Adrian Amos

Adrian Gerald Amos Jr. (born April 29, 1993) is an American football safety for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL).

Amos played at Penn State from 2011 to 2014.

As a true freshman, he played in all 13 games as a cornerback and on special teams.

He recorded seven tackles and an interception.

As a sophomore in 2012, Amos started all 12 games and recorded 44 tackles and two interceptions.

As a junior in 2013, Amos again started all 12 games, splitting time between cornerback and safety.

He finished the year with 50 tackles, one interception and 2.5 sacks.

As a senior, he again started all 13 games, recording 42 tackles and three interceptions.

He was ranked the second best free safety prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com and was ranked the 13th best safety by NFL analyst Charles Davis.

On November 10, 2014, the Senior Bowl announced that Amos had accepted their invitation to play in the 2015 Senior Bowl.

Prior to the Senior Bowl and NFL combine, Amos was projected to be a fourth or fifth round pick and was ranked as the sixth best free safety prospect by NFLDraftScout.com.

He played college football at Penn State, and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL draft.

Amos attended Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, Maryland.

He was rated by Rivals.com as a three-star recruit.

He originally committed to play college football at the University of Connecticut.

On January 24, 2015, Amos attended the Senior Bowl and recorded two solo tackles to help the North defeat the South 34–13.

Amos attended the NFL combine and performed well, completing almost all of the combine drills, but chose to skip the bench press.

His 40-yard dash time of 4.39s ranked seventh among all safeties and his 4.03s time in the three-cone drill ranked second amongst his position.

He also finished in the top twenty among safeties at the combine in the 20-yard short shuttle and the 60-yard shuttle.

On March 19, 2015, Amos opted to participate at Penn State's pro day, along with Mike Hull, Donovan Smith, Jesse James, Sam Ficken, Miles Dieffenbach, Deion Barnes, and three other teammates.

He decided to perform the bench press, 40-yard dash, and positional drills for the team representatives and scouts from 19 NFL teams in attendance.

He had an impressive performance overall and decreased his time in the 40-yard dash from 4.56s at the combine to 4.37s and 4.40s.

Amos attended private visits or workouts for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Baltimore Ravens.

At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Amos was projected to be a second to fourth round pick by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts.

The Chicago Bears selected Amos in the fifth round (142nd overall) of the 2015 NFL draft.

The Bears previously acquired the pick by trading wide receiver Brandon Marshall to the New York Jets.

On May 5, 2015, the Bears signed Amos to a four-year, $2.51 million contract with a signing bonus of $232,280.

Throughout training camp, he competed with Brock Vereen and Sherrod Martin for the vacant free safety position left by the departure of Chris Conte during free agency.

Head coach John Fox named Amos the starting free safety over Vereen after he had an impressive performance in the Bears' preseason-opener against the Green Bay Packers.

He began the season alongside Antrel Rolle, the team's starting strong safety.

He made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the Bears' regular season-opener against the Packers and recorded five solo tackles in a 31–23 loss.

On November 22, 2015, Amos recorded seven solo tackles and made his first career sack on Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler during a 17–15 loss.

The following game, he collected a season-high nine combined tackles in a 17–13 victory over the Packers on Thursday Night Football.

Amos started all 16 games in his rookie season and made 67 combined tackles (57 solo), two pass deflections, and a sack.

At the end of his rookie season, Amos was selected on Pro Football Writers All-Rookie Team along with defensive lineman Eddie Goldman.

He was in competition with rookie DeAndre Houston-Carson for the free safety position throughout training camp.

He was the eighth safety selected during the draft in 2016 and only one of three Penn State players drafted in 2016, along with Donovan Smith (second round, 34th overall) and Jesse James (fifth round, 160th overall).

He was named the starting free safety to begin the 2016 season, opposite strong safety Harold Jones-Quartey.

Amos started the Bears' season-opener against the Houston Texans and made five solo tackles during their 23–14 loss.

On October 20, 2016, Amos recorded a season-high eight combined tackles in the Bears' 26–10 loss at the Packers.