Braylon Edwards
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 21, 1983 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 214 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Harper Woods (MI) Gallagher | ||||||||
| College: | Michigan | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 359 |
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| Receiving yards: | 5,522 |
| Touchdowns: | 40 |
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Braylon Jamel Edwards (born February 21, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Michigan, earned unanimous All-American honors, and was recognized as the top college wide receiver. He was also the first receiver in Big Ten Conference history to record three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons and only the third to do so in NCAA Division I-A. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the third overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.
Edwards was born in Detroit, Michigan. During his three active high school years at Bishop Gallagher High School, Edwards played a variety of positions for his high school football team, and made 63 receptions for 740 yards and eight touchdowns.
Edwards attended the University of Michigan, following in his father Stan Edwards's footsteps, where he played for coach Lloyd Carr's Michigan Wolverines football team from 2001 to 2004. During his senior season in 2004, he set Michigan season records for receptions (97) and receiving yards (1,330), and career records with 252 receptions, 3,541 yards, and 39 touchdowns, a Big Ten record. Edwards also set the Michigan career record for the most games with 100 or more receiving yards (17). During the 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Jeremy Gallon eclipsed Edwards' school single-season receiving yardage record with a total of 1373.
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