Jahwan Edwards

Position:
Running Back
Height:
5-10
Weight:
219
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Matthews, N.C. (Butler)

** 2014 All-Mid-American Conference Third Team **

** 2014 Ball State Team Captain **

** 2013 All-MAC Second Team **

** 2013 ESPN Helmet Sticker Award vs. Virginia (10/5/13) **

** AT&T All-America Player of the Week vs. Virginia (10/5/13) **

** 2013 & 2014 Doak Walker Award Candidate **

** 2012 All-Mid-American Conference Third Team **

** 2011 Ball State John Hodge Award **
as the team's Most Outstanding Freshman

Career: Set the Ball State career rushing yards record in the seventh game of his senior season when he rushed for 10 yards with 2:33 remaining in the third quarter at Central Michigan in 2014 . . . ended career with 4,558 rushing yards . . . set the Ball State touchdowns record and the school's career total touchdowns record as a junior before completing his career with 51 touchdowns -- all rushing . . . set the Ball State career record for most points (306), most rushing attempts (884) and was second in school history for most 100-yard rushing games (18) . . . seven games with three rushing TDs . . . only sixth player in Ball State history to rush for 3,000 or more yards in a career . . . only second player in school history to rush for 4,000 or more yards in a career . . . only player in Ball State annals to rush for 4,500 or more yards in a career . . . started 42 career games . . . completed career ranked fifth in MAC history in rushing yards, fifth in rushing touchdowns and sixth in rushing attempts.

2014 (Sr.): Started all 12 games to earn fourth letter . . . rushed for 1,252 yards, which ranks as the fourth best single-season effort in Ball State history . . . became only the second player in Ball State history to rush for 1,000 or more yards three times in a career . . . 12 rushing TDs tied for the sixth best single-season effort in school history . . . 262 rushing attemps marked the seventh best single-season total in Ball State annals . . . six 100-yard rushing games, which ties for the fifth best single-season effort in school history . . . season high 165 rushing yards in season finale at Bowling Green . . . rushed for two touchdowns at Army, at Central Michigan and at Bowling Green . . . carer high five receptions at Army and vs. Akron . . . career best 57 receiving yards vs. Akron . . . career highs of three kickoff returns and 30 kickoff return yards vs. Northern Illinois . . . ranked 27th in the nation in rushing touchdowns (12), 29th in rushing yards (1,252), 30th in rushing yards per game (104.3) and 37th in all-purpose yards per game (128.42).

2013 (Jr.): Started his 30th career game in the GoDaddy Bowl . . . earned third letter . . . rushed for 1,110 yards to become only the fourth player in school history with two 1,000-yard rushing seasons . . . ranked 19th in the nation with 14 rushing touchdowns . . . the 14 rushing TDs tied his own mark for third in Ball State single-season history . . . started 11 games . . . missed the Army and North Texas games with an injury . . . four 100-yard rushing games -- Virginia (155), Akron (120), Northern Illinois (156) and vs. Arkansas State in the GoDaddy Bowl (146) . . . three touchdowns vs. Toledo, at Eastern Michigan and at Virginia . . . 24 carries for 155 yards and three touchdowns at Virginia . . . tallied 212 rushing attempts, which is the 14th best single-season total in school history . . . received one of Ball State's Ray Louthen Positional Awards for outstanding running back on the team.

2012 (So.): Started 12 games and played in all 13, including the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg . . . earned second letter . . . rushed for 1,410 yards, which ranks as the third best single-season effort in Ball State annals . . . 14 rushing touchdowns is the third best single-season mark in Ball State history . . . five straight 100-yard rushing games -- vs. Western Michigan thru vs. Ohio . . . the stretch of five straight ties for the third longest streak in Ball State history . . . six 100-yard rushing games on the season . . . rushed for a career high 200 yards and tied his career high with three rushing touchdowns vs. Eastern Michigan . . . tied his career high with three rushing TDs vs. Western Michigan and at Miami University . . . rushed for 169 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries vs. Ohio . . . rushed for 148 yards and one touchdown on career high 30 carries at Army . . . rushed for 128 yards on 21 carries at Central Michigan . . . rushed for 138 yards on 23 carries vs. Western Michigan . . . rushed for 105 yards on 16 carries with one TD at Toledo . . . scored the game-winning TD in the first overtime period vs. WMU, and on a 15-yard run with 1:43 to play at Toledo . . . season high two catches vs. Eastern Michigan and vs. Northern Illinois . . . season best 12 receiving yards on one catch at Clemson . . . ranked tied for 22nd in the nation in rushing with 108.46 yards per game.

