Virdel Edwards II is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Hawai'i.
Edwards erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. On tape: 5 tackles against Air Force, Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hawai'i | 31 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2023 | Hawai'i | 37 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | -- |
| 2022 | Hawai'i | 49 | 39 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2021 | Iowa State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 118 | 92 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 20 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20vs Stanford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-40@ Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-3vs Portland State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-23vs Fresno State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-35@ Air Force | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 44-26vs Utah State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-19@ Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-45@ San José State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-38@ UNLV | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-31vs California | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
19%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL31 tackles · 1 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
60.2%
540 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #30 of 42 Mountain West DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2019–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Matt Campbell and Timmy Chang.
