What is Phillip Adams (American football)?
{{Use American English|date=April 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography |name=Phillip Adams |image=Phillip Adams Falcons.jpg |image_size=250 |caption= |number= 35, 26, 40, 28, 24, 20 |position=[[Cornerback]] |birth_date={{birth date|1988|7|20|mf=n}} |birth_place=[[Rock Hill, South Carolina]] |death_date={{death date and age|2021|4|8|1988|7|20}} |death_place= Rock Hill, South Carolina |height_ft=5 |height_in=11 |weight_lbs=195 |high_school=[[Rock Hill High School (South Carolina)|Rock Hill]]<br/>(South Carolina) |college=[[South Carolina State Bulldogs football|South Carolina State]] |draftyear=2010 |draftround=7 |draftpick=224 |pastteams= *[[San Francisco 49ers]] ({{NFL Year|2010}}) *[[New England Patriots]] ({{NFL Year|2011}}) *[[Seattle Seahawks]] ({{NFL Year|2011}}) *[[Oakland Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|2012}}–{{NFL Year|2013}}) * Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|2014}})* *[[New York Jets]] ({{NFL Year|2014}}) *[[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|2015}}) |pastteamsnote=yes |status= |highlights= *First-team All-MEAC (2009) |statweek= |statseason= |statlabel1=[[Tackle (football move)|Tackles]] |statvalue1=128 |statlabel2=[[Pass deflection]]s |statvalue2=15 |statlabel3=[[Interception]]s |statvalue3=5 |statlabel4=Forced fumbles |statvalue4=1 |nflnew=Phillip-Adams |pfr=A/AdamPh00 }} '''Phillip Matthew Adams''' (July 20, 1988 – April 8, 2021) was an [[American football]] [[cornerback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[South Carolina State Bulldogs football|South Carolina State Bulldogs]]. Adams was drafted in the seventh round of the [[2010 NFL Draft]] by the [[San Francisco 49ers]]. He also played for the [[New England Patriots]], [[Oakland Raiders]], [[Seattle Seahawks]], [[New York Jets]], and [[Atlanta Falcons]]. On April 8, 2021, Adams committed [[suicide]] by shooting and killing himself after [[Rock Hill, South Carolina]] police investigators identified him by as the gunman who [[2021 Rock Hill shooting|killed five others and injured a anot