At times, over his three years, Donovan Edwards has looked like one of the greatest rb’s to ever play at Michigan.
He comes up big in big games. 75-yard pass in the ‘21 B1G title game, 173 rushing vs PSU in ‘22, Stepped up as big as anyone ever has when Corum went down against Illinois. 216 all-purpose yards at OSU, B1G ‘22 title game MVP. He was great in the first half at PSU last year with two 22-yard runs. One of those runs was a for a score on 3rd & 11. He threw a 34-yard pass verses Buckeyes last year. Also started that wild double pass JJ-to-Roman Wilson in Rose Bowl. He was pretty good in the 1st quarter of the Natty with 41 & 46 yard TD runs.
How they use Edwards this year will be fascinating. Hand it to him, throw it to him and let him throw it. I’m sure the staff watched a lot of how the Saints use Alvin Kamara over the years and how the Lions got the ball to Jahmyr Gibbs as a rookie last year.
Edwards as a weapon reminds me of Barry Sanders in that Barry’s likely road to 100 yards rushing was something like 10 attempts at 2,-4,0,25,1,1,50,0,25&0.
