Patriot League Release | STATS NCAA FCS Players of the Week | College Sports Madness Release | HERO Sports Studs of the Week
 
Bronx, N.Y. – Fordham sophomore running back Chase Edmonds and junior placekicker Makay Redd were named Corvias Patriot League Offensive and Special Teams Player of the Week, respectively, it was announced today. Additionally, Edmonds was named an honorable mention STATS National Offensive Player of the Week the College Sports Madness Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week and a HERO Sports FCS Offensive Stud of the Week.
 
In Fordham's 59-42 Patriot League win over Lehigh on Jack Coffey Field on Saturday, Edmonds broke both the Patriot League and Fordham single game rushing record, carrying 31 times for 347 yards and three touchdowns.
 

Edmonds' 347 rushing yards easily surpassed the former Fordham school record of 272 yards set by Chip Kron against Georgetown in 1985 and was 43 yards better than the former Patriot League mark of 304 yards set by Lafayette's Ross Scheuerman against Lehigh in 2014.
 
The 347 yards also ties Edmonds with Lamar's Kade Harrington for most rushing yards in a game in the NCAA Division I (both FBS and FCS) this year.
 
Edmonds, who ran for scores from 9, 60 and 75 yards, also caught two passes for 55 yards and a score to bring his all-purpose yards total to 402, breaking his own Patriot League record of 385 all-purpose yards set in last year's NCAA Championship game at New Hampshire.
 
On the year, Edmonds has rushed 187 times for 1,393 yards and 18 touchdowns. He leads all of the NCAA Division I (FBS and FCS) in total rushing yards and rushing touchdowns. He is also second in the NCAA FCS in rushing yards/game (174.1) and third in all-purpose yards/game (216.8).
 
Edmonds now has 3,231 career rushing yards in just 22 career contests, the fourth best career rushing total in school history. He has also amassed 41 rushing touchdowns, second on the school's all-time list.
 
Edmonds is named Corvias Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season and fifth in his career.
 
Redd connected on a 37-yard field goal in the second quarter and converted on all eight of his PATs to account for eleven points and receive his third Corvias Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week honor in 2015.
 
On the year Redd has made good on seven of his nine field goal attempts and 38 of his 41 PATs. He is second in the Patriot League in field goals/game (0.88) and third in scoring (7.4 points per game).

The Rams (7-1, 3-0), who entered the Lehigh game ranked tenth in the STATS NCAA FCS poll and eleventh in the NCAA FCS Coaches poll, return to action on Saturday, October 31, as they travel to Hamilton, N.Y., to face the Colgate University Raiders in a Patriot League contest in Andy Kerr Stadium at 1:00 p.m.