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#5 QuaRon Adams

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  South Dakota (transfer)Ht / Wt  5'7" · 165 lbHometown  Phoenix, AZ · Chandler HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

SLOT2

Placement

Backup

Room

Wide Receiver

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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WR room context

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QuaRon Adams holds the WR-SL · Backup spot in California Golden Bears’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

WR-X · StarterIan StrongStarter

WR-Z · StarterChase HendricksStarter

WR-SL · StarterCooper PerryStarter

WR-X · BackupJordan KingBackup

WR-Z · BackupMark HamperBackup

WR-SL · BackupQuaRon AdamsBackup

QuaRon Adams logged a 4.0% overall usage rate in 2025.

Transfer history

2026South Dakota→California Golden Bears

Production

2025 season

Latest season · 2025

Receptions

273

Receiving yds

Receiving TD

13.7

Yards / rec

Carries

Rushing yds

4.3

Yards / carry

Kick returns

KR yards

Punt returns

Background & career

QuaRon Adams is a wide receiver from Phoenix, Arizona, who attended Chandler High School as a three-star recruit. He redshirted during his freshman year at Iowa State in 2022 before redshirting again as a redshirt freshman in 2023. Adams transferred to South Dakota for the 2024 season, where he appeared in all 14 games with eight starts. That year he recorded 18 receptions for 543 yards and five touchdowns, leading the MVFC with a 30.2 yards-per-catch average. He joined California as a redshirt junior in 2025, appearing in 12 games with two starts. He caught 20 passes for 273 yards and one touchdown, including a season-high six receptions in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl against Hawai'i.

Iowa Statethrough 2023

South Dakota2024

California2025 — present

Previous schoolSouth DakotaRecruiting3-star · No. 826 nationalOriginPhoenix, AZ · Chandler HSAlso playsPR2