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Troy Edwards - Wide Receiver - 16

Position: Wide Receiver
Height 5-10
Weight 195 Pounds
College Louisianna Tech
Number 16


NFL

  • Veteran wide receiver with good speed and quickness, who is looking to win the starting job opposite Jimmy Smith
  • Signed with the Jaguars on 11/23/03 after being released by St. Louis at the end of training camp
  • Showed his explosive playmaking ability in his first game as a Jaguar when he caught a Byron Leftwich pass and raced 84 yards for a TD, the longest pass reception in franchise history
  • Played one season for the Rams (2002) and three seasons in Pittsburgh (1999-2001)
  • Originally a first round draft selection (13th overall) in 1999 NFL Draft
  • 2003: Started 11 of 13 games played after signing with the team in week three
  • Ranked third on the team with 35 receptions for 487 yards (13.9 avg., 84 long) and three touchdowns, all three totals were the second highest of his career and the most since his rookie season in 1999
  • Also tallied one kickoff return for 20 yards
  • In his first game Sept. 28 at Houston caught three passes for 111 yards, including 84-yard TD pass from Byron Leftwich that is longest play from scrimmage in Jaguars history
  • Marked first career 100-yard game … Made 1st start at WR as a Jaguar Oct. 5 vs. San Diego
  • Caught 3 passes for 39 yards, including 18-yard TD pass from Byron Leftwich ..Led team with 6 catches for 67 yards (25 long) Nov. 16 at Tennessee
  • Grabbed 2 passes for 27 yards in the season finale Dec. 28 at Atlanta, including 15-yard TD pass from Byron Leftwich
  • 2002: Played in 14 games
  • Finished with 18 receptions for 157 yards, two touchdowns, and long of 48 yards
  • Rushed three times for 21 yards with long of 27
  • Also returned 10 kickoffs for 21.1-yard average

    COLLEGE

  • One of the most prolific receivers in NCAA history
  • Shattered all Louisiana Tech’s career, season and single-game receiving records
  • First-team all-America and all-Independent selection as senior
  • Named Offensive Player of the Year by The Sports Network
  • Won the 1998 Fred Biletnikoff Award, given to nation's top receiver
  • Led nation in receptions as senior with 140 catches for 1,996 yards
  • Two receptions shy of the NCAA single-season record of 142 set by Manny Hazard of Houston in 1989
  • set national record with 1,996 receiving yards as a senior
  • Scored 31 touchdowns as a senior to shatter previous school single-season record of 17
  • Registered 27 touchdown receptions to tie a national record set by Jerry Rice (1984)
  • Majored in general studies.

  • PERSONAL

  • Single
  • All-Louisiana, All-District, All-City, Shreveport Times Most Valuable Player and team MVP as a running back at Huntington High in Shreveport, La.
  • Set city single-season record with 32 touchdowns and rushed 199 times for 1,689 yards (8.5 avg.), leading the school to its first-ever playoff appearance
  • Full name: Troy Edwards.

     

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