Jimmy Edwards

Edwards played in the WFL in 1974 and 1975 with the Birmingham Americans and the Shreveport Steamers before coming north to Hamilton and the CFL in 1976.  In his rookie season in the CFL, Edwards had an outstanding season, finishing third in the East in rushing with 1046 yards, second in the East in receiving with 57 catches (only Tony Gabriel caught more passes), and leading the East in punt returns with 690 yards.  For all this, Edwards was selectedas an All-Canadian for 1976.  1977 was an even better season for Edwards as he ran for a then Hamilton record of 1561 yards (broken by Troy Davis in 2004) to lead the East in rushing, caught 39 pass for 223 uards. Edwards was named an All-Canadian for the second year in a row and also won the CFL's Outstanding Player award in 1972.  Edwards won his second East rushing title in 1978, though he did it with almost half the yards of the previous season, picking up 840 yards in just 13 games.  Edwards was named to the Eastern All-Star team in 1978.  In 1979, Edwards went back South to try his luck in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings.  Edwards returned briefly to the CFL, playing one game with Winnipeg in 1981 and two games with Saskatchewan in 1982, but could not generate his Hamilton success.

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Complete NFL Stats for Jimmy Edwards

Games Played and Rushing
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long
1976 HAM 16 194 1046 5.4 7 87
1977 HAM 16 250 1561 6.3 6 69
1978 HAM 13 197 840 4.3 2 32
1981 WPG 1 18 67 3.7 0 13
1982 SASK 2 17 41 2.4 3 8
Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1976 HAM 57 457 8 4 36
1977 HAM 39 223 5.7 0 20
1978 HAM 33 296 9 4 75
1981 WPG 1 10 10 0 10
1982 SASK 3 21 7 0 8
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1976 HAM 13 372 28.6 0 59
1977 HAM 13 321 24.7 0 45
1978 HAM 18 324 18 0 24
1981 WPG 1 14 14 0 14
1982 SASK 5 127 25.4 0 44
Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1976 HAM 53 690 13 1 103
1977 HAM 46 548 11.9 0 67
1978 HAM 39 250 6.4 0 22
1981 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1982 SASK 2 17 8.5 0 12
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1976 HAM 7 6 1
1977 HAM 12 11 1
1978 HAM 11 10 0
1981 WPG 0 0 0
1982 SASK 3 3 0
Passing
Year Team PA PC % Yds TD Int
1976 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HAM 2 1 50 9 1 0
1978 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0