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2025 Football Roster

56 Jalon Edwards

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 230
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Lusby, Md.
  • Highschool Patuxent

Biography

2023: Appeared in four games ... recorded four tackles (two solos) ... had one tackle-for-loss (-1 yard) and a qusarterback hit.

Prior to Shepherd: A 2023 graduate of Patuxent High School where he played football for Steve Crounse ... lettered in football, wrestling, and track and field ... gained Four Year Varsity Letterman award for wrestling ... was the 2022 Maryland MPSSAA State Discus Champ ... finished in second place at the Maryland MPSSAA State Wrestling in 2022 and third in 2023 ... earned first team All-SMAC honors and honorable mention All-Met (Washington Post) as a senior ... a second team All-State linebacker ... a Maryland MPSSAA State Football Finalist ... named Southern Maryland Defensive Player of the Year ... selected for the Chick-Fil-A Bowl, Maryland Big 33 Bowl, and the Maryland Crab Bowl ... recorded 115 tackles (78 solos), 17 tackles-for-loss,  five sacks, two blocked punts, and an interception as a senior

Personal: The son of Jessica Bryant and Richard Portis ... majoring sports medicine ... his great-grandfather, Ronald Siegfried, played football for the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Historical Player Information

  • 56

    2023Freshman

    DL
    6'3" 230 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2024Sophomore

    DL
    6'3" 230 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2025Junior

    DL
    6'3" 230 lbs
    56