Jared Edwards

Position:
TE
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 281
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Evensville, Tenn.
Prev School:
Rhea County HS

Honors

• 2019 AAC All-Academic Team
• Dean’s List (2019, 2018)
• Tiger 3.0 Club (2020, 2019, 2018)

2020 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Member of the 8-3 Tigers who won the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
• Appeared in two games on the season, seeing time against Cincinnati and Stephen F. Austin

2019 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Appeared in the win over Tulane in his redshirt freshman season
• Was part of a Memphis team that went 12-2 and won its first outright American Athletic Conference championship and a berth in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl

2018 (Freshman)

• Redshirted
• Member of the 2018 squad that went 8-6, won the American Athletic Conference West Division title, played in The American Championship Game and earned a Birmingham Bowl berth
• The 2018 Tigers overcame a three-game deficit heading into the month of November to win the league’s West Division crown

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• Three-year starter at tight end for head coach Mark Pemberton
• Primarily used as a run blocker in the Rhea County High School offense
• Career statistics were: 23 receptions, 416 yards and five TDs
• Member of Golden Eagles teams that had a combined 32-8 record, won three district crowns and earned three-straight Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) playoffs berths
• A 2016 Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Class 5A All-State pick
• Had five catches for 46 yards and one score
• Helped block for nearly three 1,000-yard rushers in 2016 (rushing trio combined for 3,075 yards)
• Team went 9-3 overall and 6-0 in district play
• Golden Eagles won the TSSAA Class 5A Region 4 title
• Squad received a TSSAA Class 5A/Division I playoffs berth and advanced to the second round • As a junior in 2014, had seven catches for 186 yards and one TD
• His Rhea County High School team went 10-4 overall and 5-1 in the district
• Team tied for the TSSAA Class 5A Region 4 championship
• The 2015 Golden Eagles advanced to the TSSAA Class 5A/Division I playoffs semifinal round for a second-straight season
• Named to the All-District 6-AAA second team his sophomore season
• Had 11 receptions for 184 yards and three TD
• In 2014, helped the Golden Eagles to a 13-1 overall record and a 5-0 district mark
• Squad won the TSSAA District 6-AAA title
• Team’s only loss was in the TSSAA Class 5A/Division I playoffs semifinal round
• Also played basketball as a sophomore in 2014-15
• Named one of the basketball team’s Scholar-Athletes
• Son of Karen and Greg Edwards