![Former Griz Commits To New Mexico State](http://townsquare.media/site/1113/files/2024/05/attachment-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Untitled-Design-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
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.
READ MORE: 2nd NFL Minicamp Awaits Montana's Gubner
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.
READ MORE: Montana, Let's Get Monte Into The Hall of Fame
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.
![Newstalk KGVO 1290 AM & 98.3 FM logo](https://townsquare.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KGVOAM.png?w=100)
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.
Montana Crew at UFC 300 in Las Vegas with Anthem Snacks
Gallery Credit: Aaron Flint
More From Newstalk KGVO 1290 AM & 98.3 FM
![Why Investing in Infrastructure is Critical in Montana](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2024/03/attachment-featured-image-2024-03-26T154025.639.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Woman Arrested After a Terrifying Encounter on a Missoula Street](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2024/03/attachment-featured-image-2024-03-26T093020.800.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![61 New Montana Officers Went Through Rigorous Training](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2024/03/attachment-featured-image-2024-03-26T150956.529.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Donald Trump Jr. is Coming to Missoula in April](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2024/03/attachment-featured-image-2024-03-26T143000.000.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Time Running Out to Comment on Important Lolo Forest Plan](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2024/03/attachment-LoloForestPlan-.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Missoula County expected to sign closing docs for Marshall Mountain](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2024/03/attachment-attachment-marshall-recreation-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Missoula Electric to launch $1M Rock Creek power project](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2024/03/attachment-attachment-rock-creek.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![State, Missoula County earn EPA grants to diminish smoke effects](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2024/03/attachment-smoke-and-missoula.jpg?w=980&q=75)