Ben Edwards (American football)

Ben Edwards
No. 83 New York Giants
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: (1992-04-11) April 11, 1992
Place of birth: Newport News, Virginia
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight: 197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school: York (VA)
College: Richmond Spiders
Undrafted: 2014
Career history
As player:
As coach:
Roster status: Injured reserve
Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 1
Receiving yards: 9
Receiving touchdowns: 0
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Ben Edwards (born April 11, 1992) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Richmond.

Early years

Edwards played high school football at York High School in Yorktown, Virginia.[1] He earned Offensive Player of the Year honors in the Bay Rivers District his junior year in 2008.[1][2] He also garnered First Team All-District and All-Region accolades as both a quarterback and kick returner. Edwards earned Second Team All-District accolades as a punter as well.[3][1] He sat out the second half of his senior season due to an injury. He played basketball at York High as well. He averaged 14.0 points and 5.4 assists per game his junior year, garnering All-District honors.[1]

He had scholarship offers from the University of Richmond, James Madison University and the College of William & Mary.[4]

College career

Edwards played wide receiver for the Richmond Spiders of the University of Richmond from 2010 to 2013.[1]

He played in ten games, starting five, his freshman season in 2010, catching nine passes for 129 yards and a touchdown. He appeared in eleven games, starting ten, in 2011, recording 44 receptions for 509 yards and six touchdowns. Edwards earned CAA All-Academic accolades in 2011.[1]

He started all eleven games in his junior year in 2012 and led the CAA in receptions with 80. He also totaled 852 yards receiving and three receiving touchdowns. Edwards rushed for 117 yards on sixteen attempts in 2012 as well. He garnered First-Team All-CAA, First-Team VaSID All-State, College Sports Madness Third-Team All-CAA, CAA All-Academic and Touchdown Club of Richmond Division I National End/Wide Receiver of the Year honors in 2012.[1]

He played in nine games his senior year in 2013, catching 74 passes for 706 yards and five touchdowns.[1] Edwards also rushed for 138 yards and one touchdown on 31 carries while returning 12 punts for 124 yards.[5][1] He earned First-Team All-CAA, Second-Team VaSID All-State, College Sports Madness Second-Team All-CAA, CAA All-Academic and Touchdown Club of Richmond Division I National End/Wide Receiver of the Year accolades in 2013. He also garnered College Sports Madness Third-Team All-CAA punt returner recognition in 2013.[1] Edwards tore his ACL in a game against the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens on November 16, 2013 and underwent surgery for the injury ten days later.[6][7][8] He majored in leadership at Richmond.[9][10]

Professional career

Edwards participated in Richmond's Pro Day on March 18, 2014 but did not run the 40-yard dash.[11][8][9] He visited the New York Giants in April 2014.[6][12] He had a tryout with the Cleveland Browns of the NFL on August 5, 2014.[12][13] Edwards worked as a recruiter at Fork Union Military Academy in 2014.[4] He was also an assistant coach with Fork Union's postgraduate football team and varsity lacrosse team during the 2014-15 academic year.[14][15] He participated in the Giants' three day rookie minicamp in May 2015.[16]

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
5 ft 10½ in 200 lb 4.52 s 6.80 s 11 reps
All values from Richmond Pro Day[17]

Edwards signed with the New York Giants on May 11, 2015 after a strong performance in rookie minicamp.[18][19][16] He suffered a hamstring injury at the end of mandatory mini-camp in June.[20][21][22] He was waived/injured by the Giants on July 31.[23][24] Edwards reverted to injured reserve on August 1, 2015.[18] He was waived from the injured reserve list with an injury settlement on August 7, 2015.[25][12] He then spent time as a wide receivers coach at York High School while recovering from his hamstring injury before being signed to the Giants' practice squad on November 18, 2015.[7][18][26] Edwards was promoted to the active roster on December 24 after wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was suspended for one game.[18][23] He made his NFL debut on December 27, 2015 against the Minnesota Vikings, catching one pass for nine yards on two targets while also returning a kickoff for twenty yards. He also played against the Philadelphia Eagles on January 3, 2016.[27]

Edwards suffered a mild left knee sprain during voluntary workouts on April 27, 2016.[28][29] He later returned to offseason workouts.[30][21] He tore the ACL in his knee during practice on May 7 and was later ruled out for the season.[30][12][31] Edwards was waived/injured by the team on May 9.[12][32][33] He reverted to injured reserve on May 10, 2016.[12][34]

