Willis Adams

{{Short description|American football player (born 1956)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Willis Adams

| image =

| caption =

| number = 80

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|8|22}}

| birth_place = Weimar, Texas, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 194

| high_school = Schulenburg {{nowrap|(Schulenburg, Texas)}}

| college = Houston

| draftyear = 1979

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 20

| pastteams =

• Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1979}}–{{NFL Year|1985}})

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 75

| statlabel2 = Receptions

| statvalue2 = 61

| statlabel3 = Receiving yards

| statvalue3 = 962

| statlabel4 = Receiving TDs

| statvalue4 = 2

| pfr = AdamWi00

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Willis Dean Adams (born August 22, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). Adams attended Schulenburg High School in Schulenburg, Texas.

After graduation from high school, Adams first attended Navarro Junior College in Corsicana, Texas, before enrolling at the University of Houston.Howard M. Balzer (ed.), Football Register 1980. St. Louis, MO: The Sporting News, 1980; p. 3.

In his NFL career, Adams recorded 61 receptions, 962 yards, and two touchdowns.

After retiring from the NFL, Adams became a physical education teacher.{{cite web | url=http://cover32.com/browns/2014/02/20/the-worst-wide-receiver-draft-pick-willis-adams-gone-and-thankfully-forgotten/ | title=Reasons why world football is the best sport in the world - Cover32 | date=2 April 2020 }}