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2017 Football Roster
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Edison-McGruder, Kenneth

Jersey Number 3
Kenneth Edison-McGruder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Houston, TX
- High School:
- Taylor
Bio
2018 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
High-intensity player who became a vocal leader by his senior year.
2018 (Senior): Took on a leadership role as the season progressed ... A starter in 12 games ... Ranked third on the team with a career-best 73 tackles, 54 of which were solo stops ... Established single-season career highs with two sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss ... Broke up three passes ... Set single-game career highs with 12 tackles, two sacks and three tackles for loss in the Bedlam game ... Logged eight tackles and forced a fumble that OSU recovered and then quickly turned into a touchdown at an important juncture in the Cowboys’ Liberty Bowl win over No. 23 Missouri ... Forced and recovered a fumble against Missouri State ... Had nine tackles against TCU, eight against Kansas and seven against Boise State ... Served as a team captain against Boise State and West Virginia.
2017 (Junior): Played in nine games and started five ... Lined up as a starter against Tulsa, TCU, Texas Tech, Baylor and Iowa State ... Racked up 21 tackles, including 17 solo stops ... Had five multi-tackle performances ... Logged a season-high five tackles against both Tulsa and TCU ... Recorded his first career sack against Tulsa ... Scooped up a fumble and returned it 82 yards for a touchdown against Tulsa ... His 82-yard fumble return for a touchdown ranks as the fourth-longest fumble return in OSU history and is the longest fumble return by a Cowboy during the Mike Gundy era ... Credited with two pass breakups and two tackles for loss ... Hurried Kansas quarterback Peyton Bender once during the regular-season finale.
2016 (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games, starting four ... He lined up as a starter in three of OSU’s last four games of the season, including at Oklahoma and against Colorado in the Alamo Bowl ... His 40 tackles ranked as the fourth-most for any Cowboy defensive back ... Had 29 solo stops ... Recorded at least one tackle in 12 games and at least four tackles in six games ... Credited with a half tackle for loss against Texas Tech ... Recovered a Samaje Perine fumble in the game against Oklahoma, marking Perine’s only lost fumble of the regular season ... Recorded one quarterback hurry.
2015 (Freshman): One of four true freshmen to see the field for the Cowboys ... Played in 12 games, totaling 13 tackles with 10 solo stops ... Finished second on the team with a season-high seven tackles vs. UTSA ... An injury to Jordan Sterns late in the fourth quarter thrust him onto the field for what became a crucial defensive stop to preserve OSU’s 30-27 win at Texas.
High School: Played for coach JD Jordan at Alief Taylor … A heavily recruited safety who was listed as a four-star prospect and the No. 30 safety in the country by Scout.com ... Finished senior year with 79 total tackles, 36 solo tackles, a sack, an interception and a pair of forced fumbles … Totaled 33 tackles, 18 solos tackles and three interceptions as a junior … Named all-district as both a junior and a senior … Competed on his high school track team as well … Offered scholarships by Arkansas, Boise State, California, Iowa St., Louisville, LSU, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon State, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah, Washington and others.
Personal: Kenneth Edison-McGruder was born December 26, 1996 ... Son of Eric Edison.
High-intensity player who became a vocal leader by his senior year.
2018 (Senior): Took on a leadership role as the season progressed ... A starter in 12 games ... Ranked third on the team with a career-best 73 tackles, 54 of which were solo stops ... Established single-season career highs with two sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss ... Broke up three passes ... Set single-game career highs with 12 tackles, two sacks and three tackles for loss in the Bedlam game ... Logged eight tackles and forced a fumble that OSU recovered and then quickly turned into a touchdown at an important juncture in the Cowboys’ Liberty Bowl win over No. 23 Missouri ... Forced and recovered a fumble against Missouri State ... Had nine tackles against TCU, eight against Kansas and seven against Boise State ... Served as a team captain against Boise State and West Virginia.
2017 (Junior): Played in nine games and started five ... Lined up as a starter against Tulsa, TCU, Texas Tech, Baylor and Iowa State ... Racked up 21 tackles, including 17 solo stops ... Had five multi-tackle performances ... Logged a season-high five tackles against both Tulsa and TCU ... Recorded his first career sack against Tulsa ... Scooped up a fumble and returned it 82 yards for a touchdown against Tulsa ... His 82-yard fumble return for a touchdown ranks as the fourth-longest fumble return in OSU history and is the longest fumble return by a Cowboy during the Mike Gundy era ... Credited with two pass breakups and two tackles for loss ... Hurried Kansas quarterback Peyton Bender once during the regular-season finale.
2016 (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games, starting four ... He lined up as a starter in three of OSU’s last four games of the season, including at Oklahoma and against Colorado in the Alamo Bowl ... His 40 tackles ranked as the fourth-most for any Cowboy defensive back ... Had 29 solo stops ... Recorded at least one tackle in 12 games and at least four tackles in six games ... Credited with a half tackle for loss against Texas Tech ... Recovered a Samaje Perine fumble in the game against Oklahoma, marking Perine’s only lost fumble of the regular season ... Recorded one quarterback hurry.
2015 (Freshman): One of four true freshmen to see the field for the Cowboys ... Played in 12 games, totaling 13 tackles with 10 solo stops ... Finished second on the team with a season-high seven tackles vs. UTSA ... An injury to Jordan Sterns late in the fourth quarter thrust him onto the field for what became a crucial defensive stop to preserve OSU’s 30-27 win at Texas.
High School: Played for coach JD Jordan at Alief Taylor … A heavily recruited safety who was listed as a four-star prospect and the No. 30 safety in the country by Scout.com ... Finished senior year with 79 total tackles, 36 solo tackles, a sack, an interception and a pair of forced fumbles … Totaled 33 tackles, 18 solos tackles and three interceptions as a junior … Named all-district as both a junior and a senior … Competed on his high school track team as well … Offered scholarships by Arkansas, Boise State, California, Iowa St., Louisville, LSU, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon State, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah, Washington and others.
Personal: Kenneth Edison-McGruder was born December 26, 1996 ... Son of Eric Edison.
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