'26 NJ EDGE CJ Edwards (Tennessee commit)

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“So being in a position I’m in with a lot of scholarships, I’m just blessed to be in that position,” Edwards said. “I’m been doing a lot of consideration with my family and we decided sort of just to make the decision early so I’m able to focus on my craft and just get to work. At the end of the day I want to be elite in college and I want to be especially elite during this upcoming season. Just get to work abd just make sure that I’m all set and I’m committed and I just put my best forward for the upcoming season.”

Tennessee was by to see him back in January with defensive line coach Rodney Garner, stopping by the school. Newly promoted OLB coach Levorn Harbin is the primary recruiter for Edwards and he is very fond of coach Chop.

“He recruits me hard and we are in communication almost every day with messages of encouragement and motivation,” Edwards said. “He always communicating and we’re on the phone a lot. One of my biggest factors and where I want to go to college is their culture. If you have a desire to win are competitors then it fits that description. So he is a great person and a great coach and it’s just something I wanted to be part of.”

Then there is coach Josh Heupel. Their conversations have been good enough to let him know they have a very similar mindset.

“Like I said about the culture development piece, working on building there and the desire to compete,” Edwards said. “It’s a goal. To go get it and not be lackadaisical and laid-back. It’s to go for it all and go win that natty. I feel like I’d want to be a part of that competitive society, we have a similar mindset you know I want to be like minded people and I feel like coach Heupel is like me and one of those people. So I want to play under him.”

Edwards has never been to Tennessee but has talked with Tennessee enough and researched it that he felt comfortable in making this decision. He plans on coming down for spring practice in March and has his official visit to Knoxville set up for the last recruiting weekend in June. Edwards is long and has great size for someone who can rush the passer and defend the run. He feels like he brings a lot to the table.

“I feel like you know one of biggest things about my game is physical,” Edwards said. “I’m a very physical person as well as a competitor and you know somebody that has a desire to win so hungry. Just a lot of good characteristics off the field. I’d say I’m a winner. I love to win at whatever I’m doing in life like the classroom, in the weight room nutrition wise, recovery wise so I feel like that’s my biggest plus is being a winner. On the field again, like I said typical hard player, hard worker that likes to get after it.”
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Impact Analysis: CJ Edwards​


Tennessee picked up another defensive piece on Tuesday as New Jersey EDGE CJ Edwards committed to the Vols. Volquest breaks down what his pledge means with the impact analysis of Edwards and so much more.

The Scout​

“CJ Edwards, is an interesting edge prospect and one who we saw have some flashes while playing for a top program at Bergen Catholic as a junior,” Charles Power said. “For starters he’s a good athlete in the combine setting and on the field and you can see his play speed and get off on his junior film. Just kind of a twitched up active edge defender. And I think he shows very good effort level in the ability to kind of make second effort plays.


“He plays to the whistle and shows effort and pursuit and kind of just plays at a really high speed and is all go at the snap. I think that the effort level and ability to strain to finish plays is very encouraging. He embraces the physical aspect of the game. He initiates contact and looks to be a solid, edge setter run defender and I think one who is gonna each continue getting better on that front. We haven’t seen a ton of film or I guess our exposure to him is fairly limited to this point. But, you know, the, the bits we’ve seen are encouraging and we look forward to kind of continuing to evaluate him. He is an intriguing prospect and one who certainly showed some flashes as a junior at Bergen Catholic.”

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cncchris33 said:
Guarantano alum.

Given that he's never visited, I'm skeptical about this one sticking until we get him on campus.
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I was also thinking that this leaves a long time for the sowers of doubt from other schools to sow their tares.

But I also think that what he will see and experience on our campus will fully reinforce his original reasons for committing.

The recruiting game is a "science"
...played with three, 30-sided dice! Staff does what it can to eliminate or neutralize every possible variable, but in the end, the game is determined somewhere inside the brain of an overwhelmed teenaged boy who likely spends hours each week playing video games that reward impulse response.

[And... yes... now get off my lawn.] ;)
 
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