Velocity Trained Athletes


Braylon Edwards

Sport(s): NFL Football
Position(s): WR

Biography

Pro Career

2005: In his rookie season with the Browns showed the play-making skills that led him to be the third overall selection in the 2005 NFL Draft…Appeared in 10 games, including seven starts and totaled 32 receptions for 512 yards (16.0 avg.) and 3 TDs…Began the year as the third-wide receiver, however moved into the starting lineup in the club’s eighth game of the year vs. Tennessee on Nov. 6…Recorded his first career 100-yard receiving game with 3 receptions for 107 yards, including his first career NFL TD reception on a 80-yard pass from QB Trent Dilfer at Green Bay on Sept. 18.

Selected by Cleveland in the first round (third overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft.

College Career

Thrust into action as a true freshman, Edwards caught three passes for 38 yards in six games for the Wolverines in 2001. He started 12 games at split end as a sophomore, hauling in 67 passes for 1,035 yards (15.4 average) and 10 touchdowns. Prior to 2002, only David Terrell (71 in 1999), Jack Clancy (76 in 1966) and Marquise Walker (86 in 2001) had more receptions in a season for the Wolverines.

Edwards picked up first-team All-Big Ten Conference honors in 2003, as he caught 85 passes for 1,138 yards (13.4 average) and 14 touchdowns. Only Walker (86 catches for 1,143 yards) had a more productive season in school annals at the time. He also joined David Terrell (1,038 in 1999 and 1,130 in 2000) as the only players in school history to gain over 1,000 yards receiving in a season twice in a career.

Edwards exceeded his 2003 totals as a senior. A consensus All-America first-team pick, he was also named the Big Ten's Offensive Player of the Year and was the recipient of the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation's top receiver. Edwards broke Walker's school season records by snaring 97 passes for 1,330 yards and became the only player in Big Ten Conference annals and only the ninth in NCAA Division I-A history to gain over 1,000 yards receiving in a season three times in a career. Only Desmond Howard (19 in 1991) had more touchdown catches in a season for the Wolverines than Edwards' 15.

In 44 games with Michigan, Edwards started 36 times. He shattered all of the school's career receiving records. Edwards caught 252 passes for 3,542 yards (14.1 average) and 39 touchdowns, surpassing the previous marks of 176 receptions by Walker (1998-2001) and 3,076 yards and 37 scores by Anthony Carter (1979-82). His 39 touchdown grabs also set a Big Ten all-time record, while his 252 catches rank fourth and 3,542 yards rank third in conference annals.