Fordham Athletics Continues Ed Randall’s Talkin’ Rams Video Series

The second episode options an interview with Fordham Soccer grandmaster Chase Edmonds

Bronx, NY – Need to see how some former Fordham student-athletes view their time at Rose Hill? Then Ed Randall’s Talkin’ Rams is for you.

For this sequence, FCRH ’74’s Randall will interview former student-athletes at Fordham to cowl their experiences at Fordham, from playgrounds to lecture rooms.

Persevering with the sequence as we speak as Ed chats with Fordham’s nice soccer participant Chase Edmonds, FCRH ’18, who graduated as Fordham’s quickest runner of all time and was chosen within the fourth spherical by the Arizona Cardinals within the 2018 NFL draft. It was the best Fordham draft decide since Steve Filipowicz, who was picked within the first spherical (sixth general decide) by the New York Giants in 1943.

Edmonds was the primary Ram chosen within the NFL draft since John Skelton, who was taken by the Cardinals within the fifth spherical in 2010 and within the third spherical since 1968 (Ken Parker was captured within the sixteenth spherical by the Giants in 1968).

Edmonds, the 2017 Patriot League preseason offensive participant of the yr, was restricted to falling accidents however nonetheless managed to gather second-team All-League awards.

As a junior in 2016, Edmonds was the primary staff All-American and completed fourth within the voting for the Walter Payton Award. He led the NCAA FCS in quick yards per recreation (163.5) and completed second in whole quick yards, second in all-purpose yards per recreation (194.6) and third in quick goalscoring. The 1,799 yards was simply 39 yards behind Edmonds’ college single-season file in 2014.

In opposition to Lafayette on October 8, 2016, Edmonds ran for a faculty and set an NCAA FCS file with a Patriot League file of 359 yards (most by an NCAA Division I participant that yr), averaging 21.1 yards per carry. Earned per rush in a recreation. The previous mark was 19.07, set by Gene Brown of VMI in 1988. Edmonds surpassed his personal college and Patriot League file of 347 yards set towards Lehigh in 2015.

Edmonds, who acquired the NCAA FCS high rookie as a freshman in 2014 and the Jerry Rice Award for Patriot League and ECAC Offensive Participant of the Yr in 2015, closed his profession with 74 profession objectives and 67 profession runs in addition to 5,862 profession runs. fast objectives, all college and Patriot League information. 5,862 profession sprints, fifth greatest in NCAA FCS historical past, fourth better of 67 profession quick objectives, and 14th greatest profession run/recreation common of 133.2. He additionally has 7,374 all-purpose profession pitches, a faculty and Patriot League profession file, the tenth greatest in NCAA FCS historical past.

word: The interview passed off earlier than Edmonds was traded from Miami to Denver.