Cornelius Edison (born July 10, 1993) is an American former professional football center.
He played college football at Portland State and was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2015.
Edison attended Curtis Senior High School in University Place, Washington.
While there, as a junior, he earned First-team South Puget Sound league offensive and defensive line awards.
As a sophomore in 2012, he was one of four players on offense, and six on the entire Vikings roster to start every game (11) that season.
As the starting left guard, blocked for an offense that averaged 438.7 yards and 34.8 points-per-game and allowed only seven sacks all season, ranking fourth in the nation.
He also competed in the FCS National Bowl All-Star game as a starting at center.
[3] He suffered an injury prior to the draft that sidelined him for most of the season, costing him a chance to play or be on a team's practice squad.
[18] He was promoted to the active roster on October 28, 2017, but was waived two days later and re-signed back to the practice squad.