UTSA adds JUCO All-American to early signing class
SAN ANTONIO — UTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor on Monday announced the addition of NJCAA All-America running back Tye Edwards from Hutchinson Community College to the program's early signing class.
Edwards, a native of Palatka, Fla., will join 13 other student-athletes — Tyrone Brown, Zach Causey, Chace Davis, Payne He'Bert, Deandre Marshall, Owen Pewee, Jamar Richardson, Ben Rios, Jared Sackett, Diego Tello, Brandon Tennison, Houston Thomas and Jace Wilson — who inked with the Roadrunners last week on the first day of the early signing period.
The class now features an even split of seven transfers and seven who are coming from the high school ranks. Of the transfers, four are moving to San Antonio from an FBS program — including three from Power 5 teams — while the other three last played at a junior college.
Of the 14 signees, 10 hail from the state of Texas with two apiece from San Antonio, Central Texas, East Texas, the Greater Houston Area and the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The out-of-state signees are from Alabama, California, Florida and Mississippi.
Eight members of the class are offensive players, five are pegged for the defensive side of the ball and one is a specialist.
Tye Edwards • RB
6-3 • 230 • Jr.-TR
Palatka, Fla. (Menendez HS/Georgia Military College/Hutchinson [Kan.] CC)
First-team NJCAA All-American at Hutchinson [Kan.] Community College who helped lead the Blue Dragons to the 2020-21 national title … rushed for 713 yards and eight TDs in eight contests as a sophomore … named the NJCAA Championship Game MVP after he posted 139 rushing yards and a pair of scores on 20 carries in the win over Snow College … went for 132 yards and three TDs on 21 carries in a win over Butler CC … had 21 carries and 157 yards versus Garden City … rushed for 461 yards and four touchdowns on 78 carries in eight games in 2021 … carried 74 times for 442 yards and six TDs in 10 games in 2019 at Georgia Military College … also had six catches for 79 yards and a score … rushed for more than 2,600 yards and 36 touchdowns as a prepster at Menendez High School … racked up more than 1,900 yards and 26 TDs as a senior … also played basketball in high school … three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals.