Braylon Edwards
Braylon Edwards
Braylon Jamel Edwardsis a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. 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...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth21 February 1983
CityDetroit, MI
It was weird at first but then it was kind of fun. I was just laughing and cracking jokes, being a cheerleader.
I've been really anxious to get back on the football field. The main thing now is its over with.
When you're the third player (drafted) overall, you have to make plays like that. It was great to have my family, coaches and friends here.
We wanted to pay tribute to him for revolutionizing the position. He was the front-runner.
That's what I do. That's what I was drafted for, ... I was drafted to make plays, and it gets to a point where you have to give it to the guy who is here to make plays.
Michigan taught me a lot. It taught me a lot about maturity, accountability, dependability. And there were so many things to meet, having that number, things I would have earned. If I had went to Michigan and just worn 80 and had a good career, I wouldn't have fulfilled what I wanted.
It felt good to pretty much play the whole game. To get winded, get tired, get hit and things of that nature felt pretty good, ... I think everything went well. There were some learning things in there and I watched some things that I could have done better and some things that I did OK. ... Now we are ready to move forward and play Chicago.
I couldn't have drawn it up any other way. Playing in my first game, in my hometown before my family, coaches and friends and to win the game on that play.
I couldn't have drawn it up any better.
If they had new plays, Charlie called me to tell me what plays they went over.
When you get drafted this high, you want to prove that you're not a bust, ... You want to prove that it was worth their while.
We're the older group on the field right now. To ease the transition, our jobÊis toÊalways be in the right spot, so the quarterback doesn't have to find us, and to never show disgust with the quarterback on the field, because the fans and the media will see that and start to criticize him, and by the same token lower his confidence.
We're the older group on the field right now. To ease the transition, our job is to always be in the right spot, so the quarterback doesn't have to find us, and to never show disgust with the quarterback on the field, because the fans and the media will see that and start to criticize him, and by the same token lower his confidence.
It's time for me to make plays, ... That's what it's time for.