Maryland football lands commitment from Wake Forest QB Billy Edwards Jr.

Maryland soccer added some depth to its quarterback room on Memorial Day weekend.

Billy Edwards Jr., a former three-star prospect who spent his freshman season at Wake Forest, introduced his dedication to Maryland on Sunday.

“New beginnings,” he wrote on Twitter with a photograph of himself in a Terps uniform.

The 6-foot-3, 216-pound Edwards joins redshirt sophomore David Foust (South River), redshirt junior Eric Najarian, redshirt freshmen Zachary Jackson and Ryan Duell, and true freshman John Griffith (St. Frances) as backups behind redshirt junior Taulia Tagovailoa. Foust emerged because the potential No. 2 in the course of the Purple-White spring sport final month, ending 13-for-22 for 106 yards.

Earlier than enrolling at Wake Forest, Edwards was a standout at Lake Braddock in Burke, Virginia, recording greater than 5,000 passing yards and 750 dashing yards in two seasons to go together with 59 passing touchdowns and 6 dashing touchdowns. Ranked the No. 43 participant in Virginia and the No. 104 quarterback within the Class of 2021 by 247Sports, Edwards didn’t play in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and didn’t take any snaps for the Demon Deacons in 2021.

Tagovailoa is anticipated to steer probably the greatest passing offenses within the Huge Ten Convention after setting program single-season data in passing yards (3,860), completions (328), completion proportion (.692) and passing touchdowns (26) final 12 months. Maryland went 7-6 to safe its first profitable season since 2014 and defeated Virginia Tech, 54-10, within the Pinstripe Bowl for its first bowl victory since 2010.

Season opener

BUFFALO@MARYLAND

Sept. 3, midday

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