a) Edwards just committed to Wake
b) I've been.. critical of Sam Hartman. But he very quietly put together a solid season this year. Gets 2* more games against weaker teams to pad stats and then will return his ENTIRE offense, both skill players and OL and might even add a damn good OL if Davis is healthy and returns. Next years schedule sets up where if Wake has 8-10 wins, you shouldn't really be shocked. We all have this notion you have to be a Trevor Lawrence, a Justin Fields, a Zach Wilson to be considered as a draft pick.
If Hartman has a successful 2021, for a guy who's ceiling isn't super high imo but his floor is very apparent(he's mobile, can make most throws you ask of him, has really cut back on the turnovers), you could do way worse than that in the later rounds of the draft. Jarrett bleeping Stidham STUNK at Auburn and found his way into a draft pick. Next year's draft is also significantly weaker than this upcoming one. It's not a reach to think that if he feels like his college ceiling is capped and would only hurt his stock staying for his 5th year, he'd leave after 2021.
2022 would be my guess we'd see one of Mitch/Kern/Santino transfer but we will see