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2019 Football Roster

59 Zach Edwards

  • Position Defensive Tackle
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 290
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cibolo, Texas
  • Prev School Steele HS
  • Major Kinesiology

Biography

At Midwestern State

Academic Awards

LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (3): 2016 (F), 2017 (S), 2019 (S)

Senior (2019)

played in six games making two starts at right defensive end... finished season with 14 tackles including eight solo stops, four tackles for loss, one sack, one quarterback hurry and one fumble recovery... returned a fumble for 66 yards to set up a score in a 28-27 win at Lindenwood (9/14)... made season-high six tackles including two for a loss with a sack against Eastern New Mexico (10/5)...

Junior (2018)

played in each of MSU Texas' 10 games making eight starts at right defensive tackle... closed campaign with 26 tackles including 11 solo stops, 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks... made season-high five tackles in a 31-23 win at Eastern New Mexico (9/29)... had four tackles with a sack in a 43-21 win at UT Permian Basin (9/15)... also made four tackles with a sack for a 7-yard loss in a 24-23 overtime win against West Texas A&M in the season finale (11/10)...

Sophomore (2017)

started each of MSU's 11 games at right defensive tackle... finished season with 31 tackles including 15 solo stops, 6.5 tackles for loss and a sack... made season-high six tackles in an Lone Star Conference title clinching 56-43 win at Eastern New Mexico (11/11)... logged three tackles including two for losses of 22 yards in a 47-42 win over No. 2 Texas A&M-Commerce (10/7)... notched four tackles against Texas A&M-Kingsville (9/16) and UT Permian Basin (10/28)...

Redshirt Freshman (2016)

played in games as a reserve defensive tackle... finished season with 16 total tackles including solo stops, a quarterback sack, a hurry and a pass breakup... credited with a season-high three tackles and broke up a pass in a 76-21 win over UT-Permian Basin (10/29)... notched first collegiate sack and added a quarterback hurry in a 43-22 victory at Western New Mexico (10/1)... also posted two tackles against Truman State (9/3), Angelo State (10/15), West Texas A&M (10/22) and Eastern New Mexico (11/12)...

Freshman (2015)

served redshirt season...

At Byron P. Steele High School

a four-year letter winner and two-year starter at defensive tackle for coach Scott Leach at Byron P. Steele High School in Cibolo, Texas... earned All-District 25-6A first-team honors finishing senior season with 60 tackles including 29 for loss in 2014... led Knights to a district title and to the Class 6A Division II State semifinals with a 13-2 overall record in 2014... earned All-District 28-5A first-team honors as a junior in 2013 after making 30 tackles including eight stops for loss... helped SHS to a district title advancing to the Class 5A Division II State quarterfinals with a 12-2 overall record in 2013... finished sophomore campaign with 25 tackles including nine for loss in 2012...

Personal

son of Brian and Michelle Edwards...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    Defensive Lineman
    6'2" 275 lbs
  • 59

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 270 lbs
    59
  • 59

    2017Sophomore

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 270 lbs
    59
  • 59

    2018Junior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 285 lbs
    59
  • 59

    2019Senior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 290 lbs
    59