



Alabama landed three-star running back Kyle Edwards out of Destrehan (La.) on Friday morning over Michigan and Penn State.

His head coach and offensive coordinator shared their thoughts on what kind of person and player Edwards is.

“Great player, even better kid,” Destrehan OC Greg Boyne told BamaOnLine. “Perfect fit. A lot of what we do here — we know a lot of the guys at Alabama, a lot of the coaches through the years — we kind of have a lot of the same philosophies. Some that go way back 30 years, and some that we’ve gotten from watching them and the way those guys work. I think he’s the type of kid that appreciates that. He appreciates the discipline, he appreciates doing the little things right. He appreciates the program aspect of Alabama.”

Destrehan head coach Stephen Robicheaux echoed Boyne’s sentiment.

“We love Kyle,” Robicheaux said. “Kyle is one of those kids that’s going to outwork everybody. He’s extremely humble. He’s probably one of the nicest kids you’ll ever meet. He’s a natural talent, but he takes it to another level. He’s not about the limelight. If you were going to look up ‘student athlete’ in the dictionary it’d be Kyle Edwards. You can’t say enough good things about him. He’s the reason we coach football. He’s team player, he gets along with everybody. This is his fourth year here and I can’t say any negative about Kyle Edwards at all. He comes to work every day and works hard. It was him and John sharing time last year and he never said a word about it. He did what he had to do to help the team. I talked to Coach (Pete) Golding and he said the one thing about Kyle is he’s an Alabama fit. And I agree. He’s that strong, downhill guy, that really does a good job down there at Alabama. I think he’ll be a great fit and do well.”

Boyne anticipates Edwards taking over a leadership role his senior season.

“He’s kind of a quiet kid by nature, so we weren’t sure exactly if he was going to be able to do it,” Boyne said. “He’s not a follower at all, but he’s not a vocal kid. He always comes in and does what he’s supposed to do, does a great job in the weight room, trains his butt off to get his body right … and that doesn’t always translate into being a leader. We’ve kind of let it play itself out and he’s done exactly what we thought he could do.”

Not only will Edwards be a guy that the team looks up to to follow, with former five-star back John Emery Jr. off to LSU the Destrehan offense will lean on the now UA pledge even more so now than last season when he split carries with Emery Jr.

“This year he’s gotta be the feature guy,” Robicheaux said. “We got a guy that’s going to be in the backfield with him that I think is pretty good, and we’ve got Quincy Brown who’s also a good player. He’s a guy that when you need those tough yards or you need him to break one, he can do both. So he’s definitely going to have the star on top of his head. Obviously when you’ve got an Alabama commit, he’s a guy that’s a pretty good player. Hopefully we can rely on him to do big things this year. I think he’s excited about the role. I think he’s humbled about the role. He just does everything well. He does a good job in the classroom, he’d does a great job off the field, everybody loves him. High, high character and a great football player. Great combination.”