By Zach DeLoach
On a Friday evening in November 2020, two opposing running backs ran wild in a high school football 6A state playoff game.
Now, DJ Giddens and Dylan Edwards are teammates at Kansas State, but both remember that night. It was the night Giddens’ career as a Junction City Blue Jay ended with a 62-27 loss to Edwards’ Derby Panthers.
They each put up massive numbers in the game. Edwards ran 30 times for 226 yards and four touchdowns, while Giddens logged 209 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries.
