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Mike Edwards

Michael Edwards

  • Class
    1997
  • Induction
    2018
  • Sport(s)
    Football
Football (1993-97)
Earned first-team All-Big West Conference honors at offensive line in 1996 and 1997…started every game in his junior and senior years…was named a team captain in 1996, one of the first junior offensive lineman to do so, and was selected again in 1997…won the Striker Award in both of his final seasons for consistently turning in above average play…helped the Wolf Pack to a pair of Las Vegas Bowl appearances in 1995 and 1996…selected to play in Blue Grey College All-Star Game…was picked up as a free agent by the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders (practice squad)…also played two seasons for the Berlin Thunderbolts in NFL Europe and started on the offensive line…spent one year in the XFL with the Birmingham Bolts…taught science at Reno High School for 14 years, coached football for 13 years and golf for nine…trains local athletes s in offensive line techniques and drills and serves as the color commentator on Nevada's football radio broadcasts.
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