Donovan Edwards

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Born
2003 (23 years old)
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West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA

Position
Running Back

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
48

Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Weight
205 lb (93 kg)

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American Football

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Description

Donovan Edwards (born February 25, 2003) is an American professional football running back for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, winning three consecutive Big Ten Conference titles and a national championship in 2023. Edwards is the only player in college football history to have multiple 40-yard touchdown runs in a national championship game. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the New York Jets in 2025.

Early life
Edwards was born on February 25, 2003, in West Bloomfield, Michigan, the son of Kevin and Donna Edwards. His mother died from cancer in 2005 when he was two years old. He was raised by his father and older brother Kevin Jr. Edwards' grandfather Charlie Primas Jr. won Mr. Basketball of Michigan in 1950.

Edwards played high school football at West Bloomfield High School, under head coach Ronald Bellamy, who would later join Edwards at the University of Michigan as an assistant coach. He was high school teammates with Makari Paige and Semaj Morgan. As a senior, he rushed for 1,502 yards and 30 touchdowns, leading West Bloomfield to an MHSAA division 1 state championship.

In 2020, Edwards was also honored as the Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year, selected as the captain of the Detroit Free Press Dream Team, and won the Michigan Mr. Football Award. He was rated as a five-star recruit by 247Sports.