2011 (Fr.): Started the last seven games . . . made his first collegiate start vs. Temple . . . rushed for a season high 123 yards on a career best 25 attempts, including a season long rush of 28 yards at Ohio . . . the 123 rushing yards marked his second career 100-yard plus game . . . rushed for 112 yards vs. Buffalo . . . posted his 11th career rushing touchdown vs. Toledo in the season finale . . . rushed for 112 yards on 22 carries vs. Buffalo . . . rushed for a career best three touchdowns vs. Army, which were the most for a Ball State player since Cory Sykes had three at Eastern Michigan Oct. 24, 2009 . . . the Army game was his second straight multiple rushing TD game . . . made his first collegiate appearance in Ball State's season opening 27-20 victory over Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. . . . gained 84 rushing yards on 16 rushes against Indiana . . . also made his first career pass reception with a career long 11-yard catch vs. the Hoosiers . . . rushed for 41 yards and one touchdown on seven carries vs. the nation's 22nd-ranked South Florida Bulls . . . the TD at USF was the first of his career . . . surpassed the 500-yard rushing mark for the season at Ohio . . . ranked 9th in the MAC for touchdowns scored . . . earned first letter.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in football for head coach Mike Newsome . . . helped team to a 16-0 record, including a 7-0 conference mark, as a senior . . . helped the Bulldogs to a 56-3 career mark . . . helped the team to back-to-back state championships as a junior and senior . . . competed for Butler's nationally ranked football team as a senior . . . the Bulldogs were ranked as high as eighth by ESPN, ninth by Rivals.com, 13th by PrepNation.com and 16th in the USA Today Poll . . . all-state as a senior . . . named Most Valuable Player of the state championship game as a junior and senior . . . three-time all-conference . . . rushed 256 times for 1,652 yards plus tallied 21 receptions for 296 yards as a senior . . . totalled 33 TDs as a senior . . . rushed 475 times for 2,979 yards and managed 30 receptions for 463 yards in career . . . totalled 62 TDs in career.

PERSONAL: Son of Consulla Edwards . . . born July 27, 1992 . . . full name is Jahwan M. Edwards.

RUSHING	g	att	yards	td	long	avg/c	avg/g
2011	12	178	786	11	28	4.4	65.5
2012	13	232	1410	14	75	6.1	108.5
2013	11	212	1110	14	36	5.2	100.9
2014	12	262	1252	12	56	4.8	104.3
TOTAL	48	884	4558	51	75	5.2	95.0

TOTAL OFFENSE	g	rush	total	avg/g
2011	12	786	786	65.5
2012	13	1410	1410	108.5
2013	11	1110	1110	100.9
2014	12	1252	1252	104.3
TOTAL	48	4558	4558	95.0

RECEIVING	g	rec	yards	long	rec/g	avg/c	avg/g
2011	12	11	43	11	0.9	3.9	3.6
2012	13	10	51	12	0.8	5.1	3.9
2013	11	7	31	12	0.6	4.4	2.8
2014	12	29	236	20	2.4	8.1	19.7
TOTAL	48	57	361	20	1.2	6.3	7.5

SCORING	g	td	rush	total	avg/g
2011	12	11	11	66	5.5
2012	13	14	14	84	6.5
2013	11	14	14	84	7.6
2014	12	12	12	72	6.0
TOTAL	48	51	51	306	6.4

KICK RETURNS	g	no.	yards	long	avg/r	avg/g
2011	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2012	13	7	117	24	16.7	9.0
2013	11	5	88	27	17.6	8.0
2014	12	4	53	23	13.2	4.4
TOTAL	48	16	258	27	16.1	5.4

ALL PURPOSE	g	rush	rcv	kr	total	avg/g
2011	12	786	43	0	829	69.1
2012	13	1410	51	117	1578	121.4
2013	11	1110	31	88	1229	111.7
2014	12	1252	236	53	1541	128.4
TOTAL	48	4558	361	258	5177	107.9

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total
2011	12	0	0	0
2012	13	0	0	0
2013	11	0	1	1
2014	12	1	1	2
TOTAL	48	1	2	3

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Points scored: 18 [t-1st], 7 times
Touchdowns: 3 [t-1st], 7 times
Rush attempts: 32 [t-1st], at Central Michigan, 10/18/2014 ; at Central Michigan, Oct 18, 2014
Rush yards: 200 [3rd], Eastern Michigan, 8/30/2012 (20 carries)
Rush TDs: 3 [t-1st], 7 times
Long rush: 75 [3rd], Eastern Michigan, 8/30/2012
Receptions: 5, at Army, 10/04/2014 ; Akron, 10/25/2014
Receiving yards: 57, Akron, 10/25/2014 (5 receptions)
Long reception: 20, at Army, 10/04/2014 ; Akron, 10/25/2014
Total offense attempts: 32, at Central Michigan, 10/18/2014 (32 rush,0 pass); at Central Michigan, Oct 18, 2014 (32 rush,0 pass)
Total ofense yards: 200, Eastern Michigan, 8/30/2012 (200 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 207 [t-9th], Eastern Michigan, 8/30/2012
Kick returns: 3, Northern Illinois, 11/5/2014
Kick return yards: 44, at Northern Illinois, 11/13/2013 (2 returns)
Long kick return: 27, at Northern Illinois, 11/13/2013
Tackles: 1, at Army, 10/04/2014 (1-0); Western Michigan, 10/11/2014 (0-1); at Western Michigan, 10/19/2013 (0-1)