Donovan Edwards

Former running back at Michigan. 2024: 589 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 18 catches.

RB · Michigan · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 212 lb · West Bloomfield, MI

CFB Index 43 · #174 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceMichigan 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 42 nationally · Signed with Michigan

Statement game10 rec · 170 yds · 1 TDat Maryland (FBS) · W 59-18

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

I'm more than happy putting Edwards out wide next week if Corum is back.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 10His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Michigan. 2024: 589 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 18 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Michigan, 2,251 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 170 yds at Maryland.Maryland · W 59-182021

202110 games

Signed with Michigan4-star out of West Bloomfield

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#42 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Featured in The Canon

#65

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2023

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

2024

Sherrone Moore

Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Harbaugh → Sherrone Moore. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Michigan8-5HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #174 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / carry (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#275 / 442 · 38th pct

4.9

Explosive rate#292 / 442 · 34th pct

5.5%

TD rate#316 / 442 · 29th pct

3.1%

Success rate#368 / 442 · 16th pct

37.5%

EPA / carry#384 / 442 · 13th pct

-0.01

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#90 / 330 · 72nd pct

Carries#114 / 335 · 66th pct

128

Rush yards#135 / 335 · 60th pct

589

Rush TDs#151 / 335 · 50th pct

Rec yards#172 / 330 · 48th pct

Long run#188 / 335 · 43rd pct

Yards / carry#216 / 335 · 34th pct

4.6

Fumbles lost#157 / 204 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

4th → 13th percentile

Success rate

10th → 16th percentile

Explosive rate

10th → 34th percentile

Yards / carry

4th → 38th percentile

TD rate

25th → 29th 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

128 carries

11%

Stuffed (≤0)

40%

Grind (1–3)

41%

Chunk (4–9)

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	49.9	4.5	0.4
Road4g	47.5	4.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	58.8	4.7	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	39.3	4.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #174 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #174 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Michigan	128	589	4.6	4	--
2023	Michigan	119	497	4.2	5	--
2022	Michigan	140	991	7.1	7	--
2021	Michigan	35	174	5.0	3	--
Career		422	2,251	5.3	19	--

Season	Team
2024	Michigan	18	83	4.6	1	--
2023	Michigan	30	249	8.3	0	--
2022	Michigan	18	200	11.1	2	--
2021	Michigan	20	265	13.2	1	--
Career		86	797	9.3	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 13–10

at Ohio State

11 rush yds (4 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With T. Doman — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 68 LONG · K. Mullings — 116 rush yds (32 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · USC · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Donovan Edwards run for 41 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 6 · Washington · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.02Jack Tuttle pass complete to Donovan Edwards for 15 yds to the WASH 49 for a 1ST down Washington Penalty, Personal Foul (Jacob Bandes) to the WASH 34 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Washington · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Donovan Edwards run for 39 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 9 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Colston Loveland 23 Yd pass from Donovan Edwards (Davis Warren Pass to Colston Loveland for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 13 · Northwestern · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.62Donovan Edwards run for 20 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 1 · Fresno State · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.21Alex Orji pass complete to Donovan Edwards for 3 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 3 · Arkansas State · 1&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Donovan Edwards run for 7 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 8 · Illinois · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.99Donovan Edwards run for 6 yds to the MICH 22 for a 1ST down Illinois Penalty, Personal Foul (Matthew Bailey) to the MICH 37 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · USC · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA -1.60Donovan Edwards run for a loss of 3 yards to the MICH 39
Week 4 · USC · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.56Donovan Edwards run for a loss of 2 yards to the MICH 49

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-10vs Fresno State	11	27	2.5	0	7
Wk 2	L 12-31vs Texas	8	41	5.1	0	12
Wk 3	W 28-18vs Arkansas State	17	82	4.8	1	9
Wk 4	W 27-24vs USC	14	74	5.3	1	41
Wk 5	W 27-24vs Minnesota	9	34	3.8	0	10
Wk 6	L 17-27@ Washington	14	95	6.8	1	39	Season-high 95 yds
Wk 8	L 7-21@ Illinois	7	38	5.4	0	19
Wk 9	W 24-17vs Michigan State	9	24	2.7	0	11
Wk 10	L 17-38vs Oregon	10	52	5.2	0	18
Wk 11	L 15-20@ Indiana	15	46	3.1	0	8
Wk 13	W 50-6vs Northwestern	10	65	6.5	1	24
Wk 14	W 13-10@ Ohio State	4	11	2.8	0	6
Total		128	589	4.5	4	41

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

128Carries

623Yards

23.0%Top-5 share

10.9%Stuffed rate

Just 23.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.9% of his carries. 4 carries for 11 yds vs Ohio State; 14 for 101 vs Washington.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

1/28Inside-5 share

1 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (3.6%).