Donovan Edwards Biography

Donovan Edwards was born on February 25, 2003, and has played as a professional football running back in the National Football League. He has played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, winning three consecutive Big Ten Conference titles and a national championship in 2023. Donovan Edwards holds the record as the sole college football player with multiple 40-yard touchdown runs in a national championship game. He played high school football at West Bloomfield High School under head coach Ronald Bellamy, who later joined him at the University of Michigan as an assistant coach. In 2020, Edwards was honored as the Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year and won the Michigan Mr. Football Award. In the 2021 season, he rushed for 174 yards on eight carries and caught 20 passes for 265 yards. In the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship, Edwards rushed for 104 yards, including touchdown runs of 41 and 46 yards.