Connor Adair

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Position:
QB
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 184
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Trussville, Ala.
Prev School:
Hewitt-Trussville HS

Honors

• AAC All-Academic Team (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017)
• Dean’s List for the 2020 spring semester
• Tiger 3.0 Club (2020, 2019, 2017)
• 2017 Glenn Jones Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year

2020 (Redshirt Junior)

• Member of the 8-3 Tigers who won the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
• Appeared in two games on the season, attempting two passes in victory over Stephen F. Austin

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Appeared in five games in Memphis’ 12-2 season
• Memphis won a third straight American Athletic Conference West Division Championship and won its first-ever outright AAC conference championship
• The team also earned the program’s first New Year’s Six Bowl bid with a berth in the 2019 Cotton Bowl • Was 6-of-7 for 61 yards in a win over Southern
• Was 2-for-2 for nine yards in a road win at South Alabama
• Appeared in a conference win against Tulane • Appeared in the road win at Houston, going 1-of-2 for 26 yards
• In a win at USF, tallied his first career rushing touchdown (22 yards).]

2018 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Saw the first action of his career
• Played in two games
• Action came in home wins over Mercer and Connecticut
• Was 1-of-2 passing for 17 yards and one TD • Completed first collegiate pass of career late in the fourth quarter vs Connecticut
• The pass was a 17-yard scoring strike to Antonio Gibson
• Had first pass attempt of career in season opener vs Mercer

2017 (Freshman)

• Redshirted
• Member of 2017 squad that went 10-3, won The American West Division title (7-1 league record) and played in The American Championship Game
• Squad earned the program’s first Liberty Bowl bid and played in the hometown’s postseason classic

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• Played final season of prep football at Hewitt-Trussville High School
• Before his one season at Hewitt-Trussville, played at Mountain Brook High School
• Both schools are located in the Birmingham, Ala., area
• Three-year varsity performer
• Career stats included: 267-of-425 passing (62.8 percent), 3,518 yards and 38 TD
• In his one season at Hewitt-Trussville, passed for 2,739 yards and 30 TD (only five INT)
• Completed 69 percent of his passes (198-of-288) • Had a QB rating of 126.5
• Also ran for two TDs
• Named to the 2016 Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) Class 7A All-State second team
• Also selected to AL.com’s 2016 All-Birmingham first team
• Earned Trussville Tribune Offensive Player of the Year honors
• Helped lead the Huskies to the 2016 Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) Class 7A state playoffs quarterfinal round
• Team finished with an 11-1 overall record and a 7-0 Class 7A Region 4 record
• The Huskies won the program’s first region title since 2008
• In his two varsity seasons at Mountain Brook High School, passed for 779 yards and eight TDs • Son of Randy and Candi Adair