Marc Alexander Edwards (born November 17, 1974) is a former professional

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player who played in the

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for 9 years from 1997-2005. Edwards attended Norwood High School in

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, and played starting middle linebacker on the school's football team alongside

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, whom he replaced as the team's starting middle linebacker as a freshman star. Edwards was named Ohio's Mr. Football in 1992 as the state's top player. He played college football at Notre Dame. Following his team's upset win over the #5-ranked University of Southern California Trojans on October 21, 1995, Edwards became the second

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player ever to be carried off the field by his teammates; the first was Daniel E. "Rudy" Ruettiger in 1975. Edwards's senior year he was picked as a team captain at Notre Dame. Edwards was selected by the

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in the second round (55th overall) of the

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. After two years in San Francisco, Edwards played the following two years for the

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from 1999 to 2000. He has also played for the New England Patriots from 2001 to 2002 and the

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from 2003 to 2004. Edwards's high school retired his #44 Jersey on September 11, 2009. In October 2010, a book by Aaron M. Smith about Edwards's life, ''Odyssey: From Blue Collar, Ohio To Super Bowl Champion'', was published.

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