Tye Edwards Enters The Transfer Portal

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Former West Virginia University moving backmost Tye Edwards announced he will participate his sanction into nan NCAA Transfer Portal.

Edwards appeared successful 4 games past season, pinch his astir notable action coming successful nan Backyard Brawl. Against Pitt, nan Palatka, Florida, autochthonal rushed for 141 yards and 3 touchdowns connected 25 carries, fueling WVU’s comeback overtime victory. That capacity proved to beryllium nan item of his season, arsenic Edwards suffered a season-ending wounded successful nan game. He attempted to conflict done nan setback and returned astir a period later pinch an quality against BYU.

Edwards perchance exhausted his eligibility, but he whitethorn entreaty for an further play aft spending 2 years astatine nan inferior assemblage level, stemming from a suit involving erstwhile Vanderbilt backmost Diego Pavia.

Before arriving successful Morgantown, Edwards was a proven shaper astatine aggregate stops. In 2024, arsenic a redshirt inferior astatine Northern Iowa, he earned All-MVFC Honorable Mention honors aft rushing for 1,047 yards and six touchdowns connected 157 carries, while adding 13 receptions for 77 yards and a score. He followed that pinch a beardown 2023 campaign, earning Phil Steele All-MVFC Fifth Team nickname aft starring nan Panthers pinch 536 rushing yards and tying for nan squad lead pinch 5 touchdowns.

Edwards began his Division I profession astatine UTSA earlier transferring to nan inferior assemblage ranks, wherever he enjoyed his astir dressed up stretch. In 2020 astatine Hutchinson Community College, he was named an NJCAA First Team All-American, helped lead nan Blue Dragons to a nationalist championship, and earned NJCAA Championship Game MVP honors. He totaled 713 rushing yards and 8 touchdowns that play and followed it pinch different productive twelvemonth astatine Hutchinson successful 2021.