Spring roundup | Edgewater’s new players shine as Eagles roll past Seminole
It didn’t take long for Edgewater fans to get a glimpse of the past in the form of the present Thursday night during a spring football game against Seminole. Coming into the contest, transfer running back Jahmari Hammonds, a rising sophomore from CFCA, had heard all of the comparisons to former Edgewater star CJ Baxter, now a running back at Kentucky. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Hammonds is built much the same as what Baxter was when he was a freshman at Edgewater in 2019, so fans have been wondering if Hammonds could be Baxter, 2.
0. Not even four minutes into Thursday’s game, Hammonds gave Edgewater fans a flashback to Baxter with a 15-yard touchdown run, during which he broke a few tackles and then skated into the end zone. Hammonds would later score again from 40 yards out as Edgewater rolled to a 35-7 victory in a spring game at Edgewater .
Edgewater coach Patrick Browning has coached his share of strong running backs, including current Cleveland Browns second-year player Quinshon Judkins. He said Hammonds has elite qualities. “The great ones are always gonna have something unique,” Browning said.
“Jahmari’s contact balance, I think it what can separate him, along with his size. It’s hard to bring him down at that size and his contact balance is elite. ” Browning lauds his entire running back room, which includes Jaelyn Powell, Bryce Jackson and Justyn Moore.
In the blow out, five different running backs got touches. Despite running the ball well, Hammonds still was not Edgewater’s leading rusher against Seminole. Those honors belonged to transfer quarterback Joe Aicher (Port Orange Spruce Creek), who platooned with teammate Cruz James, another transfer (Neptune Beach Fletcher), for most of the game, and showed off his speed on a pair of designed quarterback runs.
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