FAYETTEVILLE — Another Arkansas senior has announced he will return for an additional season with the Razorbacks in 2021.
Deon Edwards, a linebacker who played in five games last season, will take advantage of an NCAA exception that allows players in 2020 an extra year of eligibility. His decision comes after he reportedly entered the NCAA’s transfer portal last week.
“This is my family, this is where I belong!” Edwards wrote in a post to his Twitter account on Tuesday.
Playing primarily a special teams role, he finished with two tackles in 2020, both in the season finale against eventual national champion Alabama.
Edwards did not play against Georgia, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Florida and LSU. He did, though, recover a fumble in the Razorbacks’ 21-14 win at Mississippi State on Oct. 3.
Edwards is the eighth Razorbacks senior to announce plans to return next season and the first since defensive end Dorian Gerald on Dec. 29.
Arkansas seniors returning in 2021
LB Grant Morgan
OL Myron Cunningham
OL Ty Clary
WR De’Vion Warren
TE Blake Kern
WR T.J. Hammonds
DL Dorian Gerald
LB Deon Edwards