Marc Alexander Edwards (born November 17, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for 9 years from 1997-2005.

Edwards attended Norwood High School in Norwood, Ohio, and started at middle linebacker on the school's football team alongside Robert Bales, whom he replaced as the team's starting middle linebacker as a freshman star. ^[1]

Edwards was named Ohio's Mr. Football in 1992 as the state's top player. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Following his team's upset win over the No. 5-ranked USC Trojans on October 21, 1995, Edwards became the second Fighting Irish 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. ^[2]

Edwards was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the second round of the 1997 NFL draft with the 55th overall pick. ^[3] After two years in San Francisco, Edwards played the following two years for the Cleveland Browns from 1999 to 2000. He has also played for the New England Patriots from 2001 to 2002 and the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2003 to 2004. Edwards's high school retired his No. 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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