Sam Adkins (American football)

Samuel Adam Adkins (born May 21, 1955) is a former professional American football player. He attended Cleveland High School in Reseda, California, and played college football at Wichita State University in Kansas.

Adkins was a tenth round selection of the Seattle Seahawks in the 1977 NFL Draft and played for them from 1977–1982 as a backup quarterback to Jim Zorn, and is the only member of the Seahawks to wear the number 12. (In 1984, the number was retired in honor of the Seahawks fans.) After hand surgery caused Adkins to miss the 1983 season, he retired.

He has since worked in broadcasting in the Seattle area, as the color commentator for the University of Washington football radio broadcasts and more extensively as a host and correspondent on the Seahawks postgame show.

He is married and has 4 children.