Donovan Edwards ambushes Davison in state championship game
Yeah, yeah, FREEP link forgive me in advance. Edwards rushed for 257 yards on just 14 carries and three touchdowns before sitting out the final 10 minutes. I think Hart will have difficulty giving Haskins and Corum more carries than this kid next season.
January 23rd, 2021 at 7:31 PM ^
Mile Hart is inheriting an embarrassment of riches - hope these guys explode into stars over the next few years. Hats off to Edwards and Bellamy on an awesome dress on!
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:25 PM ^
Still need a good offensive line.
January 24th, 2021 at 9:56 AM ^
Good OL play requires good OL coaching.
January 24th, 2021 at 3:44 PM ^
Also, having a quality qb and a generally functional offense help in creating standout skill position players.
But if all those stars align...
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:36 PM ^
We have so many good backs we should just run the triple option. I am only half joking about this.
January 23rd, 2021 at 11:39 PM ^
Riches are only useful if you know how to open the treasure chest. See 2019 receiving corps.
January 23rd, 2021 at 7:35 PM ^
I caught a few of those long runs on the feed today, Edwards is a loooong strider when he runs.
January 24th, 2021 at 9:42 AM ^
He runs like those great SEC backs-low center of gravity with great balance, powerful, good speed, excellent natural body lean.
This coaching staff has got to figure things out-on both sides of the ball. They have more talent on this roster than every team on their schedule-except for the obvious one.
January 23rd, 2021 at 7:50 PM ^
Loaded Rb room! Excited to watch the competition and how they push each other to thrive.
January 23rd, 2021 at 8:01 PM ^
His lateral quickness is something we have lacked for a long time going back to maybe Toussaint before he broke his leg?
January 23rd, 2021 at 8:46 PM ^
Davison is a really good football school for the county(Genesee). Davison won states last year. Edwards is a very talented RB and will be demanding carries his first year, I think.
January 23rd, 2021 at 10:16 PM ^
Fellow Genesee County born and raised blogger here, grew up in southeast Flint before the move down south.
Have met and became friends with a lot of Davison folks over the years, and I do forget the year but a buddy of mine invited me to the new Cardinals stadium when it got built (early 2000s?) and that entire town takes their football SERIOUSLY.
Great football city in my home state.
January 24th, 2021 at 6:19 AM ^
Sucks for Davison that their starting QB enrolled early at NW and didn’t play this game and they lose their best defensive player to an injury early in this game.
Might not have been enough to win the game, but those two playing the whole game would have at least made it much more interesting than it was.
January 23rd, 2021 at 8:49 PM ^
WOW. We have the best RB room we’ve had since the early 2000s, IMO.
Let’s hope this young staff can convert our loaded skill position talent into production. Our offense should be top 10 for the first time since...ever?
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:27 PM ^
Still a lot of questions at QB and O-Line.
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:20 PM ^
We've had top RB commits in many years recently that just haven't panned out. Can't understand why but must assume it isn't just the fault of the RB. Here's hoping that 1) Edwards is just different and 2) we get the other issues sorted out so Edwards can do his thing. He legit looks amazing.
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:48 PM ^
It was the RB coach.
January 24th, 2021 at 6:23 AM ^
Not really, but even if it was, Mike Hart hasn’t done anything with Indiana’s backs to make me feel any more confident.
Indiana rushing ranks within the conference since Hart took the job there. Jay took over running backs at UM in the same year
2018: 35.7 rushes (12th), 157.3 ypg (9th), 4.4 ypc (7th) UM had 4.8 ypc for comparison.
2019: 35.7 rushes (10th), 130.8 ypg (12th), 3.7 ypc (11th) UM had 4.0 ypc for comparison.
2020: 34 rushes (11th), 111.8 ypg (12th) , 3.3 yards per carry (12th) UM had 4.6 ypc for comparison.
And Indiana’s feature back has actually had his yards per carry DECREASE yearly under Hart’s tutelage. I know everyone is excited about Hart, but the production just hasn’t been there.
January 24th, 2021 at 8:57 AM ^
You just can't get past 'BUT NEPOTISM', can you?
Jay has proven to be one of the better coaches on staff, as well as one of the top 2-3 recruiters. See past your hate and try to think a little more objectively.
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:22 PM ^
Hopefully Edwards gets 6-8 touches a game ,he can break one at any moment .
January 23rd, 2021 at 9:42 PM ^
We’re so lucky to have him. He was gone to osu but they took two better backs.
January 23rd, 2021 at 11:02 PM ^
I do approve of the profile picture to go with the username. Can’t approve of the weak troll attempt.
January 23rd, 2021 at 11:34 PM ^
Mike Hart will sand bag him his first couple of seasons...gotta protect those records books coach
January 24th, 2021 at 12:24 AM ^
Good for Donavon. Seems like we are getting a great kid
January 24th, 2021 at 10:16 AM ^
Thread title had me thinking this was another Tonya Harding situation...
January 24th, 2021 at 5:08 PM ^
Here's another Freep link describing Edwards' commitment and leadership. Pretty impressive.
“Easily hands down the most dedicated kid I've ever met,” (Jonathan Reyes, the head strength coach at Phyx Performance training facility in West Bloomfield) said. “He wants to be the best football player for the longest period of time possible."
That is a massive statement. Since 2009, Reyes has trained 248 college athletes, including 15 Division I football players.
“Nobody works harder than that kid,” Reyes said.
January 24th, 2021 at 9:21 PM ^
How? Corum and Haskins know the playbook. And Corum is no slouch of a running back either. I do see Edwards getting carries but he most likely is going to redshirt.
January 25th, 2021 at 12:45 PM ^
Why? Dobbins came in at OSU and started from Day 1. Even when Weber came back from injury, Dobbins was RB1. From a UM perspective, it would be a mistake to redshirt Donovan.
January 25th, 2021 at 1:03 PM ^
Edwards will play a lot next season. We've all seen highlight films of 5 star backs making one cut and outrunning the defense. Edwards is different. He's really explosive--seems to be at full speed after one or two strides. His knees seemingly touch his chin when he picks them up and lays them down. Plus, he plays with a ferocity that will hopefully infect his teammates who badly need it.