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2024 Football Roster

9 Billy Edwards Jr.

  • Position QB
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 222
  • Hometown Springfield, VA
  • High School Lake Braddock
  • Prev School Wake Forest
  • Major Management Studies
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Biography

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CAREER HONORS
  • Set program record for completion percentage with 28-of-32
    (87.5%) performance vs. Villanova (9/21)
  • Davey O’Brien Great 8 Award selection (10/21)
  • 10/21 DC Touchdown Club Player of the Week
  • 2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top-25 List
  • 2023 TransPerfect Music City Bowl MVP 

EDWARDS IN THE NEWS Among the National Leaders
  • Passing Yards Per Game (261.9): #19 FBS, #14 Power Four, #3 Big Ten
  • Completions (273): #6 FBS, #5 Power Four, #1 Big Ten
As a Redshirt Junior (2024):
  • Leads the Big Ten in passing yards per game and completions
  • Threw for 250 yards+ in first seven games this season, only Big Ten QB to do this besides C.J.
    Stroud since 1996
  • 335 passing yards (32-of-55) with one touchdown vs. Rutgers (11/16)
  • Threw for 206 yards and one touchdown at No. 1 Oregon (11/9)
  • Career-high 373 and 39 completions (third in single game
    history) vs. USC (10/19)
  • Combined for 3 TDs (2 pass, 1 rush) including a three-yard rush
    that proved to be the game-winner in that game
  • Second Terp this century with 350+ passing yards and 35+
    completions in a single game
  • In going 39-of-50 against the Trojans became the first Big Ten
    player since at least 1996, with at least 50 pass attempts and a
    78 percent completion mark
  • Threw career-high three TD passes at Indiana (9/28)
  • Completed 26 of 41 passes for 289 yards in that game
  • Completed 87.5% of passes in record-setting day vs. Villanova
    (9/21), also had career-high 328 passing yards & two TDs
  • 28-of-43 (65.1%) for 263 yards with three total TDs (two pass,
    one rush) in second half comeback at Virginia (9/14)
  • 26-of-34 passing (76.5%) with two passing touchdowns and one
    rushing vs. Michigan State (9/7)
  • Started vs. UConn (8/31) and notched career-best 311 passing
    yards on 20-27 passing with two touchdowns and 39 rush yards
  • Graded as a top-five Power Four QB in Week One via PFF
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2023):
  • Appeared in eight games and started in the Terps' TransPerfect Music City Bowl win over Auburn
  • Finished season with 128 yards through the air and one touchdown
  • Posted a team-best seven rushing touchdowns and stood fourth on the team with 104 rushing yards
  • Started and named MVP of TransPerfect Music City Bowl (12/30), threw for 126 yards and a touchdown, along with his seventh rushing score of the season to go along with 50 yards on the ground
  • Rushed for two one-yard touchdowns in win over Rutgers (11/25)
  • Recorded three one-yard rushing touchdowns vs. #2 Michigan (11/18), the first Terps quarterback with three rushing touchdowns in a game since C.J. Brown had three against James Madison on Aug. 30, 2014
  • Became the third FBS player over the past 25 seasons to record at least three rushing touchdowns on four or fewer rushes and three or fewer rushing yards in a single game
  • Scored a touchdown on a QB sneak to give Maryland a 17-14 lead in win over Charlotte (9/9)
  • Scored a touchdown on a QB sneak to give Maryland a 17-14 lead in win over Charlotte (9/9)
  • Rushed three times for 27 yards in relief duty in season opening win over Towson (9/2)

As a Redshirt Freshman (2022): 
  • Appeared in seven games
  • Started two games vs. Northwestern (10/22) and vs. NC State (12/30)
  • Finished with a quarterback rating of 138.63
  • Completed 28 passes with a completion rating of 60.87%, passed for a total of 308 yards, and threw 3 touchdowns
  • Rushed for a total of 136 yards on 34 attempts and rushed for 1 touchdown
  • Completed one pass for 45 yards in Duke's Mayo Bowl vs. NC State (12/30)
  • Came in during the fourth quarter at #14 Penn State (11/12), rushing for an eight-yard gain
  • Started first career game vs. Northwestern (10/22), leading the Terps to a win by completing 18-of-28 passes for 166 yards and a touchdown and rushing for another 66 yards on 16 carries
  • Came in during the fourth quarter of game at Indiana (10/15) and led Terps to a win, leading the go-ahead drive and game-sealing drive, rushing five times for 53 yards with a touchdown to extend the Terps lead to 38-27
  • Completed five-of-nine passes for 62 yards and a touchdown at Michigan (9/24) to make it a one score game in the fourth quarter
  • Threw first Maryland touchdown in win at Charlotte (9/10), completing each of his three passes for 28 yards
  • Saw first action as a Terp vs. Buffalo (9/3).

Before Maryland:
  • Transfer from Wake Forest, redshirted in 2021 

High School: 
  • Was the 42nd ranked recruit in Virginia
  • Did not take the field in 2020 due to COVID-19
  • Compiled over 5,000 passing yards and 750 rushing yards over two seasons to go along with 59 passing touchdowns and six rushing touchdowns
  • Finished his junior season with 2,677 passing yards, 31 touchdowns, and just six interceptions, earning All-State honorable mention along with First Team All District and First Team All Region honors
  • Rushed for 405 yards and four touchdowns in that junior season
  • Filled in at punter at times pinning three kicks inside the 20 and averaging 43.8 yards per kick
  • Helped Lake Braddock to a 4-1 league record and 10-3 overall in 2019, which resulted in a playoff berth
Career Highs:
Passing Yards: 373 (USC 10/19/24)
Longest Pass: 75 (UConn 8/31/24)
Passing Touchdowns: 3 (Indiana 9/28/24)
Completions: 39 (USC 10/19/24)
Completion Percentage: 87.5 (Villanova 9/21/24, program record)
Attempts: 43 (Virginia, 9/14/24)
Rushing Yards: 66 (Northwestern 10/22/22)
Rushing Touchdowns: 3 (Michigan 11/18/23)
Longest Rush: 32 (Northwestern 10/22/22)
Rushing Attempts: 16 (Northwestern 10/22/22)

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2023Redshirt Sophomore

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    2024Redshirt Junior

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