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Colorado football commit Andre Adams finds simplicity in approach to Antioch - Andre Adams, a four-star quarterback, has led Antioch High School to a major turnaround.
- Adams models his game after Lamar Jackson but is compared to Randall Cunningham by his father.
- A Colorado commit, Adams has been instrumental in recruiting other players to the program.
When Kenny Adams looks at his son Andre on the field, he can't help but think of former Philadelphia legend Randall Cunningham.
Since he was five years old, Andre's typically been the biggest player on the field and has always had the unique ability of being both an elite passer and dangerous weapon with his legs.
Kenny may see some Randall Cunningham in Andre's game, but for Andre himself, he thinks of someone else.
That other person also happens to be his favorite athlete: Lamar Jackson.
Andre may model his game in ways like Jackson, but in the end, he's hoping to forge his own legacy.
For Kenny, he's watched his son grow not only into one of the nation's top prospects, but a leader who played a pivotal role in rebuilding a program that had been down for years.
Prior to Andre Adams, the Bears had gone 0-10 in four of the previous five seasons.
The program had just two wins between 2017 and 2022.
With Andre under center, Antioch's gone 20-14 and last year the Bears had their first double-digit winning season since 1958.
Adams, a senior quarterback at Antioch and a Colorado commit, is a four-star prospect, ranked as the No.
8 prospect in the state, according the 247Sports Composite.
He's No.
5 on The Tennessean's Dandy Dozen, an annual list of the Nashville area's top college football recruits as picked by the newspaper from observations and discussions with staff.
"Its refreshing to see a kid that I didnt have to force football on," Kenny said.
"Hes a football nerd and he chooses to just watch film in his free time.
Hell watch film and highlights and then well battle each other to see who can watch the most film in preparation for the next team." In Adams' household, loyalty is everything There are a lot of words you can use to describe Andre as a player and as a person.
However, just like his favorite athlete, there's no better way to describe him than loyal.
When Kenny was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Antioch, his sons had a choice on where they wanted to play their high school ball.
Andre's older brother Andrew was at Father Ryan and when Andrew transferred to Antioch, Andre, having decided he was going to go wherever his brother went, followed.
That move proved to be the right decision for Andre as he was named the team's starting quarterback his freshman year and he led them to a 4-7 record.
Given the success Andre has enjoyed the past few seasons, it was only a matter of time before other programs tried to lure Adams away from the Bears.
Adams wouldn't budge.
"Loyalty is big to me, and I always feel like theres talent within," Andre said.
"If youre really like that, youre going to show it and build a team to where you want it to be.
I dont feel like moving around everywhere.
I know whats within us.
Antioch has come a long way since my freshman year.
A lot of talent used to come through back when my dad played there and he played with a couple of great players but over time, they just kind of lost it.
It feels good to bring it back and come together with all my guys and start it back up." Andre Adams' loyalty extended to Colorado football, Deion Sanders Adams hopes Colorado fans will see that loyalty.
He's shown it since his April commitment, the Buffaloes second commitment of the recruiting cycle.
Now that Colorado class consists of 20 pledges including five four-star prospects, four on the offensive side, with Adams as one of the headliners.
"Helping put this class together is something that I take seriously," Adams said.
"I understood that to get it where we want to be, I would have to go out and recruit other guys to come with me because at the time I committed, we only had one other commitment.
Once I committed, that got the ball rolling.
In his three visits to Boulder, Adams has built relationships with the coaching staff that only solidified his decision.
Once he's off to college, Kenny Adams isn't worried about the football side for his son.
"I told him that the football stuff was always going to take care of itself," Kenny said.
"Whether you go up there, win the starting job, win a few Heismans and some national championships, thats all on you.
Or you get up there and never see the field for four years.
The biggest thing to me was the men hed be learning from." Follow Sports Reporter Joe Spears on X at @joe_spears7 or via email: [email protected].
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