2018: Helped lead Delaware to its first Football Championship Subdivision playoff appearance since making it to the championship game in 2010…Posted 86 tackles (48 solo), four INTs, 11 passes defensed, a forced fumble and a recovery…Returned five kickoffs for 149 yards (29.8 avg.), including a 92-yarder that went for a TD…Returned a punt seven yards…Set or tied career highs with single-game performances of with 13 tackles, two INTs and four passes defensed…Accolades: The Associated Press second-team Football Championship Division All-American…First-team All-Colonial Athletic Association.
2017: Made the transition to safety, ranking second on the team with 78 tackles…Had a team-high 42 solo stops…Added a half-sack…Posted five INTs for 135 yards, eight passes defensed, two forced fumbles and a recovery…Posted 52 yards on two kickoff returns (26.0 avg.)…Accolades: First-team Eastern College Athletic Conference All-East…First-team All-Colonial Athletic Association…CAA Defensive Player of the Week and STATS National Defensive Player of the Week honorable mention for his performance against William & Mary.
2016: Recorded 49 tackles (38 solo), ranking third on the team and the most among Delaware DBs…Added two INTs, six passes defensed and a forced fumble…Returned 28 kickoffs for 662 yards (23.6 avg.) and had a 10-yard punt return…Recorded a season-high 10 solo tackles against William & Mary…Posted a 22-yard pick-six to spur a win at Albany…Accolades: Third-team All-Colonial Athletic Association…Three-time Blue Hen Touchdown Club Special Teams Player of the Week…Two-time Blue Hen Touchdown Club Defensive Player of the Week.
2015: Ranked third on the team with 51 tackles (37 solo) and eight passes defensed as a true freshman and was one of two true freshmen on the team to start all 11 games…Posted 11 tackles at Towson…Accolades: Blue Hen Touchdown Club Defensive Player of the Week for his four passes defensed vs. New Hampshire.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned honorable mention All-State honors as a senior at Great Valley High in Malvern, Pa. …Also was named first-team All-Southeastern Pennsylvania, first-team All-Area and first-team All-Conference, with the All-Conference honors being at WR and DB…Caught 68 passes for 1,025 yards (15.1 avg.) and five TDs while rushing for 383 yards and five TDs over his prep career…Contributed on the defensive side of the football with nine INTs, including three that were returned for TDs…Returned seven kickoffs for TDs.
PERSONAL: Given name Nasir A. Adderley…Name is pronounced nah-SEER ADD-er-lee…Nickname is ‘Nas’…Born in Philadelphia, Pa. …Cousin, Herb, was an All-Pro DB with Green Bay and Dallas, winning three Super Bowls before being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980…Grandfather, Nelson, played football at Ohio State and in the Canadian Football League…Plans to get into personal training after his career…Earned a degree in health behavior science from Delaware.
2019 Selected by Los Angeles Chargers in the second round (60th overall) of NFL Draft, April 27…Signed rookie contract, June 12.
