COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Who: Edward Waters vs. Florida Memorial.
When: 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.
Where: Nathaniel Glover Community Field and Stadium.
How to watch: SIAC Network (streaming).
The skinny: Northeast Florida's only NCAA football program, Edward Waters opens its season with the first of five home games at Nathaniel Glover Community Field and Stadium in the second year under head coach Brian Jenkins. … Edward Waters went 5-5 last season under Jenkins, including a 4-4 mark in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. … Leading rusher Johntarrious Thomas, who ran for 1,016 yards and eight scores as a junior, returns as the top ball carrier. … The Tigers' quarterback position has six contestants, including 2025 second-stringer Demetrius Boney
(10 for 20, 153 yards in six games), while the unit also includes Lane transfer Jared Lawrence, Arkansas-Monticello transfer Tavion Faulk, Campbellsville transfer Rennie Prim, Texas freshman Christione Daughtry and two-time state high school champion (Miami Northwestern and American Heritage) Leon Strawder. … Also back is redshirt sophomore linebacker Trevon French, last year's tackles leader with 74. … For Miami Gardens-based Florida Memorial, which operated in Live Oak, Jacksonville and St. Augustine during earlier stages of its 147-year history, locals on the roster include linebackers Kingston Brooker (Bradford) and Carl Kendrick (Trinity Christian). … Florida Memorial won the teams' most recent meeting 31-21 on Sept. 7, 2024.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Edward Waters kicks off college football opener. Here's the matchup
