Biography
2014 - REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Voted First Team All-MEAC at wide receiver. Started and played 11 games at wide receiver, kick returner and punt returner. Finished in the top 10 in the MEAC in receiving, and led team in receptions with a career-high 50, gaining a team second-best and career-high 540 yards with a career-best three touchdowns. Finished second in the MEAC with 4.6 receptions per game, averaging 49.1 yards per game and 10.8 yards per reception. Finished second in the MEAC in kick returns, totaling 541 yards on 25 attempts, and also returned 10 punts for 104 yards. Racked up 1,179 all-purpose yards and finished ranked fifth in the MEAC averaging 109.0 yard per game. Had a career day against Charlotte (Sept. 13), catching seven passes for 129 yards and one touchdown, and returned five kicks for 130 yards for a total of 259 all purpose yards. Had a career-high 11 catches for 124 yards and one touchdown at South Carolina State (Oct. 11). Had a season long kick return of 91 yards at Bethune-Cookman (Nov. 1). Selected to The Sports Network FCS Preseason All-America First Team as a punt returner. Picked by Athlon Sports to its Preseason FCS All-America First Team as a punt returner. Named to the Beyond Sports Network FCS Preseason All-America First Team as a return specialist. Recognized on Boxtorow Preseason All-America Team as a return specialist. Announced on the 2014 College Football Performance Awards Kickoff Returner Award Watch List and Punt Returner Award Watch List. Voted to Preseason All-MEAC First Team as a return specialist.
2013 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Only student-athlete in the NCAA Division I-FCS with five special teams return touchdowns with scores on three kickoff returns (100, 96, 91 yards) and two punt returns (89, 73 yards). Topped the MEAC in punt returns (13.4 yards per return) and ranked second in kickoff returns (30.3 yards per return). As a receiver, led the Eagles with 37 catches for 427 yards and two touchdowns. Not only did he top the conference in all-purpose yards (123.5 yards per game/1,358 all-purpose yards), but he became the only Eagle in the NCCU record books with a kickoff return touchdown, a punt return touchdown and a receiving touchdown in the same season. Voted All-MEAC First Team as a return specialist. Chosen as the MEAC Special Teams Player of the Week four times (Sept. 16, Oct. 7, Oct. 28, Nov. 11). Recognized as the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) FCS National Return Specialist of the Year - according to the CFPA's scientific criteria, Wilkins finished the 2013 season with the strongest return specialist performance since the inception of the CFPA FCS Awards program. Earned All-America honors from Beyond Sports Network, BOXTOROW, The Sports Network, College Sporting News and American Urban Radio Networks/SBN, while College Football Performance Awards presented the sophomore with its FCS Elite Kickoff Returner Award. Amassed season-high 241 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns at Savannah State (Oct. 26), catching nine passes for 105 yards (19-yard TD), while also tallying 82 punt return yards (73-yard TD) and 54 kickoff return yards.
2013 Post-Season Honors for Adrian Wilkins
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference First-Team All-MEAC (return specialist)
College Sports Madness First-Team All-MEAC (kickoff returner)
College Sports Madness First-Team All-MEAC (punt returner)
College Sports Madness Third-Team All-MEAC (wide receiver)
Beyond Sports Network FCS First-Team All-America (return specialist)
BOXTOROW First-Team All-America (return specialist)
The Sports Network FCS Second-Team All-America (kickoff returner)
College Football Performance Awards FCS National Return Specialist of the Year (CFPA FCS Elite Kickoff Returner Award)
College Sporting News Fabulous Fifty FCS All-America Team (kickoff returner)
SBN Sports Black College All-American Team (return specialist)
2012 - REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Appeared in all 11 games, including 2 as a starter. Amassed 328 all-purpose yards (157 kickoff return, 77 punt return, 76 rushing, 18 receiving). Caught 2 passes for 18 yards. Rushed 17 times for 76 yards. Returned a punt 57 yards for a touchdown versus Fayetteville State (Sept. 1).
EAST RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Earned All-Conference honors. In 2010, amassed 1,876 yards of total offense to go along with 23 touchdowns before a season-ending injury.
PERSONAL
Born Jan. 4, 1993 in Rutherfordton, N.C. Mother is Tina Wilkins.
