Player facts
- Team
Denver Broncos- Position
- Tight End
- Number
- 45
- Born
- Jul 9, 1999 (age 27)
- Birthplace
- Knoxville, TN, USA
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 252 lbs
- College
- South Carolina
- Experience
- 4 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Offense
| REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 4 | 6 | 40 | 10.0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 4 | 5 | 40 | 9.3 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 28 | 37 | 225 | 8.0 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Advanced stats
2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.
| Plays | EPA/play | Success | CPOE | League rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | 5 targets | +1.05 | 80% | fewer than 24 plays |
Recent games
| Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
vs  SEA | W 17-14 OT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  LAC | W 23-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  SF | L 24-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  LAR | W 30-26 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  JAX | W 20-13 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Nate T. Adkins (born July 9, 1999) is an American professional football tight end for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers and South Carolina Gamecocks and was signed by the Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2023.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nate Adkins, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Adkins was born on July 9, 1999, the son of coach Greg Adkins. He attended Bearden High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, and played football and baseball. He played offensive tackle in football and totaled 76 tackles and six sacks as a senior while also having a career batting average of.354 while playing third baseman for the baseball team. He committed to play college football for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers.
College career
Adkins transitioned to playing tight end at East Tennessee State, despite having never played the position before. After being a backup as a true freshman in 2018, he earned a starting role in 2019 and was named first-team all-conference. He earned first-team all-conference honors again in the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season, catching 10 passes for 101 yards while starting four of six games. He caught 33 passes for 357 yards in 2021 and was named second-team all-conference. He opted to transfer after the season, finishing his stint at East Tennessee State University with 73 catches for 749 yards and four touchdowns. Adkins ended up transferring to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks. In his only season with them, he played all 13 games, nine as a starter, and had 13 receptions for 168 yards.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nate Adkins, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Broncos’ next games
Recent results
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikipediaNate Adkins on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Nate Adkins