David Edwards in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Offensive line, Wisconsin, 2015–⁠18

David Edwards

Number
No. 79
Height
6′7″
Weight
319 lb
Class (2018)
Junior
Hometown
Downers Grove, IL
Born
Mar 20, 1997, in Downers Grove, Illinois

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David Edwards played offensive line at Wisconsin (2015–⁠18). The Los Angeles Rams took Edwards in round 5, No. 169 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2018
First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 169
Round 5, 2019 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Rams)

Honors

All-America: AFCA 2017

The teams

Linemen have no individual stat lines in our source.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2015Wisconsin79OLRS
2016Wisconsin79OLFr.
2017Wisconsin79OLSo.
2018Wisconsin79OLJr.6′7″319

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2019Combine or pro day 2019
Height6′6¼″
Weight308 lb
Arm length33⅜″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan80⅛″W
40-yard dash5.28 s
10-yard split1.80 s
Vertical jump25½″
Broad jump8′3″
Bench press16 reps
3-cone drill7.69 s
20-yard shuttle4.77 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0).

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