Sam Adams (football player)
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Sam Adams (born June 13, 1973 in Houston, Texas) is an American football defensive tackle who currently plays for the Buffalo Bills.
He was a starter all three years he played at Texas A&M, and his junior year he was named to the first-team All-American team by the Associated Press. He declared himself eligible for the 1994 NFL Draft at the end of his junior year, and was picked in the first round (8th overall) by the Seattle Seahawks.
He made several starts during his rookie year, splitting time between defensive tackle and defensive end. In his second season, he sacked Mark Brunell of the Jacksonville Jaguars for a safety, scoring his first points of his professional career. He also blocked a field goal in overtime against the Arizona Cardinals. He played several more years for Seattle, making the AFC Pro Bowl team as an alternate in 1997. In 2000 he signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Ravens, and helped lead the most dominating defense in the league to a victory at Super Bowl XXXV. That season he was also named as s starter to the Pro Bowl for the first time, a feat he would repeat the following season.
In 2002 he was a free agent once again, and this time he signed with the Oakland Raiders. He started 14 of the 16 games that season, missing one due to injury and played in the other game he did not start. He led his team to Super Bowl XXXVI; unfortunately, the result was not the same, as the Raiders lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In 2003 free agency saw Adams sign with the Buffalo Bills, and he helped anchor the defensive line there. His first game for Buffalo was a memorable one, as he registered a sack, two tackles, and an interception against Tom Brady that was returned for a touchdown (his second career TD). He was a Pro Bowl alternate in 2003 for the second time in his career.
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Sam Adams Sr. is the father of Sam Adams, and as the son is now, was formerly a professional football player, playing at offensive guard with the New England Patriots (1972-1980) and New Orleans Saints (1981).