Livingstone's Edwards fitting in

DORIAN EDWARDS
Livingstone College Blue Bears
5'-10'' DT, Senior
Hometown: Kinston, N.C.
(Courtesy LC Athletics)
 

SALISBURY, North Carolina --  As a kid growing up in Kinston, Dorian Edwards had his heart set on playing football at N.C. State.

In high school, Edwards played center for the Kinston Vikings, earning All-Area honors his freshman and sophomore years and All-Conference honors his junior and senior years. During his senior season, he was selected to play in the prestigious East-West All-Star game.

Edwards was good, but at 5-foot-10 and 280 pounds, Division I coaches didn't consider him big enough to compete at the Division I level. Edwards was offered a chance to play for the Wolfpack - via an academic scholarship.

"I was almost in tears when I realized I was too small to play football for a Division 1 school," Edwards recalled this week. "To be so close to the opportunity to live out my dream and have something I couldn't control stop me really hurt."

Edwards didn't remain disappointed for long.

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