Ronald Harold Edwards (born July 12, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He started 35 consecutive regular season games at nose guard for Texas A&M University, where he recorded 121 tackles with 10 sacks and 23 stops for losses. He was selected in the 3rd round of the 2001 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills.[1] He went to Klein Forest High School in Houston, Texas.[2]
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | July 12, 1979 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 315 lb (143 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | Houston (TX) Klein Forest | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Texas A&M | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2001 / round: 3 / pick: 76 | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editEdwards played high school football at Klein Forest High School which is located in Houston, Texas. He was named a Super Prep All-American. Edwards also was in the high school's track and field team, winning the 5A state championships in shot put in 1997. He placed second in the 5A state championships shot put in 1996.
College career
editEdwards chose Texas A&M as his alma mater.
NFL career statistics
edit| Legend | |
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| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
edit| 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 | ||
| 2001 | BUF | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | BUF | 16 | 16 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | BUF | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | BUF | 16 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | BUF | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | KAN | 16 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | KAN | 16 | 15 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | KAN | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | KAN | 16 | 14 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | KAN | 16 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | CAR | 11 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 139 | 96 | 207 | 146 | 61 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Playoffs
edit| 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 | KAN | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | KAN | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
References
edit- ^ "2001 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Ron Edwards Archived November 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, NFL Players Association. Accessed December 10, 2007.
External links
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