Ray Edwards (American football)
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Position: | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | ||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||
Weight: | 268 lb (122 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Woodward (Cincinnati, Ohio) | ||||
College: | Purdue | ||||
NFL draft: | 2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 127 | ||||
Career history | |||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Ray Edwards | |
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Born | Raymond James Edwards Jr. |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Monk |
Statistics | |
Weight class | Heavyweight |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 14 |
Wins | 12 |
Wins by KO | 7 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 1 |
Raymond James Edwards Jr. (born January 1, 1985) is a former
Early years
Edwards attended Woodward High School in Cincinnati and was a student and a letterman in football and basketball. In football, he was a two-year starter and posted 20.0 sacks, 110 tackles, and seven forced fumbles as a senior.
College career
Edwards played college football for three years at Big Ten school Purdue from 2003 to 2005. In his college career, Edwards played 36 games (starting in 18). He recorded a total of 16 sacks and received many honors including All-Freshmen team choice by The Sporting News (2003), honorable mention All-Big Ten (2004) and semifinalist for the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award (2005).
Professional career
Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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6 ft 4+3⁄4 in (1.95 m) |
273 lb (124 kg) |
4.82 s | 1.61 s | 2.77 s | 4.57 s | 7.71 s | 39 in (0.99 m) |
9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
30 reps | |||
All values from NFL Combine.[1]
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Minnesota Vikings
Edwards was drafted as the 127th pick (fourth round) of the
Atlanta Falcons
On July 29, 2011, Edwards was signed by the Atlanta Falcons to a five-year contract for 30 million dollars with 11 million dollars guaranteed. During the Falcons' 8–1 start in 2012, Edwards was largely invisible, with most of his snaps being taken by players with much lower salaries.[5]
Edwards was released by the Falcons on November 12, 2012.[6]
NFL career statistics
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Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2006 | MIN | 15 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | MIN | 12 | 11 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
2008 | MIN | 15 | 15 | 53 | 34 | 19 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | MIN | 16 | 16 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | MIN | 14 | 14 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 0 |
2012 | ATL | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
97 | 78 | 223 | 168 | 55 | 33.0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 99 | 1 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2009 | MIN | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | ATL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Catfish
In a 2020 episode of Catfish: The TV Show, hosts Nev Schulman and Kamie Crawford discover that the catfish they are tracking down in the episode used Edwards's photos in his fake Instagram account, along with two other men's photos.[7]
Boxing
Edwards made his professional boxing debut at a Minnesota casino on May 20, 2011, defeating Tyrone Gibson in a four-round bout. Edwards told the Star Tribune that he had signed a two-fight contract. His trainer was
Professional boxing record
References
- ^ "*Ray Edwards, DS #9 DE, Purdue". DraftScout.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "2006 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Edwards suspended for violating steroid policy
- ^ "Vikes' DE Edwards signs, Triplett gets contract". Associated Press. June 14, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Ledbetter, D. Orlando (July 29, 2011). "Atlanta Falcons Falcons agree to 5-year deal with DE Ray Edwards". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
- ^ "Ray Edwards cut by Atlanta Falcons in surprise move". National Football League. 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- ^ "'You're a bamboolizing, lying bastard': Catfish's first virtual episode featured plenty of vitriol". MTV.com.
- ^ "Ray Edwards - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ^ "Keenan Hickman vs. Ray Edwards - BoxRec".
- ^ "BoxRec: Ray Edwards".
- ^ http://boxrec.com/bout/2099254 [dead link]
- ^ http://boxrec.com/bout/2021379 [dead link]
- ^ http://boxrec.com/bout/1988766 [dead link]
- ^ http://boxrec.com/bout/1925485 [dead link]
External links
- Minnesota Vikings bio Archived 2010-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Boxing record for Ray Edwards from BoxRec (registration required)