Returning the value of an array while creating a calling method

Program problem: Declare an array to hold eight integers. Use a for loop to add eight random integers, all in the range from 50 to 100, inclusive, to this array. Duplicates are okay. Next, pass the array to a method that sorts the array and returns another array containing only the largest and smallest elements in the original array. Print these two values in main. Then use a for each loop to display all elements of the sorted array on one line separated by a single space. This latter loop should also count the odd and even numbers in the array and determine the sum of all elements in the array.

Sample output:

The lowest element is 59
The highest element is 96
Here is the array
59 64 76 77 80 88 91 96 
Evens: 5, odds: 3
Total: 631

My code:

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class X {

    private static Random rand;

    public static void main(String[] args){
        int[] randomEight = numbers();
        System.out.println("Here is the array");
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(randomEight)); 
        System.out.println();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    public static int[] numbers(){
     for (int x = 1; x <= 8; x++){
    //Random rand;
        int randomNum = rand.nextInt((100 - 50) + 1) + 50;
        int[] randomEight =  {randomNum};
        //(50)(Math.random() * 101); 

        return randomEight;
        }
//  int[] randomEight;
    return null;
    }
}

Code issues: I can figure out most of it, but I am having trouble return the value of the array in a random set of 8 integers that range between (50-100). My code keeps generating an error output. I might be overthinking the whole situation, but could someone guide me or give me an idea. The rest of it is easy to figure out and I might updated the code in the future.