and Mississippi State out of high school...ranked by 247Sports as a four-star prospect and Top-10 recruit in the state of Mississippi...helped lead South Pike to a 13-1 record in 2019 and a spot in the Class 4A South State semifinals...finished senior season with 34 catches for 859 yards and 10 touchdowns, while adding 166 rushing yards and two touchdowns...as a junior, caught 28 passes for 691 yards and 13 touchdowns, while also rushing 17 times for 153 yards and two touchdowns...named to the Clarion Ledger's annual Dandy Dozen team and competed in the 2019 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sport management...son of Natasha Lewis.