Braylon Edwards Braylon Jamel Edwards ( born February 21 , 1983 ) is an American football wide receiver who last played for the New York Jets of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football for the University of Michigan , earned unanimous All - American honors , and was recognized as the top college wide receiver . He was also the first receiver in Big Ten Conference history to record three consecutive 1 , 000 - yard seasons and only the third to do so in NCAA Division I - A . He was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the third overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft . He is currently a free agent . Early years . Edwards was born in Detroit , Michigan . During his three active high school years at Bishop Gallagher High School , Edwards played a variety of positions for his high school football team , and made 63 receptions for 740 yards and eight touchdowns . College career . Edwards attended the University of Michigan , following in his father Stan Edwards ' s footsteps , where he played for coach Lloyd Carr ' s Michigan Wolverines football team from 2001 to 2004 . During his senior season in 2004 , he set Michigan season records for receptions ( 97 ) and receiving yards ( 1 , 330 ) , and career records for 252 receptions , 3 , 541 yards , and 39 touchdowns , a Big Ten record . Edwards also set the Michigan career record for the most games with 100 or more receiving yards ( 17 ) . Following his senior season , he won the Fred Biletnikoff Award given to the nation ' s top wide receiver , was awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten Conference ' s most valuable player , and was recognized as a unanimous first - team All - American . Edwards is the only wide receiver in Big Ten history and the third in NCAA Division I - A annals to gain 1 , 000 or more receiving yards in three consecutive years . Edwards concluded his college career by recording three touchdown catches in the 2005 Rose Bowl against the Texas Longhorns , tying the Rose Bowl record . Edwards also fell just short of eclipsing Jack Clancy ' s 10 - game single - season records of 76 receptions and 1 , 077 yards by recording 76 and 1 , 049 in his first 10 in 2004 . Track and field . Braylon Edwards also ran track at Michigan and his indoor time of 21 . 81 seconds was the third fastest in school history at that time . Edwards also ran the 60 meters and the 100 meters , and he specialized in the high jump , with a personal best of 2 . 11 meters . Professional career . 2005 NFL Draft . Edwards was selected in the first round ( 3rd overall ) in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns . Cleveland Browns . Edwards began his rookie season as Cleveland ' s third wide receiver – he would have started higher , but a hold - out caused him to miss the beginning of training camp . Early in the season Edwards revealed that he had a staph infection , and missed a few weeks as a result of it . He moved into the starting lineup by midseason . He made his NFL debut versus the Cincinnati Bengals on September 11 and caught his first NFL touchdown at the Green Bay Packers on September 18 . He amassed 512 receiving yards and three touchdowns before suffering a season ending knee injury . Edwards had surgery in the offseason , and while rehabilitating bonded with Kellen Winslow II . Both were determined to make a full and speedy recovery . Edwards , like Winslow , had a successful rehabilitation that enabled him to be ready to play in the team ' s opening game in 2006 . Edwards became the top receiver for the Browns after an injury to Joe Jurevicius that season . Edwards totaled 61 receptions for 884 yards and six touchdowns on the season . At the end of the season , Edwards announced he would give $ 500 , 000 to the University of Michigan for a scholarship endowment for football players . Edwards also had an altercation with Charlie Frye on the sidelines of a game in 2006 . He said " and they ' re talking about video games . " Edwards continued to make headlines that season when he called out Mike Minter , Chris Gamble , Ricky Manning and other defensive backs of the Carolina Panthers . Additionally , he attended the annual Michigan - Ohio State rivalry game after being advised not to go by several veteran captains . Edwards was late getting back from Columbus and was late to a team meeting . Edwards had a breakout season in 2007 and made his first Pro Bowl , becoming the first Browns receiver