Adam Humphries

Early life

Humphries was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina on June 24, 1993. While in high school he attended Dorman High School in Roebuck, South Carolina and played varsity football and basketball.

College career

Humphries played in a total of 53 games and starting 27 of them for Clemson from 2011 to 2014. Through his college career, he had a total of 127 receptions for 1,097 yards (8.6 avg.) and three touchdowns, as well as 10 carries for 24 yards and one touchdown and 69 punt returns for 476 yards (6.9 avg.) and one touchdown.

Pre-draft

Coming out of Clemson, Humphries was projected by the majority of analysts to go undrafted and to be signed as a priority undrafted free agent. He was ranked the 144th best wide receiver out of the 351 available by NFLDraftScout.com. He was not invited to the NFL Scouting Combine but was able to show his abilities in front of scouts and representatives from all 32 NFL teams at Clemson's annual Pro Day.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Humphries went undrafted in the 2015 NFL Draft and was signed after the draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

2015: Rookie season

Humphries was signed as an undrafted rookie by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on May 11, 2015. He entered training camp competing to be the Buccaneer's fifth wide receiver on their depth chart with Robert Herron, Donteea Dye, Rannell Hall, Tavarres King, and Kaelin Clay. On September 6, 2015, it was announced that Humphries had made the 53-man roster and would be a punt/kick returner and the Buccaneer's fifth wide receiver behind veterans Vincent Jackson, Mike Evans, Louis Murphy and Russell Shepard.

He made his professional regular season debut in the Buccaneer's season opener against the Tennessee Titans and finished the loss with two receptions for 14 yards. On October 5, 2015, the Buccaneers waived Humphries and consequently signed him to their practice squad on October 7, 2015. After injuries to Buccaneer wide receivers Vincent Jackson and Russell Shepard, it was announced on October 28, 2015 that Humphries and Donteea Dye had been added to the active roster. On December 13, 2015, Humphries caught his first career touchdown reception on a six-yard pass from Jameis Winston, during a 17-24 loss to the New Orleans Saints. On December 17, 2015, he caught a season-high six passes for 60 receiving yards in a 23-31 loss to the St. Louis Rams. Humphries ended his rookie campaign with 13 game appearances, 27 receptions for 260 yards and one receiving touchdown.

2016 season

Humphries entered training camp competing with Russell Shepard and Kenny Bell to be the Buccaneers' third wide receiver under new head coach Dirk Koetter. On August 1, 2016, coach Koetter named Humphries the team's third receiver.

He earned his first career start in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' season opener against the Atlanta Falcons and finished the 31-24 victory with three catches for 34 receiving yards and one carry for seven rushing yards. On September 25, 2016, Humphries caught a season-high nine passes for 100 receiving yards in a 32-37 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. It was the first game with over 100 receiving yards of his career. During a Week 9 matchup against the Falcons, he made five receptions for 46 receiving yards and caught his first touchdown of the season on a seven-yard pass from Jameis Winston during the Buccaneer's 28-43 loss. On December 18, 2016, Humphries caught two passes for 49 yards and caught a season-long 42 yard touchdown reception against the Dallas Cowboys. In Week 17, against the Carolina Panthers, Humphries had a career-high 10 receptions for 94 yards. Humphries concluded his second year with 15 game appearances, 4 of which were starts, 55 receptions for 622 yards and three touchdowns.

On February 27, 2017, Humphries signed a one-year guaranteed contract tender with the Buccaneers for $615,000.