Dylan Edwards

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

NCAA Football: Colorado at Texas Christian

Photo by: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

Position:
Running Back
Height:
5-9
Weight:
170
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Derby, Kan.
High School:
Derby
Major:
Communication

AT COLORADO (2023)
2023 (Fr.)

Played in all 12 games in 2023, starting in six. He started the first four games of the season.
Registered 76 carries for 321 yards and one touchdown on the ground. While adding 36 receptions for 299 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
Set the school record for most receiving yards and touchdowns by a running back with 135 yards and three touchdowns.
He tied the school record for receiving touchdowns in a game with three, the first time done since 2018.
Edwards had CU’s first touchdown of the season, making him the first true freshman to have the first points of the season since 2002.
Edwards is the first player in seven seasons to score four touchdowns from scrimmage in his FBS debut, and just the fourth true freshman to do so in the past 27 seasons.
Edwards is the first true freshman to score four touchdowns nationally in any game since Devin Neal scored four for Kansas against Texas on 11/13/21. No true freshman scored four touchdowns in a game in 2022.
Edwards was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after week one against TCU.
Dylan Edwards first true freshman in Colorado history with 250+ rushing and receiving yards in the same season. Only the ninth time total, first since Phillip Lindsay in 2017.
Most receiving touchdowns in a true freshman season (4) since Paul Richardson had 6 in 2010.
Tied for most receiving touchdowns by a running back in a season (4) since Ricard Johnson in 1982.

RECRUIT RANKING SITES

A consensus four-star prospect by the recruiting services.
Rivals rates him at a 5.9 and the No. 133 player in the nation, the third best running back in the class and No. 2 player from Kansas.
ESPN gives him an 83 rating and ranks him as the No. 156 player on the ESPN300, the No. 8 running back in the nation and No. 2 player from Kansas.
247 Sports rates him at 92 and lists him as the No. 222 player nationally, the No. 13 running back and No. 2 player from Kansas.
On3 rates him at 90 and lists him as the No. 296 player nationally, No. 16 running back and No. 3 player from Kansas.
247 Composite: No. 184 player nationally, No. 11 running back nationally and No. 2 player from Kansas.
On3 Consensus: No. 167 player nationally, No. 10 running back in the class and No. 2 player from Kansas.

AT DERBY HIGH SCHOOL

Played for coach Brandon Clark for the Derby Panthers for four years on varsity.
Enters CU out of high school with five years to play four.
Helped Derby to a 42-7 record in four years including Kansas 6A State Championships as a freshman and sophomore and state runner-up finish as a junior.
Derby was 9-3 his senior season, 11-1 his junior season, 9-2 his sophomore season and 13-0 his freshman season.
In his career, he rushed 622 times for 6,426 yards, averaging 10.3 yards per rush and 178.5 yards per game with 95 touchdowns and 32 100-yard rushing games out of 36 total games played.
Added 40 receptions for 556 yards and seven touchdowns, 15 kickoff returns for 521 yards and three touchdowns, and 16 punt returns for 441 yards and three touchdowns. In all he had 7,944 all-purpose yards and 108 touchdowns.
Senior season Derby was 9-3 and he rushed 203 times for 1,900 yards and 11 touchdowns, catching 15 passes for 227 yards and three touchdowns, returning five kickoffs for 145 yards and one touchdown, and four punts for 134 yards and one touchdown, racking up 2,127 all-purpose yards and 37 touchdowns.
Had 11 100-yard rushing games and a pair of 200-yard games.
Against Lawrence in a 76-28 win, he scored six touchdowns, five running the ball, and had a season best 293 all-purpose yards rushing 13 times for 206 yards and five touchdowns and added two receptions for 87 yards and another score.
Was the Gatorade Kansas Player of the Year as a junior when he led Derby to an 11-1 record and third straight appearance in the state championship game.
As a junior, he rushed 208 times for 2,603 yards and 38 touchdowns, hitting the 100-yard mark in all 12 games with six 200-yard games and one 300-yard game.
He added eight receptions for 101 yards and a touchdown, six kickoff returns for 257 yards one touchdown and seven punt returns for 253 yards and two touchdowns, amassing in all 3,214 all-purpose yards and 42 touchdowns.
Against East in a 63-14 win, he scored all seven touchdowns, running the ball 19 times for 226 yards and five scores, catching one pass for a 46-yard touchdown and returning one punt for 66 yards and a touchdown.
He hit the 400-yard mark for all-purpose yards against Maize in a 42-41 win, rushing 27 times for 266 yards and three touchdowns, catching a 35-yard pass, and returning three kickoffs for 109 yards.
Became the starting running back early in his sophomore season, helping Derby to a 9-2 record and second straight Kansas 6A State Championship.
Sophomore season he rushed the ball 206 times for 1,833 yards and 25 touchdowns, hitting the 100-yard mark in nine of 11 games and 200-plus four times.
Added 16 receptions for 204 yards and two touchdowns, four kickoffs for 119 yards and five punt returns for 54 yards, giving him 2,210 all-purpose yards and 28 touchdowns.
In a reserve role on the 13-0 state championship team as a freshman, he ran the ball five times for 90 yards and had one 24 yard receiving touchdown.
Also played baseball at Derby.