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April 26 Birthday Celebration Part Two: Julius Adams
April 26 Birthday Celebration Part Two: Julius Adams
Happy birthday to Julius Adams, who would have been 73 today
Born April 26, 1948 in Macon, Georgia
Patriot RDE, 1971-1987; uniform #85
Died March 24, 2016 at the age of 67
Pats 2nd round (27th overall) selection of the 1971 draft, from Texas Southern
With Raymond Clayborn finally getting his long overdue acknowledgement, nobody other than Julius Adams is now more deserving of induction into the Patriots Hall of Fame. Similar to Steve Nelson, Adams suffers from lack of national recognition due to no fault of his own; despite his superb effort, his teams never won a Super Bowl.
Adams spent his entire career with the Pats, playing in a total of 212 games - most in team history for a defensive player, and third most overall. His 79.5 career sacks rank second to only Andre Tippett in career franchise history - though that number should actually be more since sacks were not accurately tracked until 1982.
Julius Adams is also a member of the New England Patriots 1970s All-Decade Team, the 1980s All-Decade Team, the 35th Anniversary Team, the 50th Anniversary Team, and the 2000 Team of the Century.
Pro Football Journal: R.I.P. Julius "The Jewel" Adams
When Jack Youngblood arrived in Chicago for the 1971 College All-Star game practices he thought he was in the wrong place....
Also in camp was Julius Adams, who Youngblood had never heard of before, but he saw a 6-3 260-pound man with amazing natural strength and quickness. At that point, Youngblood, at 242 pounds, felt like "someone's kid brother".