to make the Pro Bowl since Webster Slaughter in 1989 . Edwards broke franchise records for receiving yardage with 1 , 289 receiving yards compared to Slaughter ' s record of 1 , 236 in 1989 and receiving touchdowns with 16 compared to Gary Collins ' s 13 in 1963 . Edwards ' 16 touchdowns was also second in the league behind only Randy Moss who set an NFL record with 23 touchdowns . Edwards publicly made a bet with Michael Phelps that he would catch 17 touchdowns in 2008 . However , Edwards and the Browns struggled during the entire year . The Browns finished at 4 – 12 , and Braylon led the NFL in dropped passes with 23 . He caught only three touchdown passes . New York Jets . On October 7 , Edwards was traded to the New York Jets for wide receiver Chansi Stuckey , linebacker Jason Trusnik and a third and fifth round draft pick in the 2010 NFL Draft . Edwards cited a need for a " fresh start " following the deal ' s completion . In 12 games for New York , Braylon had 35 catches for 541 yards and four touchdowns . Braylon had his first taste of the post - season in the 2009 – 10 NFL playoffs . In the Jets first two games , Braylon only had 4 catches for 56 yards but in the AFC Championship against the Indianapolis Colts , Braylon caught a 80 yard touchdown pass to give the Jets their first points of the game . He finished the game with 2 catches for 100 yards and a touchdown as the Jets lost 30 - 17 . Edwards remained with the New York Jets in 2010 , catching 53 passes for 904 yards and 7 touchdowns . San Francisco 49ers . On August 4 , 2011 , Edwards signed a one - year contract worth $ 1 million with the San Francisco 49ers . The contract would have increased to $ 3 . 5 million had Edwards recorded a 90 - catch or Pro Bowl season . He was waived on December 27 without having achieved either of these . Seattle Seahawks . On July 31 , 2012 , Edwards signed a one - year deal with the Seattle Seahawks . On December 4 , 2012 , Edwards was waived by the Seattle Seahawks . Second stint with the Jets . Edwards was claimed off waivers by the New York Jets on December 11 , 2012 . Legal issues . Edwards has often been in trouble with the law as he has been pulled over several times over the last eight years for speeding violations . The most recent of which was in October 2008 when he was pulled over for driving 120 mph in a 65 mph zone . Two days before being traded to the New York Jets , on October 5 , 2009 , Edwards reportedly punched Edward Givens , a local party promoter , in the face at 2 : 30 A . M . outside of the View Ultralounge & Nightclub . Givens , who is an acquaintance of LeBron James , alleged that Edwards was jealous of James ' success thus prompting Edwards ' attack . This prompted James to call the incident " childish . " On October 26 , 2009 , Edwards was charged with misdemeanor assault and later plead no contest to the charge of aggravated assault on January 12 , 2010 . Edwards was given a suspended 180 - day jail sentence , was fined $ 1 , 000 and placed on inactive probation . Though Edwards offered no explanation or apology for his actions , he reportedly regretted the entire ordeal according to his lawyer . The NFL did not suspend Edwards for his actions . On September 21 , 2010 , Edwards was arrested on a drunken driving charge in New York early in the morning . He was originally pulled over for having excessively tinted windows on his Range Rover . Police smelled alcohol on Edwards who blew 0 . 16 — twice the legal limit . He was arrested on a DWI charge . He is still on probation for the altercation that occurred in October 2009 . Philanthropy . In 2007 , Edwards pledged to 100 Cleveland high school students that , if they maintained grade point averages at 2 . 5 or higher and performed 15 hours of community service , he would pay for their college tuition , an offer valued at $ 1 million . On May 25 , 2011 , it was widely reported that Edwards announced he was keeping his pledge . Sporting News website quoted Edwards as saying : The scholarships are worth $ 10 , 000 each and fulfill a promise Edwards made to 100 eighth - graders in the Cleveland area in 2007 as long as they continued to meet the academic and community service requirements . According to published reports , Edwards actually selected 101 students . In an interview Edwards said : The pledge was through a program called the " ADVANCE 100 Program " , an educational initiative established by the Braylon Edwards Foundation in May , 2007 .