University of Michigan
Edwads attended the University of Michigan where he earned his first letter as a football player in 1924. In 1925, he played guard and tackle for the Michigan Wolverines squad that legendary coach Fielding H. Yost called "the best team I ever coached." Edwards suffered a torn ligament injury in October 1925, and started only five of Michigan's eight games in 1925.
In 1925, Billy Evans wrote: "The consensus is that Edwards of Michigan is the best tackle in the Big Ten. However, the fact that he has been out of the game so much because of injuries caused the experts to relegate him to the second team. At getting down the field, Edwards is a wonder and when he tackles an opponent he stays tackled. But due to the limited amount he has played it would be almost unfair to rate him ahead of men who have been in every game." Evans' omission of Edwards from his All-Western team drew criticism from another writer who opined: "Most sports writers will agree that Edwards is one of the greatest tackles ever to be produced at any school and is justly deserving of All-American selection, let alone All-Conference."
Edwards was named as a first-team All-American at right tackle by Walter Eckersall of the Chicago Tribune. Eckersall said: "Edwards made his presence felt in every Michigan game." Edwards was also selected as a second-team All-American by Grantland Rice for Collier's Weekly and Norman E. Brown. He was also selected to play in the inaugural East-West Shrine Game on December 26, 1925, in San Francisco. The 1925 Michigan team had six All-Americans, including Edwards, Bennie Oosterbaan, Benny Friedman Robert J. Brown, Bo Molenda and Harry Hawkins.
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