Tru Edwards

#16 · WR · Sr. · Louisiana Tech6′3″ · 200 lb · Shreveport, LA

Tru Edwards: WR · Louisiana Tech · #16.

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Tru Edwards

WR · Louisiana Tech · Sr · #16

Moves the chains on third down. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Todd Graham and Sonny Cumbie. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 148 receiving yards and 4 receptions against NC State — Week 3, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Louisiana Tech	85	989	11.6	6	86
2023	Louisiana Tech	23	284	12.3	2	36
2021	Hawai'i	5	37	7.4	0	12
Career		113	1,310	11.6	8	86

Season	Team
2024	Louisiana Tech	1	1	--	120
2023	Louisiana Tech	--	--	--	--
2021	Hawai'i	--	--	55	--
Career		1	1	55	120

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 25-17vs Nicholls	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 3	L 20-30@ NC State	4	148	37.0	1	71	Season-high 148 yds
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Tulsa	5	21	4.2	0	8
Wk 5	L 10-17vs Florida International	8	39	4.9	0	18
Wk 7	W 48-21vs Middle Tennessee	6	127	21.2	1	75
Wk 8	L 30-33@ New Mexico State	9	110	12.2	2	19	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 14-10vs UTEP	6	41	6.8	0	16
Wk 10	L 3-9@ Sam Houston	8	80	10.0	0	19
Wk 11	L 37-44vs Jacksonville State	6	142	23.7	2	86	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 12-7@ Western Kentucky	7	52	7.4	0	22
Wk 13	L 14-35@ Arkansas	8	53	6.6	0	13
Wk 14	W 33-0vs Kennesaw State	10	84	8.4	0	15
Bowl	L 6-27vs No. 19 Army	8	92	11.5	0	26
Total		85	989	11.6	6	86

Signature game

Week 11 · 2024

L 37-44

vs Jacksonville State

6 rec · 142 yds · 2 TD

With E. Bullock — 266 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 59.0 · P. Rea — 44.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +7.13Evan Bullock pass complete to Tru Edwards for 75 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)
Week 11 · Jacksonville State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.66Evan Bullock pass complete to Tru Edwards for 86 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)
Week 3 · NC State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.78Jack Turner pass complete to Tru Edwards for 71 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)
Week 8 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.68Evan Bullock pass complete to Tru Edwards for 19 yds to the NMSU 41 for a
Week 10 · Sam Houston · 3rd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +3.65Evan Bullock pass complete to Tru Edwards for 19 yds to the SHSU 38 for a
Week 11 · Jacksonville State · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.42Evan Bullock pass complete to Tru Edwards for 21 yds to the JVST 42 for a

4 more plays

Week 3 · NC State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Jack Turner pass complete to Tru Edwards for 29 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 8 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.08Evan Bullock pass complete to Tru Edwards for 17 yds to the LT 47 for a
Week 8 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Evan Bullock pass complete to Tru Edwards for 7 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)
Week 11 · Jacksonville State · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Evan Bullock pass complete to Tru Edwards for 3 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)

Teams and coaches

2021Hawai'i6-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

2023Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

2024Louisiana Tech5-8HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 82 (#27 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

82All-Conference level #27 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#223 / 610 · 64th pct

0.97

TD rate#308 / 610 · 50th pct

6.0%

Yards / catch#333 / 610 · 45th pct

11.6

Explosive rate#356 / 610 · 42nd pct

13.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#8 / 541 · 98th pct

Long catch#9 / 541 · 98th pct

Rec yards#27 / 541 · 95th pct

989

Rec TDs#65 / 541 · 85th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#384 / 541 · 29th pct

11.6

Rush yards#248 / 299 · 15th pct

Fumbles lost#197 / 221 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

53rd → 64th percentile

Explosive rate

69th → 42nd percentile

Catch rate

64th → 91st percentile

TD rate

40th → 50th percentile

Yards / catch

47th → 45th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.5	69.2	12.9	0.5
Road5g	7.2	88.6	14.6	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.2	71.2	15.8	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	7.7	80.3	10.7	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

Pass share

47.0%

414 pass / 467 run

Plays / game

67.8

13 games

Team sack rate

8.6%

451 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

82 · #27 of 466 WRs · 2024

Unranked recruit. Now #27 at the position.

Tru Edwards

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2021 5 games

2022

2024 13 games

2025