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Davante Adams has 42 catches this year. More than 20 percent of them have resulted in touchdowns.

He has nine, in nine games. With one more, he'll become the third member of one very specific club.

Via NBC Sports research, a tenth touchdown catch with the Rams will make Adams only the third player in NFL history to have a 10-or-more receiving touchdowns in a given season with three different teams.

Adams has done it with the Packers and Raiders. Brandon Marshall did it with the Jets, Bears, and Broncos. Terrell Owens did it with the Cowboys, Eagles, and 49ers.

Whether Adams will even have a chance to get to 10 on Sunday against the Seahawks remains to be seen. He's questionable for the game with an oblique injury.

Adams could have been working on his fourth team with double-digit touchdowns. In only 11 games with the Jets last season, he had seven receiving touchdowns.

In all, Adams has six seasons with 10 or more touchdown catches — including a league-leading 18 in 2020.

Adams is also eighth on the all-time receiving touchdown list with 112. He's four away from catching Antonio Gates, and nine away from matching Larry Fitzgerald.

North Carolina coach Bill Belichick said he isn’t pursuing any jobs as a head coach in the NFL.

In a statement posted on social media Friday night and coming amid the first changes of the current hiring cycle, the 73-year-old who led the NFL’s New England Patriots to six Super Bowl titles said he remains committed to building a program as a first-time college coach.

“Since arriving in Chapel Hill,” Belichick said, “my commitment to the UNC football program hasn’t (wavered).”

The New York Giants and Tennessee Titans have coaching vacancies, notably with the Giants firing Brian Daboll earlier this week. Belichick was part of two Super Bowl titles with the Giants as defensive coordinator under Bill Parcells.

Belichick, who shrugged off coaching rumors Tuesday after Daboll’s firing, specifically mentioned the Giants in Friday’s statement.

“It was a privilege for me to work for the Mara family and be a member of Coach Parcells’ staff for over a decade,” Belichick said. “However, despite circulating rumors, I have not and will not pursue any NFL head coaching vacancies.”

Belichick’s Tar Heels (4-5, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) have won two straight games to inch closer to bowl eligibility, notably with a better defensive showing that has included racking up sacks.

UNC visits Wake Forest on Saturday, the first of three straight in-state ACC foes to end the regular-season schedule.

“My focus remains solely on continuing to improve this team, develop our players and build a program that makes Tar Heel fans proud,” Belichick said. “We’re on to Wake Forest.”