Former Griz Commits To New Mexico State

It's been a busy week for last year's Montana Grizzlies defensive line. First, Alex Gubner accepted a second NFL Minicamp Invitation.

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Next came the decision of Kale Edwards. The three-year defensive end entered the transfer portal last month after recording his best season at the University of Montana. Edwards racked up 35 tackles and 4.5 sacks with 2 forced fumbles in his redshirt junior season. Now Edwards is heading to Las Cruces, New Mexico to join the New Mexico State Aggies.

The Aggies finished last season 10-5 in Conference USA. New Mexico State lost the C-USA championship game against Liberty and later lost to Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl. Last season featured a marquee victory when NMSU defeated Auburn on November 18 in Alabama.

A quick look at the roster shows no kids from Montana or transfers from a Big Sky Conference school at New Mexico State. The Aggies are coached by Tony Sanchez in his first season at NMSU.

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A look at the Grizzlies defensive line

Montana and new co-defensive coordinators Roger Cooper and Tim Hauck will have to replace two key contributors on the defensive line in Gubner and Edwards. To do so, the Griz wrangled Brenton Handsford, a freshman from North Carolina, and Andrehs Lehrmann, a transfer from Youngstown State, Matai Mata'afa, a transfer from Mississippi State, and Pat Hayden, a transfer from Monmouth.

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Returners Garrett Hustedt, Henry Nuce and former UCLA Bruin Hayden Harris will be relied on up front this season.

Good luck to Kale. We'll have to tune into a couple of Aggies games this fall.