As a high school recruit, Donovan Edwards strongly considered the possibility of playing for Tony Alford at Ohio State. Now, Alford will coach Edwards in his final season at Michigan.
Ohio State’s running back recruiting efforts for the 2021 class focused primarily on three top targets: Edwards, TreVeyon Henderson and Evan Pryor. Ultimately, the Buckeyes took commitments from Henderson and Pryor even though Edwards was uncommitted at the time. Edwards, a native of West Bloomfield, Michigan, chose to stay in-state as a result. But he acknowledged Thursday at Big Ten Media Days that he would have loved to play for Alford from the beginning.