Fordham Football Names 2017 Captains

Bronx, N.Y. – Fordham University head football coach Andrew Breiner announced that graduate students Kevin Anderson and Manny Adeyeye along with senior Chase Edmonds and Caleb Ham will serve as 2017 captains. This will mark the third consecutive year that Anderson will serve as a captain, making him the first person in modern times to be named a captain for three straight years.
 

Edmonds, a 2016 consensus first team All-American, finished fourth in voting for the 2016 Walter Payton Award. He led the NCAA FCS in rushing yards per game (163.5) and was second in total rushing yards as well as ranking second in all-purpose yards per game (194.6) and third in rushing touchdowns. The 1,799 yards was just 39 yards shy of Edmonds' school single season record set in 2014.
 
Against Lafayette on October 8, Edmonds rushed for a school and Patriot League record 359 yards (the most by an NCAA Division I player last year) on just 17 carries, averaging 21.1 yards per carry, setting an NCAA FCS record for most yards gained per rush in a game. The former mark was 19.07 set by VMI's Gene Brown in 1988. Edmonds surpassed his own school and Patriot League record of 347 yards, set in 2015 against Lehigh.
 
Over his three-year career, Edmonds has rushed for a school record 5,285 yards, just 336 yards shy of Jordan Scott's Patriot League career record of 5,621 yards. He has 62 career rushing touchdowns and 69 overall career touchdowns, both school and Patriot League records.
 
Kevin Anderson, a second team All-Patriot League pick last year, completed 201 of 325 passes for 2,724 yards and 27 touchdowns in 2016 year as well as run for 255 net yards and two scores. He led the Patriot League and was tenth in the NCAA FCS in passing touchdowns and led the League and was 12th in the nation in passing yards/game (272.4). Anderson also led the conference and was 21st in the NCAA FCS in total passing yards and led the league and was seventh in the country in points responsible/game (17.6).
 
Over his Fordham career, Anderson, a two-year starter, has completed 430 of 667 passes for 5,907 yards and 59 touchdowns. He ranks fifth on the Fordham career passing yards list and third on the career passing touchdown list while his career completion percentage of 64.5 percent is fourth best. 
 
Adeyeye, who was limited to five games in 2016 due to injury, made 16 total tackles, including 3.0 sacks, while Ham, a first team All-Patriot League selection last fall, was second on the team last year with 62 total tackles, and tied for the team lead with three interceptions. He was fourth in the Patriot League in interceptions/game (0.30).
 
The Rams open the 2017 season on Friday night, September 1, as the Rams travel to West Point, N.Y. to face the Army West Point Black Knights at 6:00 p.m. in a game that will be televised on the CBS Sports Network.