#30

Daijun Edwards

Senior running back for Georgia. 2023: 881 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 20 catches.

RB · Georgia · Sr. · #30

5′10″ · 201 lb · Moultrie, GA

CFB Index 72 · #38 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceGeorgia 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 272 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Georgia. 2023: 881 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 20 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia, 2,083 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20205 games

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Colquitt County

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#272 national

CFB

College

Georgia

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

1 coach

2020–2023

Kirby Smart

Georgia

Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kirby Smart — 50-4 over that span.

2020Georgia8-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2022Georgia15-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

2023Georgia13-1HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #38 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (93rd percentile). Strength: rush yards (83rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#95 / 426 · 78th pct

7.0%

Explosive rate#108 / 426 · 75th pct

8.9%

Success rate#154 / 426 · 63rd pct

47.1%

EPA / carry#160 / 426 · 63rd pct

0.22

Yards / carry#209 / 426 · 51st pct

5.3

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#22 / 333 · 93rd pct

Rush yards#56 / 333 · 83rd pct

881

Rec yards#57 / 327 · 83rd pct

197

Carries#60 / 333 · 82nd pct

164

Receptions#69 / 327 · 78th pct

Long run#80 / 333 · 75th pct

Yards / carry#93 / 333 · 70th pct

5.4

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

62nd → 63rd percentile

Success rate

59th → 63rd percentile

Explosive rate

83rd → 75th percentile

Yards / carry

63rd → 51st percentile

TD rate

57th → 78th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

164 carries

14%

Stuffed (≤0)

35%

Grind (1–3)

35%

Chunk (4–9)

16%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	74.8	5.4	1.0
Road7g	72.4	5.4	1.1

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	87.0	6.3	1.3
Weeks 8+6g	59.8	4.5	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #38 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #38 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Georgia	164	881	5.4	13	--
2022	Georgia	140	769	5.5	7	--
2021	Georgia	49	215	4.4	3	--
2020	Georgia	37	218	5.9	1	--
Career		390	2,083	5.3	24	--

Season	Team
2023	Georgia	20	197	9.8	--
2022	Georgia	14	101	7.2	--
2021	Georgia	2	42	21.0	--
2020	Georgia	1	3	3.0	--
Career		37	343	9.3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2023

W 63–3

at Florida State

62 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 60-point win on the road against Florida State.

With C. Beck — 203 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.3 · -10 rush yds (1 car) · G. Stockton — 96 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.2 · 46 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Vanderbilt · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.42Daijun Edwards run for 62 yds to the VAN 6 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Georgia Tech · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.33Carson Beck pass complete to Daijun Edwards for 26 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Florida · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.99Daijun Edwards run for 20 yds for a TD (Peyton Woodring KICK)
Week 9 · Florida · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.80Daijun Edwards run for 2 yds for a TD (Peyton Woodring KICK)
Week 3 · South Carolina · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Daijun Edwards run for 21 yds to the SC 49 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · South Carolina · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Daijun Edwards run for 7 yds for a TD (Peyton Woodring KICK)
Week 1 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.56Daijun Edwards run for 15 yds for a TD (Peyton Woodring KICK)
Week 5 · Auburn · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Daijun Edwards run for 13 yds for a TD (Peyton Woodring KICK)
Week 14 · Alabama · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.52Daijun Edwards run for 11 yds to the UGA 45 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Vanderbilt · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Daijun Edwards run for 1 yd for a TD (Peyton Woodring KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 3	W 24-14vs South Carolina	20	118	5.9	1	21
Wk 4	W 49-21vs UAB	12	66	5.5	2	16
Wk 5	W 27-20@ Auburn	19	76	4.0	2	16
Wk 6	W 51-13vs Kentucky	9	54	6.0	0	13
Wk 7	W 37-20@ Vanderbilt	20	146	7.3	1	62	Season-high 146 yds
Wk 9	W 43-20@ Florida	15	96	6.4	2	20
Wk 10	W 30-21vs Missouri	16	77	4.8	0	22
Wk 11	W 52-17vs Ole Miss	12	59	4.9	2	22
Wk 12	W 38-10@ Tennessee	11	34	3.1	0	9
Wk 13	W 31-23@ Georgia Tech	13	55	4.2	1	16
Wk 14	L 24-27@ Alabama	10	38	3.8	0	11
Bowl	W 63-3@ Florida State	7	62	8.9	2	17
Total		164	881	5.4	13	62

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

164Carries

890Yards

16.6%Top-5 share

14.0%Stuffed rate

Just 16.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 14.0% of his carries. 11 carries for 38 yds vs Tennessee; 20 for 146 vs Vanderbilt.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

34.0%Carry share

23.7%Q4-lead share

96.4%In competitive games

34.0% of carries overall (163/480) → 23.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (28/118) — 96.4% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

11/173rd/4th & short

16/43Inside-5 share