Ravens' Gus Edwards draws major respect from former All-Pro RB

Gus Edwards has anchored the Baltimore Ravens' No. 1 ranked rush offense this season.

The Ravens have tallied a league-leading 1,903 rushing yards, with 590 such yards coming from Edwards. The fifth-year running back has also scored 10 rushing touchdowns, which ranks third among all running backs this season behind Miami Dolphins’ Raheem Mostert (13) and San Francisco 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey (11).

Former All-Pro running back Maurice Jones-Drew has been quite impressed by Edwards’ standout campaign with Baltimore, and he went on to pencil him in at the No. 9 spot on his "NFL RB Index" for Week 13. 

"The Ravens’ top-ranked rushing attack has relied on a host of running backs and despite Keaton Mitchell having the hot hand of late, Gus Edwards is still the guy in the red zone," Jones-Drew wrote. "The veteran is one of three running backs with double-digit TD runs this season, with nine of them in the last six games."

Edwards will be tested quite a bit over the rest of the year. Overall, three out of Baltimore’s remaining five games will come against teams that currently rank in the top 10 in rushing yards allowed per game.

The Ravens will next face a Los Angeles Rams team in Week 14 that has allowed a 113.3 rushing yards per game average this season.