Troy Edwards
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | April 7, 1977||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Huntington (Shreveport) | ||||||
College: | Louisiana Tech | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR · ArenaFan.com |
Troy Edwards (born April 7, 1977) is an American former professional
Early years
Edwards was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He attended Huntington High School in Shreveport, where he played high school football.
College career
Edwards attended Louisiana Tech University, where he played for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team from 1995 to 1998. As a senior in 1998, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the season’s outstanding college football receiver at the conclusion of the 1998 season.
In the 1998 season opener versus the
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m) |
191 lb (87 kg) |
30+1⁄8 in (0.77 m) |
8+1⁄2 in (0.22 m) |
4.57 s | 1.60 s | 2.63 s | 4.16 s | 7.37 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) |
9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) | ||
All values from NFL Combine[2]
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The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Edwards in the first round (13th pick overall) in the
In 2002, Edwards was traded to the St. Louis Rams, where he played a single season. He also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2003 and 2004, and the Detroit Lions in 2005. In seven NFL seasons, he played in ninety-two games, started twenty-two of them, caught 203 passes for 2,404 yards and eleven touchdowns, and also compiled 1,560 punt return yards.
He finished his professional football career with the
NFL statistics
Year | Team | GP | Receiving | Rushing | Punt returns | Kickoff returns | |||||||||||||||||
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Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FD | Ret | Yds | Lng | TD | FC | Ret | Yds | Lng | TD | |||
1999 | PIT | 16 | 61 | 714 | 11.7 | 41 | 5 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 234 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 234 | 44 | 0 |
2000 | PIT | 14 | 18 | 215 | 11.9 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 298 | 37 | 0 |
2001 | PIT | 16 | 19 | 283 | 14.9 | 57 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 83 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 462 | 81 | 0 |
2002 | STL | 14 | 18 | 157 | 8.7 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 211 | 32 | 0 |
2003 | JAX | 13 | 35 | 487 | 13.9 | 84 | 3 | 22 | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
2004 | JAX | 16 | 50 | 533 | 10.7 | 36 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 335 | 45 | 0 |
2005 | DET | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Career[5] | 92 | 203 | 2,404 | 11.8 | 84 | 11 | 121 | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 343 | 48 | 0 | 6 | 74 | 1,560 | 81 | 0 |
See also
- List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders
- List of NCAA Division I FBS career receiving touchdowns leaders
- List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders
- List of Arena Football League and National Football League players
References
- ^ Sports Reference, College Football -- NCAA Individual Records for Receiving -- https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/leaders/records-player-receiving.html
- ^ "1999 NFL Draft Scout Troy Edwards College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
- ^ "1999 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ "One-on-One interview with WR Troy Edwards". 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Troy Edwards Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Venutures. Retrieved 16 June 2014.