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83 Adam Conrady

  • Position Tight End
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 260
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rochester, Ill.
  • Highschool Rochester

Biography

JUNIOR (2017): Saw action in all 12 games… finished with three touchdowns with 188 yards on 13 catches… recorded 11 yards on 2 catches at Northern Arizona… caught a career-high 57-yard pass and ran it into the end zone… added another ten yards at Coastal Carolina…recorded a seven yard catch against South Dakota… registered a 21-yard touchdown catch and a 16-yard reception against Missouri State… went for seven yards on one reception versus South Dakota State…collected 29 yards on 2 catches at Indiana State…rounded out the year at Weber State with 30 yards on three catches.

CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 3 at Weber State (11/25/17)
CAREER-HIGH REC. YARDS: 67 at Coastal Carolina (9/23/17)
CAREER-HIGH TDs: 1 on three occasions


SOPHOMORE (2016): MVFC Academic Honor Roll... Played in the first six games before suffering a season-ending knee injury... caught four passes for 40 yards... season-high of two catches for 22 yards at Missouri State... 10-yard catch at Northern Illinois and 8-yard catch versus Indiana State.

FRESHMAN (2015): Played in all 13 games… saw significant playing time on special teams.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years each in football and basketball… attended Lincoln HS and then Rochester HS… named ‘Player of the Game’ in the state championship versus Chicago Phillips… Special Mention All-Conference his senior year… set the record for most 2-point conversions in a season (6)… won the Class 4A state championship in 2014… as a junior helped Lincoln to the Class 3A state runner-up finish… 2013 championship in the Lincoln Thanksgiving and Collinsville Holiday Tournaments… basketball team won 2013-14 CS8 conference championship… during his senior year helped Rochester win the Sangamon County Tournament championship… played football for coach Derek Leonard.

PERSONAL: Born February 1, 1997 in Lincoln… No. 1 sports highlight was scoring a touchdown in the state title game… his HS football coach at Rochester, coach Leonard, has been a major influence, “He has helped me develop in the short time that I went to Rochester, and without him I would have never received the opportunity to play Division I football.”… most admires coach Leonard, “He’s not only a great football coach but a very selfless man that cares very much about his players on and off the field. He’s a great person and a role model to many.”… his cousin Grace Vitek plays soccer at Pepperdine… enjoys working on his car, playing the drums and playing Madden… favorite professional team is the Kansas City Chiefs… favorite musician is Chance the Rapper… son of Dan and Anne Conrady.

MAJOR: Mathematics with a minor in Finance

Statistics

Season:
2018

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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2015Freshman

    Tight End
    6'5" 245 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2016Sophomore

    Tight End
    6'6" 256 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2017Junior

    Tight End
    6'6" 260 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2018Senior

    Tight End
    6'6" 260 lbs
    83