Carl McAdams

{{Short description|American football player (born 1944)}}

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{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Carl McAdams

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|4|26}}

| birth_place = Dumas, Texas, U.S.

| death_date =

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| team =

| number = 50

| status =

| position1 = Linebacker, Defensive tackle

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 240

| high_school = White Deer {{nowrap|(White Deer, Texas)}}

| college = Oklahoma

| NFLDraftedYear = 1966

| NFLDraftedRound = 1

| NFLDraftedPick = 8

| NFLDraftedTeam = New York Jets

| playing_years1 = (1967–1969)

| playing_team1 = New York Jets

| career_highlights = * Super Bowl champion (III)

• Consensus All-American (1965)
• First-team All-American (1964)
• 2× First-team All-Big Eight (1964, 1965)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 26

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 1

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 2

| statlabel4 = Kick returns

| statvalue4 = 1

| statlabel5 = Kick return yards

| statvalue5 = 16

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Carl McAdams (born April 26, 1944) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the New York Jets of the American Football League (AFL) from 1967 through 1969. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning consensus All-American honors in 1965. He was an integral part of the AFL and Super Bowl-champion Jets in 1968. When McAdams signed with the Jets, it was the largest contract for a lineman until that point.{{cite web | url=https://www.normantranscript.com/sports/all_ou_sports/ou-football-how-carl-mcadams-found-out-he-once-held-the-sooners-53-year-old/article_ccb870b3-1277-5bec-b80e-6d83a0c5dd48.html | title=OU football: How Carl McAdams found out he once held the Sooners' 53-year-old single-game tackling record | date=26 September 2018 }}