FDU Knights Athletics

Career: Two-time NEC Champion (2016 & 2019), All-NEC First Team (2019), All-Met First Team (first since 1998), All-NEC Third Team (2018), NABC All-District First Team (2019), NCAA Free Throw Percentage Champion (94.4% - 2018), NEC Tournament MVP (2019)…FDU’s all-time leader in 3-pointers (201)…Career Shooting Percentages: 46.8% FG, 41.4% 3-FG, 91.5% FT (260-for-284)…11^th in scoring (1,431 points), 10^th in field goals made (485), Eighth in steals (123), Third in 3-point attempts (486). Team captain for 2018-19 FDU team which won the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament game
 
2018-19: All-NEC First Team..All-Met First Team...NABC All-District First Team..Third in NCAA in three-point field goal percentage (92-of-193, 47.7%)..92 3-pointers are second most in FDU single-season..582 total points are fifth-most in FDU single-season history…NEC Tournament MVP...Averaged 16.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists as a senior..Named NEC Player of the Week on November 26 after averaging 22.5 points on 53.6 percent shooting from the field, including 7-of-11 (.636) from three-point range. He also contributed 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game while playing all 80 minutes..Scored 28 points in a win at Princeton on 11/21..Scored 32 points against Bryant on 2/16/19..Career-high 33 points (7-of-9 3FG) in NCAA Tournament win over Prairie View A&M

2017-18: All-NEC Third Team, Led the NCAA in Free-Throw Percentage (94.4%). Became the first Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball player to lead the NCAA in a category in the program's 68-year history. Shot 84 of 89 from the line...Led the team with 14.5 points per game and started all 30 contests in which he played..Averaged a team-high 34.1 minutes per game..Finished with a team-high 60 made 3-pointers and 40 steals..averaged 34.1 minutes per contest with 2.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists..On 11/18 vs Kean, racked up seven steals (second most in FDU single-game history)..Drained five 3-pointers against Bryant on 1/27 in a 21-point effort..Named Team MVP and first-ever FDYS Awards Male Athlete of the Year

2016-17: Appeared in all 30 games, making 16 starts on the season. Averaged nine points, three rebounds and 1.3 assists per game on 50.3 percent shooting overall. Knocked down 30-of-82 (36.6%) from three-point range and a team-best 47-of-52 (90.4%) from the line...Scored a career-high 20 points at St. Francis Brooklyn on Jan. 28...Named NEC Primetime Performer on 2/27 after averaging 17 points per game on 60.8 percent shooting over a two-game stretch. 

2015-16: Saw action in all 33 games during his freshman season…Made one start, against LIU Brooklyn on January 30…Came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points against Saint Francis U on January 28…Averaged 4.4 points per game, while shooting 44.5% (53-of-119) from the field and 42.2% (19-of-45) from beyond the arc…Was nearly perfect 19-of-20 (95%) from the free throw line…Totaled 28 assists and 11 steals compared to just 14 turnovers…Scored in double figures three times, including one 20-point game.

Prior to FDU:  A native of Saugerties High School in Saugerties, New York...A standout for the Sawyers, Edge earned numerous accolades during three seasons of varsity basketball...As a senior in 2014-15, led his team to its second straight Mid-Hudson Athletic League title and a Section 9 Class A championship...Individually, was honored as the Basketball Coaches Association of New York Section 9 Class A Player of the Year and was named MVP of the Mid-Hudson Athletic League for Division 1 & 2.  The Daily Freeman, an area newspaper, named Edge as the Freeman Player of the Year for 2014-15.

Coach Herenda on Signing Edge: "We are very excited Darnell is coming to Fairleigh Dickinson and becoming a part of our program.  Darnell is extremely fast, quick and can score the ball going to the basket.  He also has great range."

Edge's Fairleigh Dickinson Career-Highs
Points: 33, vs. Prairie View A&M (3/19/19 - NCAA Tournament First Four)
Rebounds: 8 (2x), last at Princeton (11/21/18)
Assists: 7, vs CCSU (2/9/17)
Steals: 7 (2x), last vs Wagner (3/6/19)
Blocks: 1, (3x) last vs Robert Morris (2/2/19)
FGM: 11, vs. Bryant (2/16/19)
3-pt FGM: 7 (2x) last vs. Prairie View A&M (3/19/19)
FTM: 10, vs Saint Peter's (12/19/18)