Safety, Kentucky, 2014–18
Mike Edwards
Lettered 2015–18 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Cincinnati, OH
- Born
- May 18, 1996
Mike Edwards played safety at Kentucky (2014–18). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Edwards in round 3, No. 99 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
13tackles, career highvs. Georgia, 20162interceptions, career highat Louisville, 2016Honors
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 of 12 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kentucky | 7 | S | RS | ||
| 2015 | Kentucky | 7 | S | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Kentucky | 7 | S | So. | ||
| 2017 | Kentucky | 7 | S | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Kentucky | 7 | S | Sr. | 6′0″ | 200 |
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.
Game by game
2018 Kentucky 13 games, 82 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Central Michigan | W 35–20 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | at Florida | W 27–16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Murray State | W 48–10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Mississippi State | W 28–7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs. South Carolina | W 24–10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | at Texas A&M | L 14–20 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 14–7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 27 | at Missouri | W 15–14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Georgia | L 17–34 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | at Tennessee | L 7–24 | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 34–23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | at Louisville | W 56–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Penn State | W 27–24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Kentucky 13 games, 96 tackles, 1 sack, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Southern Miss | W 24–17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Eastern Kentucky | W 27–16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | atSouth Carolina | W 23–13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Florida | L 27–28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Eastern Michigan | W 24–20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Missouri | W 40–34 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | atMississippi State | L 7–45 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Tennessee | W 29–26 | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Ole Miss | L 34–37 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atVanderbilt | W 44–21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | atGeorgia | L 13–42 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Louisville | L 17–44 | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Northwestern | L 23–24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2016 Kentucky 13 games, 100 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs.Southern Miss | L 35–44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | atFlorida | L 7–45 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | vs. New Mexico State | W 62–42 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 24 | vs.South Carolina | W 17–10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | at Alabama | L 6–34 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Vanderbilt | W 20–13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Mississippi State | W 40–38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | atMissouri | W 35–21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Georgia | L 24–27 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | atTennessee | L 36–49 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Austin Peay | W 49–13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atLouisville | W 41–38 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Georgia Tech | L 18–33 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Kentucky 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21 | vs. Charlotte | W 58–10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2019 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 24–34).
| Drill | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10½″ |
| Weight | 205 lb |
| Arm length | 30⅞″ |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ |
| Wingspan | 74⅜″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.50 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.58 sW |
| Vertical jump | 37″ |
| Broad jump | 9′8″ |
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). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 75 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 43 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 75 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 75 | 247 | 3 | 8 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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