He was a unanimous All-American playing college football for the Michigan Wolverines, winning the Biletnikoff Award in 2004.

[1] He was also the first wide 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.

During the 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Jeremy Gallon eclipsed Edwards' school single-season receiving yardage record with a total of 1373.

[5] Following his senior season, he won the Fred Biletnikoff Award given to the nation's top receiver, was awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten Conference's most valuable player, and was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American.

[10] Edwards began his rookie season as Cleveland's third wide receiver – a hold-out caused him to miss the beginning of training camp.

He amassed 512 receiving yards and three touchdowns before suffering a season ending knee injury.

Edwards, like Winslow, had a successful rehabilitation that enabled him to be ready to play in the team's opening game in 2006.

At the end of the season, Edwards announced he would give $500,000 to the University of Michigan for a scholarship endowment for football players.

Edwards continued to make headlines that season when he called out Mike Minter, Chris Gamble, Ricky Manning and other defensive backs of the Carolina Panthers.

Additionally, he attended the annual Michigan-Ohio State rivalry game after being advised not to go by several veteran captains.

[22] Edwards was given a suspended 180-day jail sentence, was fined $1,000 and placed on inactive probation.

[22] Though Edwards offered no explanation or apology for his actions, he reportedly regretted the entire ordeal according to his lawyer.

[23] On September 21, 2010, Edwards was arrested on a drunken driving charge in New York early in the morning.

The next day, TMZ presented video footage showing the incident taking place as the victim had described.

Edwards came to the aid of an 80-year-old man, saving the victim's life following an attempted murder and assault in a YMCA locker room.

[25] In 2007, Edwards pledged to 100 Cleveland high school students that, if they maintained grade point averages at 2.5 or higher and performed 15 hours of community service, he would pay for their college tuition, an offer valued at $1 million.

[27][28]The scholarships are worth $10,000 each and fulfill a promise Edwards made to 100 eighth-graders in the Cleveland area in 2007 as long as they continued to meet the academic and community service requirements.

I know that some of these kids could have easily steered off the right path or maybe wouldn't have been able to go to college at all without this, and I just hope someday they pay it forward.

Edwards had a longstanding feud with Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, which intensified after the Notre Dame game at the beginning of the 2018 season.