2012 (Junior)
Started the first eight games before suffering a season-ending injury... Totaled 438 yards on 99 carries with six touchdowns... Also hauled in 12 catches for 157 yards... Tallied 36 rushing yards and one score with three receptions for 14 yards in OT win over No. 8 Arkansas... Rushed 17 times for 76 yards at Auburn... Also caught one pass for 20 yards against the Tigers... Went over the 100-yard plateau for second time of career with 120 rushing yards on 21 attempts against Baylor... 58-yard TD scamper gave ULM a 28-24 lead over the Bears early in the third quarter... Totaled 55 rushing yards on 11 carries and found the endzone twice in win at Tulane... Finished with 17 carries for 87 yards and two scores in win at Middle Tennessee... Also caught four passes for 30 yards against Blue Raiders... Had two catches for 72 yards in OT win at Western Kentucky... Had nine carries for 25 yards against South Alabama before leaving due to injury.
2011 (Sophomore)
Led team in all-purpose yards (1,217), rushing yards (667), rushing touchdowns (11) and total touchdowns (12)… Tied for team lead in carries (143)… Also hauled in 31 catches for 203 yards while registering 347 kick return yards… Ranked in the top-10 in four different Sun Belt Conference statistical categories -- Touchdowns, T-2nd (12); Scoring, T-5th (72); Rushing yards (6th, 667); All-purpose yards (10th, 1,217)... Registered six carries for 24 yards and four kickoff returns for 63 yards at Florida State... Rushed for 90 yards on 22 attempts (4.1 ypc) against Grambling State... Tallied 56 rushing yards at TCU... Team-high 155 all-purpose yards at Iowa... Ran 19 times for 88 yards and one touchdown at Troy... Rushed for one touchdown at North Texas... Contributed 102 all-purpose yards and a career-high four touchdowns (three rushing, one receiving) at UL-Lafayette... Was first ULM player to score four touchdowns in a game (non-passing) since Marquis Williams (Oct. 25, 1997, UL-Lafayette) ... Named Louisiana Offensive Player of the Week after totaling 191 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns against Middle Tennessee... Single-game yardage total was the seventh-most in ULM history and was sixth-best (single-game) in the conference in 2011... Had two rushing touchdowns (67 yards, 1 yard) at Florida Atlantic.
2010 (RS-Freshman)
Appeared in all 12 games for the Warhawks and started four contests (Arkansas, Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, Troy)... Finished third on the team (second among running backs) after averaging 31.2 yards per game... 16 of his 84 carries resulted in a first down... Had seven first down carries on third and fourth down... Had 10 carries of over 10 yards... Took over the kickoff return duties at Auburn and finished the season averaging 24.3 yards-per-return -- his average ranked fourth in the Sun Belt... Returned five kicks for 130 yards against North Texas, including his season-long of 54 yards... Rushed for a season-high 64 yards on 15 carries in the season finale against UL-Lafayette... Second rushing touchdown against Western Kentucky capped ULM’s 17-point fourth-quarter comeback; had a 33-yard touchdown run in the second quarter as well (his longest carry of the season)... Had 13 carries for 63 yards and a touchdown against North Texas... Had a season-high four catches for a season-high 26 yards at Auburn... Finished the season with 1,151 all-purpose yards and 95.9 all-purpose yards per game -- both the second most on the team and just 0.8 yards behind Luther Ambrose.
2009 (Freshman)
Redshirted... Played on the scout team.
Prep
Rushed for 1,100 yards and 15 touchdowns in just five games as a senior – White Castle had games canceled due to Hurricane Gustav and he suffered a minor injury... As a junior, led the state of Louisiana with 2,210 yards rushing and 22 touchdowns on 254 carries (8.7 yards per carry)... Rushed for 394 yards and six touchdowns on 34 carries against East Iberville.
Personal
Full name is Jyruss Jarell Edwards... Born May 29, 1990, in White Castle, La... Son of Alex Thomas and Debra Edwards... Has 11 brothers and seven sisters... Majoring in general studies.
