Edwards Named Solomon Eye Physicians & Surgeons Terp of the Week

Billy Edwards Jr. 2023 TransPerfect Music City Bowl MVP

Edwards Named Solomon Eye Physicians & Surgeons Terp of the Week

1/2/2024 10:41:00 AM | Football

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Each week during the 2023-2024 season a Maryland student-athlete, who has shown excellence on and off the playing field, will be selected as the Solomon Eye Physicians & Surgeons Terp of the Week.

This week's Terp of the Week is Billy Edwards Jr. of the Maryland football team. The quarterback was named the Most Valuable Player of the TransPerfect Music City Bowl after leading the Terps to a 31-13 win over Auburn this past Saturday.

Edwards threw for 126 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 50 yards and another score on the ground. Edwards ended the season with seven rushing touchdowns. He also became the first Maryland quarterback with a passing and rushing touchdown in a bowl game since Scott McBrien in the 2004 Gator Bowl.

Maryland has now won a bowl game in three straight seasons for the first time in program history and the Terps have won eight games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2002-03.