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Braylon Edwards, NFL Star, sends 100 kids to college

This year New York Jets wide receiver, Braylon Edwards will be sending a 100 Cleavland High School student to college.

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15 years ago

June 6, 2011

Braylon Edwards, NFL Star, sends 100 kids to college

Braylon Edwards (Marines from Recruiting Station New Jersey meet with Braylon Edwards, #17 wide receiver, New York Jets, and David Clowney, #87 wide receiver, during a tour of the team's practice facility Nov. 13. The team invited service members to their practice and Sunday the Jets will honor military veterans during their military appreciation day. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Randall A. Clinton | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BraylonEdwards_Cropped.jpg#mw-jump-to-license))

This year, New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards, will be sending a 100 Cleveland High School students to college.

In 2007, when playing for the Browns, Edwards promised a group of eighth graders he would pay their college tuition if they maintained a 2.5 GPA.

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Braylon Edwards kept his promise and gave $1 million in scholarship money.

“As the 2nd most hated man in Clev. & a man of my word,” Edwards tweeted, “today I will honor a promise made to 100 students in Cleveland years ago. The last of my Advance 100 students will graduate from my program and head off to college on scholarships that I will provide them with. Guys enjoy & embrace your new beginnings and remember your promise to me, to reach back & help someone else along the way.”

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