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{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Stan Edwards
|image=
| number = 35, 32, 46 ▼
| caption=
| position = [[Running back (American football)|Running back]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|05|20}}▼
▲|number=35, 32, 46
| birth_place = [[Detroit, Michigan]], U.S.▼
▲|birth_date={{birth date and age|1959|05|20}}
| height_ft = 6▼
▲|birth_place=[[Detroit, Michigan]]
| height_in = 0▼
▲|height_ft=6
| weight_lb = 208
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| high_school = [[Kettering High School|Kettering]] (Detroit, Michigan)
|weight_lbs = 208
| college = [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]]
| draftyear = 1982
| draftround = 3
| draftpick = 72
|high_school =
| pastteams =▼
|college=[[University of Michigan|Michigan]]
▲|pastteams=
* [[Houston Oilers]] ({{NFL Year|1982|1986}})
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|1987}})
| highlights =▼
|pastexecutive=
* 2× Second-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1980 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1980]], [[1981 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1981]])
▲|highlights=
| statlabel1 = [[Carry (gridiron football)|Rushing yards]]
| statvalue1 = 533
| statlabel2 = Average
| statvalue2 = 3.6
| statlabel3 =Touchdowns [[Touchdown]]s
| statvalue3 = 2
| pfr = EdwaSt00
|nflnew=
}}
 
'''Stanley J. Edwards''' (born May 20, 1959) is aan American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[running back]] for six years in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). A native of [[Detroit]], Edwards played [[college football]] atfor the [[UniversityMichigan ofWolverines football|Michigan Wolverines]] from 1977 to 1981 and forwas six yearsselected in the third round of the [[National1982 FootballNFL Leaguedraft]]. Edwards played in the and (NFL) for the [[Houston Oilers]] (1982-19861982–1986) and [[Detroit Lions]] (1987). His son, [[Braylon Edwards]], also played football at Michigan and in the NFL.
 
==Early yearslife==
Edwards was born in [[Detroit]], Michigan, in 1959. He attended [[Kettering High School]] in Detroit.<ref name=PFR>{{cite web|title=Stan Edwards|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=March 12, 2015|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/EdwaSt00.htm}}</ref>
 
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==Professional football==
Edwards was selected by the [[Houston Oilers]] in the third round (72nd overall pick) of the [[1982 NFL Draftdraft]].<ref name=PFR/> He played five seasons for the Oilers from 1982 to 1986.<ref name=PFR/><ref>{{cite news|title=Edwards Feels Oilers Stable, Ready|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate|date=April 13, 1986|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19860413&id=JUFTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J4UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5665,3126002}}</ref> He had only one season, 1984, in which he carried the ball more than 25 times, gaining 267 yards on 60 carries for an average of 4.3 yards per carry.<ref name=PFR/>
 
Edwards was released by the Oilers in February 1987 and signed with the [[Detroit Lions]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lions release new roster|newspaper=Ludington Daily News|date=September 25, 1987|page=9|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19870925&id=YMNRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0lUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3583,2019793}}</ref> He appeared in three games for the Lions and rushed for 69 yards on 32 carries for an average of 2.2 yards per carry.<ref name=PFR/>
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