FLORIDA TOP 25 PREVIEW: No. 16 Edgewater Eagles team preview

With the 2022 high school football season here we are previewing the Top 25 teams in our Florida Top 25 rankings that we have already debuted on Varsity Sports Network’s Florida Gridiron Report last week. Rankings for the Florida Top 25 will be updated each Wednesday night on the Florida Gridiron Report and on FloridaHSFootball.com along with all classification rankings.

NO. 16 EDGEWATER EAGLES

Head Coach: Cameron Duke, 6th year

Classification & District: 3M-3

2021 Record: 10-2

Key Athletes: RB Cedric Baxter, Sr; TE/DE Camp Magee, Sr; OL/DL Vincent Burse, Sr; OL/DL D’Jaun Gilbert, Sr; QB Chase Carter, Sr; DL Corey Alston, Sr; DL Josh Alexander-Felton, Jr; ATH AJ Howard, Jr; WR Cai Bates, Jr

2022 Schedule

Kickoff 7:00 PM ET unless noted

Fri. 8/26 (Week 1) – @ Orlando Bishop Moore

Fri. 9/2 (Week 2) – Ramsey Don Bosco, N.J.

Fri. 9/9 (Week 3) – @ Winter Garden West Orange

Fri. 9/16 (Week 4) – @ Orlando Jones*

Fri. 9/23 (Week 5) – Apopka

Fri. 9/30 (Week 6) – @ Apopka Wekiva*

Thu. 10/6 (Week 7) – Orlando Timber Creek

Fri. 10/14 (Week 8) – Ocoee

Fri. 10/21 (Week 9) – Winter Garden Horizon*

Fri. 10/28 (Week 10) – BYE WEEK

Fri. 11/4 (Week 11) – Orlando Boone

Season Outlook: While Edgewater bowed out in the regional semifinals last year, the Eagles are locked and loaded for the 2022 season with 16 of 22 starters return and that will make them one of the teams to beat in Class 3M. Coach Duke cites team leadership being one of the biggest strengths coming into the season and will have that with Cedric Baxter who has been one of the key stars the last couple of years. However, Edgewater will face some challenges with depth at the start but should be expected to improve as the season progresses as the team “Gets better one day at a time,” according to Coach Duke while the team competes in a tough district that includes Orlando Jones.