Cornelius Edison
Cornelius Edison (born July 10, 1993) is an American football center who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Portland State and was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2015.
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| Born: | July 10, 1993 Pomona, California | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 309 lb (140 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Curtis Senior (University Place, Washington) | ||||
| College: | Portland State | ||||
| Position: | Center | ||||
| Undrafted: | 2015 | ||||
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High school career edit
Edison attended Curtis Senior High School in University Place, Washington. While there, as a junior, he earned First-team South Puget Sound league offensive and defensive line awards. As a senior, he was named Lineman of the Year in the South Puget Sound League South Division and was a First-team All-League selection as an offensive and defensive lineman. He was named All-State the 2010 Tacoma News Tribune All-Area lineman.[1]
College career edit
Edison attended Portland State University and majored in graphic design. In 2011, as a true freshman, he appeared in three games as an offensive guard. As a sophomore in 2012, he was one of four players on offense, and six on the entire Vikings roster to start every game (11) that season. As the starting left guard, blocked for an offense that averaged 438.7 yards and 34.8 points-per-game and allowed only seven sacks all season, ranking fourth in the nation. He was named All-Big Sky Conference honorable mention. In 2013 as a junior, for the second straight season, he started every game (12). For the season he was part of an offensive line that helped the offense set numerous season records, including season rushing (3,330), rushing average (277.7), total offense (6,486), total offense average (540.5) and rushing touchdowns (36). The team ranked third in the nation in rushing and total offense. The offensive line allowed just 10 sacks on 365 passes on the season. He was named Third-team All-Big Sky. As a senior in 2014, he started all 12 games again.[1] He was named a team co-captain. He was also named First-team All-Big Sky Conference. He also competed in the FCS National Bowl All-Star game as a starting at center.[2] He also won the 2014 Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Rimington Award as the nations best center in the FCS.[2][3]
Professional career edit
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1.89 m) | 307 lb (139 kg) | 5.38 s | 1.92 s | 3.16 s | 4.92 s | 7.84 s | 25 in (0.64 m) | 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) | 25 reps | |||
| All values from Portland State Pro day.[4] | ||||||||||||
Chicago Bears edit
Prior to the 2015 NFL Draft, Edison visited the New York Giants.[3] He suffered an injury prior to the draft that sidelined him for most of the season, costing him a chance to play or be on a team's practice squad.[5] He was signed to the Chicago Bears practice squad on November 30, 2015.[6] On January 4, 2016, he was signed to a futures contract by the Bears.[6]
Edison was cut by the Bears on September 4, and signed to the practice squad the next day.[6] He was promoted to the Bears active roster on October 24.[6] On November 8, Edison was waived by the Bears and was re-signed to the practice squad a day later.[7][8] He was promoted back to the active roster on November 15, 2016.[9] He was released again on December 20, 2016.[10] He re-signed to the practice squad on December 21.[11] He was then promoted back to the active roster on December 23.[12] On December 26, he was again waived by the Bears and signed to the practice squad.[13] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Bears on January 3, 2017.[14] On May 11, 2017, he was waived by the Bears.[15]
Atlanta Falcons edit
On May 17, 2017, Edison signed with the Atlanta Falcons.[16] He was waived on September 2, 2017.[17]
Minnesota Vikings edit
On September 4, 2017, Edison was signed to the Minnesota Vikings' practice squad.[18] He was promoted to the active roster on October 28, 2017, but was waived two days later and re-signed back to the practice squad.[19][20][21] He was promoted back to the active roster on December 30, 2017.[22]
On September 1, 2018, Edison was waived by the Vikings and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[23][24] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Vikings on January 2, 2019.[25]
On August 31, 2019, Edison was released by the Vikings.[26]
Edison was drafted in the 2020 XFL Draft by the Houston Roughnecks.[27]
References edit
- ^ a b "Portland State Vikings – Cornelius Edison". GoViks.com. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ a b Lund, Mike (December 17, 2014). . Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ a b Valentine, Ed (April 18, 2015). "2015 NFL Draft: Portland State OL Cornelius Edison visiting Giants, per report". BigBlueView.com. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ "Cornelius Edison, DS #19 C, Portland State". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ Cox, Lorin (August 25, 2016). "Cornelius Edison earned Bears starting center opportunity with strong preseason performances". USAToday.com. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Cornelius Edison Transactions". FoxSports.com. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ Emma, Chris (November 8, 2016). "Bears Waive Center Cornelius Edison". CBS Chicago. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ Bouda, Nate (November 9, 2016). "Bears Re-Sign OL Cornelius Edison To Practice Squad, Cut OL Colin Kelly". NFL Trade Rumors. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (November 15, 2016). . ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017.
- ^ Eurich, Matt (December 20, 2016). "Bears add Bralon Addison to active roster". CBSSports.com.
- ^ Biggs, Brad (December 21, 2016). ""#Bears re-signed C/G Cornelius Edison to the practice squad"". Twitter.com.
- ^ . ChicagoBears.com. December 23, 2016. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
- ^ . ChicagoBears.com. December 26, 2016. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (January 3, 2017). "Bears sign 8 to reserve/futures deals". ChicagoBears.com.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (May 11, 2017). . ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018.
- ^ Jackson, Curtis (May 17, 2017). "Falcons Sign C/G Cornelius Edison". AtlantaFalcons.com.
- ^ Conway, Kelsey (September 2, 2017). . AtlantaFalcons.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017.
- ^ . Vikings.com. September 4, 2017. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018.
- ^ "Vikings Sign C Cornelius Edison To Active Roster". Vikings.com. October 28, 2017.
- ^ . Vikings.com. October 30, 2017. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018.
- ^ Peters, Craig (November 1, 2017). . Vikings.com. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ^ . Vikings.com. December 30, 2017. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ^ "Vikings Announce Roster Moves, Set Initial 53-Man Roster". Vikings.com. September 1, 2018.
- ^ "Vikings Claim P Matt Wile Via Waivers, Sign 9 Others To Practice Squad". Vikings.com. September 2, 2018.
- ^ "Vikings Announce Reserve / Future Free Agent Signings". Vikings.com. January 2, 2019.
- ^ "Vikings Announce Roster Moves, Set Initial 53-Man Roster". Vikings.com. August 31, 2019.
- ^ Bender, Bill (October 21, 2019). "XFL Draft picks 2019: Complete results, rosters, players for new football league". Sporting News. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
External links edit
- Portland State Vikings bio