Morgan State senior quarterback Cameron Edge does not have a preference as to whether he is referred to as Cameron or Cam. But he does prefer opportunities close to home.
Edge, a Clayton, Del., native whose college career began at Maryland, recently joined Morgan State out of the transfer portal after one season at Eastern Michigan University, where things did not pan out as anticipated.
Edge hopes the lessons and experiences from the first four years of his college football career will help him lead Morgan State to its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship since 2014. The Bears finished 4-8 in 2025.
“I learned from some good coaches in both spots,” Edge said of Maryland and Eastern Michigan. “At Maryland, [I had] three years of good coaches and just learning from them and taking that knowledge and just also maturing over time, learning things that I could have done better. I need to keep this, tweak that and I think it speaks volumes and it’ll be huge for this year.”
Although Edge loved the people in Ypsilanti, Mich., he knew right away that he preferred being closer to his Delaware home. Edge didn’t see the field for the Eagles in 2025 but found ways “to get bigger, faster and stronger” to prepare for his next opportunity — which was an hour and a half away from home.
Morgan State head coach Damon Wilson says recruiting players from Delaware, Maryland and Virginia and the surrounding states is a “priority.”
“If you look at our signing class, whether it was transfer portal guys or high school guys, the majority of the guys are right here from in our backyard, whether it’s an hour, two-hour radius,” Wilson said. “Delaware is not in Maryland, but an hour and a half up the road. … It’s really important for us to do that. And that’s something that we put as a priority when you start looking at transfer portal guys.”
Edge was a four-star recruit coming out of Smyrna High School in Delaware, according to ESPN. The 6-foot-1, 220-pound quarterback threw for 2,990 yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior at Smyrna in 2021, earning 3A Offensive Player of the Year honors. He reclassified to graduate early so he could enroll at Maryland in 2022.
“He’s been a very successful high school quarterback, was a guy that was recruited out of high school and had an opportunity to learn from some bright guys from an offensive standpoint,” Wilson said. “He’s also just eager to get his opportunity to play. And I like a guy that’s educated, with regard to having a high football IQ, but also a guy that has a burning desire inside just to show what he’s capable of.”
Programs such as Penn State, LSU, Michigan State, Tennessee and Oregon were also competing for Edge’s signature before he opted for Maryland.
“There were a lot of schools in the mix,” Edge said. “I went back home and there was a little bit of talk about me reclassifying and after I thought about it, I’d be able to go and be somewhere an hour and half from my hometown [in Delaware at] a Big Ten school. I was coached well at the University of Maryland. As a 17-year-old kid, I thought that’d be a great opportunity.”
Edge didn’t see the field much during his three years at Maryland, but playing in the Music City Bowl in 2023 was a highlight. He threw his first career touchdown in the Terps’ 31-13 win against Auburn.
“Going from being the guy your entire life to not and fighting your way to get on the field and get certain opportunities,” Edge said. “Get some here and there and some at a big moment, a bowl game, and just continue fighting and not get in places. There are lessons in all of it.”
Edge credits his support system for helping him keep his composure and stay poised. He said that was “one of the hardest things to do” during his journey, but he continued to grind every day.
Edge added that he has found beauty in the struggle — something he mentioned in his social media post announcing his commitment to Morgan State — as he looks to showcase his talents in Baltimore.
“Everybody wants a picture-perfect story,” Edge said. “I used to tell myself, ‘Well, because all this happened, I’ll never make it.’ Then I had to kind of sit down and flip the mindset like, ‘Because this happened is why you’re going to make it.’ The reason why people’s stories look so good is because they had to go through something.
“But what you really gain out of it through the struggle is much more important than what you get at the end of it. It’s easy to say, but living it is another thing as well.”
Edge hopes his consistency and drive lead to wins and ultimately a longstanding legacy in Baltimore.
“I want to leave a legacy — leave it better than I found it,” Edge said. “Creating a standard, just doing the right thing, being a good person and hopefully just win a lot of games as well — that’s always the end goal, but it’s not just what you do, it’s how you do it.”
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