1. Trent Addison Edwards was born on October 30,1983 and is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League.
36 Facts About Trent Edwards
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Trent Edwards played college football for the Stanford Cardinal and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2007 NFL draft.
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Trent Edwards was a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, and Chicago Bears.
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Trent Edwards was recruited by Michigan, Florida, Notre Dame and Tennessee, but ultimately chose Stanford.
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Trent Edwards's grandfather, Ben Morjig, was a co-founder of the games.
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At Stanford, Trent Edwards redshirted his freshman year in 2002 and began 2003 behind starter Chris Lewis.
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In 2004, Trent Edwards was the starter, but again suffered injuries that knocked him out of two games and kept him out of two others entirely.
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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.
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The summer before 2006, Trent Edwards worked as a Synopsys intern.
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Trent Edwards decided to pass up a career in the electronic design automation industry for the NFL.
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Trent Edwards was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2007 NFL draft.
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Trent Edwards was a part of the Willis McGahee trade that sent McGahee to the Baltimore Ravens for the Ravens' third-round pick in March 2007.
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Trent Edwards's first NFL touchdown was a one-yard play-action pass on fourth and goal to Michael Gaines.
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Trent Edwards led the Bills to a victory over the Redskins in which he led his first fourth quarter comeback, completing three passes to set up the game-winning field goal.
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Trent Edwards shined early, leading comebacks in consecutive games against Jacksonville and Oakland in Weeks 2 and 3, respectively.
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However, on the third play of the game Trent Edwards suffered a concussion as a result of a hard hit by Adrian Wilson and did not return.
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Trent Edwards was selected as the FedEx Air Player of the Week for his performance.
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Trent Edwards began to struggle after this and the Bills lost four consecutive games.
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In Week 13, against the San Francisco 49ers, Trent Edwards suffered a groin injury and did not return for the rest of the game.
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Trent Edwards was sidelined the following two games as a result of the injury.
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Trent Edwards returned for the final two games of the season.
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Many onlookers have opined that Trent Edwards' play declined as a result of the concussion from Wilson.
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The Bills lost four of their first five games of the season, during which Trent Edwards' play was noted as inconsistent, affected by poor performances by the Bills' offensive line.
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Trent Edwards did not return for the rest of the game, and missed the following two games.
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Trent Edwards returned after the bye week to start against the Tennessee Titans, but continued to struggle, at one point missing a wide-open Terrell Owens and then throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown.
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Trent Edwards did not play for the rest of the season except for making a brief appearance during the week 15 game against the New England Patriots when he spelled Fitzpatrick in the fourth quarter.
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Trent Edwards faced competition from Fitzpatrick and Brian Brohm for the Bills' starting quarterback position in 2010.
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Trent Edwards won the battle and started in all four of the Bills' preseason games.
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On his final play as a Bill, against Green Bay, Trent Edwards ran out of bounds on a fourth down scramble, 7 yards short of the first down marker with 1:10 to go.
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Trent Edwards was benched the following day in favor of Fitzpatrick, who would become the Bills' full-time starter for the next three seasons.
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Trent Edwards was the backup quarterback behind David Garrard, and wore jersey number five.
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Trent Edwards made his first appearance for the Jaguars on October 18,2010, against the Tennessee Titans on Monday Night Football, when starting quarterback David Garrard left the game after suffering a concussion.
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On February 23,2012, Trent Edwards signed a one-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Trent Edwards had a disappointing mini camp, and was viewed as a roster filler.
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Trent Edwards had previously worked out with the Bears during the offseason.
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Trent Edwards was signed by the Raiders to a future contract on January 3,2014.