Statistics

Year Team GP GS Receiving
Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
2015 NYG 2 0 1 9 9.0 9 0

Source:[35]

Personal life

Edwards's father played football for the Virginia Tech Hokies.[1] Ben's brother, Aaron, played quarterback for the Christopher Newport Captains football team.[1][15]

References

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  2. ↑ O'Brien, Marty (July 29, 2015). "Former Bay Rivers football players Lorenzo Taliaferro, Ben Edwards ready to take advantage of NFL opportunities". dailypress.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ O'Brien, Marty (November 12, 2008). "Edwards, Hill Get Brd Top Honors". articles.dailypress.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Hodges, Ty (May 8, 2015). "Former York Football Standout Embraces Second Chance to Compete for NFL Roster Spot". wydaily.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Eisen, Michael (December 24, 2015). "Giants add WR Ben Edwards to active roster". prod.www.giants.clubs.nfl.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Wilson, Aaron (April 27, 2014). "Richmond WR Ben Edwards visited Giants". sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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  8. 1 2 O'Connor, John (March 19, 2014). "Former Spider Edwards running comeback route". richmond.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  9. 1 2 Wilson, Aaron (May 3, 2014). "Richmond WR Ben Edwards making his bid for NFL". nationalfootballpost.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ Teel, David (August 30, 2012). "Richmond football to rely on '757' tandem against Virginia". articles.dailypress.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Spider Football Set To Host Pro Day On Tuesday". richmondspiders.com. March 17, 2014. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ben Edwards". kffl.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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  14. ↑ "Fork Union's Coach Ben Edwards signed by Giants as wide receiver". forkunion.com. May 11, 2015. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  15. 1 2 O'Brien, Marty (May 22, 2015). "Former York High football star Ben Edwards savoring tryout opportunity with Giants". dailypress.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  16. 1 2 Hodges, Ty (May 11, 2015). "Ben Edwards Signs With New York Giants After Strong Performance in Rookie Mini-Camp". wydaily.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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  18. 1 2 3 4 "BEN EDWARDS". foxsports.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  19. ↑ Wilkening, Mike (May 11, 2015). "Giants release three veterans, add four players". profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  20. ↑ Valentine, Ed (December 24, 2015). "Giants' roster moves: WR Ben Edwards promoted from practice squad". bigblueview.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  21. 1 2 Kennedy, Eric (April 28, 2016). "New York Giants Mini-Camp Ends; Ben Edwards Injury Update". bigblueinteractive.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  22. ↑ Traina, Patricia (June 19, 2015). "NY Giants Twitter Mailbag: The 'School's out for Summer!' Edition". bleacherreport.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  23. 1 2 "With Beckham suspended, Giants sign receiver Ben Edwards". Associated Press. espn.go.com. December 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  24. ↑ Kratch, James (July 31, 2015). "Giants sign veteran wide receiver James Jones, waive Ben Edwards". nj.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  25. ↑ Bouda, Nate (August 7, 2015). "NFL Transactions: Friday 8/7". nfltraderumors.co. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  26. ↑ Hodges, Ty (November 23, 2015). "York Football Grad Ben Edwards Signed to Practice Squad Contract with NY Giants". wydaily.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Ben Edwards". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  28. ↑ Bouda, Nate (April 27, 2016). "NFL Notes: Draft, 49ers, Bears, Giants, & Saints". nfltraderumors.co. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Giants' Ben Edwards: Suffers knee sprain". cbssports.com. April 28, 2016. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  30. 1 2 Raanan, Jordan (May 11, 2016). "Giants wide receiver Ben Edwards has torn ACL, per sources". nj.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  31. ↑ Bouda, Nate (May 11, 2016). "Giants WR Ben Edwards Suffered Torn ACL During Rookie Minicamp". nfltraderumors.co. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  32. ↑ "New York Giants Transactions - 2016". espn.go.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  33. ↑ Kennedy, Eric (May 16, 2016). "Ben Edwards and Uani 'Unga Placed on Injured Reserve". bigblueinteractive.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  34. ↑ "New York Giants Transactions". nfl.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  35. ↑ "Ben Edwards". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
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