2015 Names To Watch: David Edwards Comment Count

Brandon Brown

David Edwards

Position: Quarterback

Ht/Wt: 6'6" / 230 lbs.

Location: Downers Grove North High School – Downers Grove, IL

Offers: Illinois, Indiana, Vanderbilt

Michigan has only offered one quarterback in the 2015 class in Josh Rosen out of California and he told me that he has a fairly clear idea of where he wants to go and it’s definitely not Michigan. With Rosen probably Stanford or Cal bound there are several signal callers on the coaches radar and David Edwards is one of them. Edwards is a big, strong-armed kid out of Illinois with high interest in Michigan already.

He was in The Big House this weekend for the Notre Dame game and came away more than impressed. “It was awesome,” Edwards exclaimed to me. He, his father, and his offensive line coach arrived in Ann Arbor around 6 pm, in time to attend a recruiting presentation put on by the coaches at 6:30. Edwards told me that the presentation consisted of a dinner, a video from the Big House BBQ, and was capped off by some on-field chauffeuring for the pre-game festivities by Team 134.

Edwards admitted to the recruiting portion of the trip to being a bit short-lived, but did say it was an “unbelievable atmosphere”. Edwards was able to spend some time talking with coaches Mallory, Funk, and Ferrigno, which speaks volumes to their interest in him considering the magnitude of the game and the fact that Edwards doesn’t even have an offer yet.

Edwards told me that his chat with the coaches was great but they didn’t really mention the possibility of an offer, saying only that they really want to watch him play in person first. So far, two games into his junior season, Edwards has compiled 133 yards rushing and 4 touchdowns while completing 16 passes for 147 yards and three more scores running an option attack. His Downers Grove North squad is 2-0 with two shutout wins scoring 45 and 28 points in the two contests. He hopes performances like that will earn a Michigan offer, saying it would be awesome to be considered by the staff. I think Edwards is a definite possibility to receive an offer down the line and may be near the top of the list behind the aforementioned Rosen.

Comments

Paps

September 10th, 2013 at 6:12 PM ^

the type of guy these coaches have been targeting- huge tall guy with a big arm.

Personally, I thinkt the game of college football is geared more towards someone like gardner, wilson, or braxton miller. I would rather have one of those type guys, but Im just going to trust the coaching staff, cause they know best

Cali Wolverine

September 10th, 2013 at 7:00 PM ^

...b/c:

(1) he has the perfect first name for a Michigan QB from CA; and

(2) he is really, really good - White, a junior, in 2 games, has passed for 961 yards, completing 82 percent of his attempts and throwing 10 touchdowns without an interception, earning U.S. Army All-American Bowl high school player of the week honors after tying Kyle Boller’s program record with seven touchdowns in the Indians’ victory over Chaminade - translation, he is good.

Michigan Shirt

September 10th, 2013 at 7:08 PM ^

I am not going to try to answer for him, but if you click the "actual reporting" tag, it looks to be a common theme for what he wrote. I would assume it's more a tag used by the staff when writing about a conversation that was had and recorded as opposed to opinion type pieces and mass update type stuff.

Edit: Beaten to the punch.

J.Madrox

September 10th, 2013 at 7:16 PM ^

Anyone have any ideas who would be on the short list of guys Michigan goes after once they move on from Rosen. Edwards, White, I know Dillman is supposed to be good, and I believe in stater Malzone (spelling?) is down the list a fair bit.

Any other names that people have been hearing?