Trent Edwards

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High school career Edwards was a highly-rated recruit from Los Gatos High School and was ranked as the number 1 passing quarterback by USA Today in 2001.[1] In his junior and senior seasons at Los Gatos, he led the team to two undefeated seasons and back-to-back Central Coast Section Division III championships. In his senior year, he completed 154 of 213 passes for 2,535 yards, 29 touchdowns, and just three interceptions.

College career At Stanford, Edwards sat out his freshman year in 2002, and began 2003 behind starter Chris Lewis. After an impressive showing in a backup role, Edwards got the start for four games, but was then sidelined with a shoulder injury for the rest of the season. In 2004, Edwards was the starter, but again suffered injuries that knocked him out of two games and kept him out of two others entirely. Edwards' best year was 2005, where he started all 11 games, completed 168 of 268 passes for 1934 yards and 17 touchdowns, leading the Cardinal to a 5-6 record.[2]

In 2006, Edwards was the starter for the first seven games, but suffered a season-ending broken foot against Arizona and relinquished the starting role to T. C. Ostrander. Despite Stanford's poor performance during his tenure as starting quarterback (the Cardinal was just 10-20 in games he started), Edwards was a highly-touted quarterback prospect in the 2007 NFL Draft due to his arm strength, accuracy, and intelligence.[3]

NFL Career Edwards was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round with the 92nd overall pick. Edwards is the first quarterback from the draft class of 2007 to play in the NFL. He made his NFL debut on September 23, 2007 in a game against the New England Patriots, after Bills' starter J. P. Losman was injured in the first quarter. In his first game, he was 10 of 20 for 97 yards with no touchdowns and one interception. In his first NFL start on September 30, 2007 versus the New York Jets Edwards went 22-28 with 234 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception. His touchdown was a 1 yard play action pass on fourth and goal to Michael Gaines. This was his first touchdown in the NFL. Edwards led the Buffalo Bills to their first win in the 2007 season.

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