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  • OL
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Redlands, California
    Hometown
  • 6'7
    Height
  • 325
    Weight
  • Redlands Senior HS
    High School
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Alfred Edwards
#72
Alfred Edwards
OL
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Redlands, California
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS
First-Team All-Mountain West (2022); Honorable Mention All-Mountain West (2021); Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).

SCHOOL RECORDS
Set the school record with 53-career starts and ranks second all-time in 55-career games played... Also became the first player in school history to start in four bowl games and tied the school record by playing in four bowl games.

2022 (SENIOR SEASON)
Earned first-team all-Mountain West honors as he started 11 of the 12 games he played in at left tackle... Missed one game due to injury... Played in 864 snaps and graded out at 87 percent to lead the team... Allowed just one sack on the season and was second on the team with 11.0 knockdowns... Graded out at 84 percent or better in every game, including a season-high 94 percent against Air Force (10/8)... Played a season-high 90 snaps at Boise State... Received a ProFootballFocus pass-blocking grade of 89.9 percent to rank first in the MW and fourth nationally... Earned academic all-MW honors.

2021 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Earned honorable mention all-Mountain West honors as he started 13 games at left tackle… Missed one game during the season due to injury… Played in 830 snaps and graded out at 88 percent to lead the team… Allowed just two sacks on the season and was third on the team with 12.0 knockdowns… Graded out above 90 percent in four games, including a season-best 94 percent against North Dakota (9/10)… Played a career-high 91 snaps against Hawai’i (10/30)... Earned academic all-MW honors.

2020 (COVID SEASON)
Started all six games at left tackle… Played in 275 offensive snaps overall, including a season-high 64 at Boise State (10/24)… Lone knockdown of the season was against Air Force (12/3)… Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2019 (SOPHOMORE SEASON)
Started all 12 games he played in at left tackle… Finished the season playing in 764 offensive snaps, including a season-high 85 against both BYU (11/2) and Wyoming (11/16)… Recorded seven knockdowns during the season, including a season-best three against Nevada (10/19)... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2018 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON)
Played in 12 games, making 11 starts at left tackle… Played in 662 offensive snaps, including a season-high 73 against San José State (11/10)… Had a season-high three knockdowns against the Spartans… Graded out at 83 percent during the season, which included 92 percent in effort and 88 percent in assignment… Finished the year with 10 knockdowns.

2017 (REDSHIRT)
Redshirted during his first season at Utah State and was named the Scout Team Offensive MVP.

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division 5 all-Southern Section first-team honors as an offensive lineman as a prep senior at Redlands (California) Senior High School as he helped the Terriers average 32.3 points and 412.2 yards of total offense per game with 236.5 passing yards and 175.7 rushing yards... Helped three of his teammates achieve milestones in 2016 as the Terriers’ starting quarterback threw for nearly 3,000 yards, while their starting running back rushed for over 1,700 yards, and their top receiver caught 71 passes for over 1,000 yards... Also earned first-team all-Citrus Belt League honors and all-area honors from the Press Enterprise as a prep senior as he was named his team’s Most Valuable Offensive Lineman... Was named second-team all-Citrus Belt as a sophomore.

PERSONAL
Son of Alfred Jr. and Rochelle Edwards... His sister, Alisha, competed in track at UCLA... Graduated from Utah State in the fall of 2021 with a degree in kinesiology and earned his master’s in business administration from USU in the fall of 2022. 

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