University of Nevada Las Vegas

UNLV: A senior defensive rush end for the Rebels who is a two-year returning starter … Comes into the fall with a team-leading 12.5 quarterback sacks as a Rebel … Named 2022 Preseason Fourth Team All-Mountain West by Phil Steele’s … A Las Vegas native who returned home after beginning his career in the Big 12 Conference … Rated as a four-star prospect by Rivals coming out of high school when he originally signed with Arizona but never attended the school.

2021: Named 2021 Preseason All-MW by Phil Steele’s … Appeared in 11 games, including starting six … Finished third on the team with 46 total tackles … Ranked third with 5.5 TFL and second with 3.5 QB sacks … Had a sack in the season opener vs. Eastern Washington … Turned in seven tackles vs. Iowa State in Game Three and added a sack at Fresno State one week later … Posted six takedowns vs. Utah State in Game Six … Had 1.5 sacks in a win at New Mexico in Game Nine and capped campaign with a career-high 10 tackles at Air Force.

2020: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by appearing in five games, starting them all at DE … Finished fourth on the team with 31 total tackles … Led the Rebels with 7.0 TFL … Had the second-most sacks on the squad with 3.5 for a loss of 15 yards … His per-game sack rate of .58 ranked ninth in the Mountain West and 72nd in the nation … Made his presence known immediately in the season-opening game at SDSU with six tackles, two TFL and one sack vs. the Aztecs … Had seven tackles vs. UNR and then a career-high eight takedowns vs. Fresno State, including 1.5 sacks on the night … His final sack of the season came In the finale at Hawai'i. 

TCU: Spent the 2019 season at the Fort Worth program after choosing the Horned Frogs over Oregon, Penn State, Arizona and USC … Appeared in all 12 games as a freshman, including posting three total tackles in a win over Texas. 

HIGH SCHOOL: The nation’s No. 41 defensive end recruit graduated from powerhouse program Bishop Gorman HS in 2018 … A First Team All-State honoree as a senior in 2017 when he finished with 52 total tackles, 16 tackles-for-loss and 10 sacks … A first team All-Southwest League pick at defensive end … Played on the 2016 National Championship Gaels squad as a junior. 

PERSONAL: Adam Cedrick Plant Jr. was born in Los Angeles, CA … The son of Tamika Plant and Adam Plant Sr. … Has two siblings, Azhanay and Ashley … Father Adam Plant Sr. played one season with the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League and attended a Kansas City Chiefs’ training camp … Majoring in communication studies.
 

PLANT JR.’S DEFENSIVE STATS

YEAR     GP-GS     UT     AT     TT     TFL     SCK     INT     PBU     FF     FR

2021         11-6        26     20      46     5.5-28 3.5-25   0-0         0         1     0-0

2020          5-5         12     19      31     7.0-22 3.5-15   0-0         0         0     0-0

2019*       12-0          2       1        3      0-0       0-0      0-0          0         0     0-0

TOTAL     28-11      40     40       80    12.5-40 7.0-40 0-0        0-0        1     0-0

*At TCU