| Lavar Edwards | |
| Number: | 76, 92, 93, 95, 98 |
| Position: | Defensive end |
| Birth Date: | April 29, 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Gretna, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lbs: | 277 |
| High School: | Desire Street Academy (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| College: | LSU |
| Draftyear: | 2013 |
| Draftround: | 5 |
| Draftpick: | 142 |
| Pastteams: | |
| Statlabel1: | Total tackles |
| Statvalue1: | 23 |
| Statlabel2: | Sacks |
| Statvalue2: | 2.0 |
| Pfr: | EdwaLa00 |
Lavar M. Edwards (born April 29, 1990) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football for Louisiana State University (LSU). He was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL draft.
Edwards attended Desire Street Academy high school. He was ranked among the top 40 prospects in the state of Louisiana by Rivals.com.[1] During high school, He was named to the Baton Rouge Advocate's Super Dozen.
He accepted a scholarship to play at Louisiana State University for coach Les Miles's LSU Tigers football team from 2009 to 2012. In his last two years, he played defensive end behind Barkevious Mingo and Sam Montgomery.
He finished his college career with a total of 96 tackles, 10.5 sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles.[2] On January 25, 2013, he was selected to participate in the 2013 Senior Bowl.[3]
Edwards was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round (142nd overall) of the 2013 NFL draft, with the intention of playing defensive end in defensive coordinator Jerry Gray's 4-3 defense.[4] As a rookie, he was inactive for nine games, played in 7 contests (one start), while registering 10 tackles, one tackle for loss, one quarterback pressure and a pass defensed.
The next year defensive coordinator Ray Horton was hired to change the defense to a 3–4 alignment, so he was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a conditional seventh round pick (not exercised) on August 30, 2014.[5]
Edwards was waived on September 20, 2014,[6] with this pattern repeating two additional times during the season, until being re-signed to the practice squad on November 3. He was placed on the injured reserve list on December 10, finishing with 10 tackles. He was cut on September 6, 2015, to make room for running back Christine Michael.
A day after being waived by the Dallas Cowboys, Edwards was claimed by the Oakland Raiders. On September 11, 2015, he was cut to make room for linebacker Aldon Smith.
On September 16, 2015, he was signed by the Chicago Bears. He was released on September 25.
On September 29, 2015, Edwards was signed to the Cowboys' practice squad.[7]
On December 1, 2015, he was signed by the Buffalo Bills from the Cowboys practice squad. On September 2, 2016, he was released by the Bills as part of final roster cuts.[8]
On September 4, 2016, Edwards was claimed off waivers by the Panthers.[9] He was released on October 18, 2016.[10]
Edwards was claimed off waivers by the Indianapolis Colts on October 19, 2016.[11] He was released by the Colts on December 15, 2016, and was signed to the practice squad.[12] [13] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Colts on January 2, 2017.[14] On September 2, 2017, Edwards was waived by the Colts.[15]
On December 13, 2017, Edwards was signed by the Cleveland Browns.[16]