Jimmy Edwards
Jimmy LaRoy Edwards
Born: September 19, 1952
Oklahoma City, OK USA
Deceased: July 3, 2002
Position: RB
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 185
College: Oklahoma, La-Monroe
High School: Classen (Oklahoma CIty, OK)
Career: 1974-1982
Jimmy Edwards played from 1974 to 1982 during his career with the Birmingham Americans, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Minnesota Vikings, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Shreveport Steamer and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Edwards ran for 4,313 yards in his career on 824 attempts, scoring 26 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 149 passes for 1,146 yards and 10 receiving touchdowns..
 Birmingham Americans |
 Shreveport Steamer |
 Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
 Minnesota Vikings |
 Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
 Saskatchewan Roughriders |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 102.1 |
| 1978 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| CFL | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 9 | 1.8 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 9 | 1.8 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Birmingham Americans | 99 | 575 | 5.8 | 78 | 5 |
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 49 | 163 | 3.3 | 18 | 3 |
| 1976 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 194 | 1046 | 5.4 | 87 | 7 |
| 1977 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 250 | 1581 | 6.3 | 69 | 6 |
| 1978 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 197 | 840 | 4.3 | 32 | 2 |
| 1981 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17 | 41 | 2.4 | 8 | 3 |
| WFL | 148 | 738 | 5.0 | 78 | 8 | |
| CFL | 676 | 3575 | 5.3 | 87 | 18 | |
| Totals | 824 | 4313 | 5.2 | 87 | 26 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Birmingham Americans | 11 | 128 | 11.6 | 28 | 2 |
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 57 | 457 | 8.0 | 36 | 4 |
| 1977 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 39 | 223 | 5.7 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 33 | 296 | 9.0 | 75 | 4 |
| 1979 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| WFL | 15 | 137 | 9.1 | 28 | 2 | |
| NFL | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| CFL | 133 | 1007 | 7.6 | 75 | 8 | |
| Totals | 149 | 1146 | 7.7 | 75 | 10 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 53 | 690 | 13.0 | 103 | 1 |
| 1977 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 46 | 548 | 11.9 | 67 | 0 |
| 1978 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 39 | 250 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 33 | 186 | 5.6 | 42 | 0 |
| 1982 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| NFL | 33 | 186 | 5.6 | 42 | 0 | |
| CFL | 140 | 1505 | 10.8 | 103 | 1 | |
| Totals | 173 | 1691 | 9.8 | 103 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Birmingham Americans | 30 | 492 | 16.4 | 80 | 0 |
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | 372 | 28.6 | 59 | 0 |
| 1977 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | 321 | 24.7 | 45 | 0 |
| 1978 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 324 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 44 | 1103 | 25.1 | 83 | 0 |
| 1981 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 127 | 25.4 | 44 | 0 |
| WFL | 35 | 577 | 16.5 | 80 | 0 | |
| NFL | 44 | 1103 | 25.1 | 83 | 0 | |
| CFL | 50 | 1158 | 23.2 | 59 | 0 | |
| Totals | 129 | 2838 | 22.0 | 83 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1974 | WFL Birmingham Americans | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | ||
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| 1976 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
| 1977 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | |||||
| 1978 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | |||||
| 1982 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| WFL | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | |
| CFL | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 168 | |
| Totals | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 232 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL | Birmingham Americans | 16 | |
| 1975 | WFL | Shreveport Steamer | 3 | |
| 1976 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16 | |
| 1977 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | |
| 1982 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 |
Awards
1977 - CFL Most Outstanding Player
Honors
1976 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1977 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1977 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1978 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1978 - CFL CFL East All-Star
