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Lavar Edwards

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Cleveland Browns · LB

Lavar Edwards recorded 14 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 5 rostered seasons with Cleveland Browns, Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Tennessee Titans.

▶Best highlights

1.6

tackles/gm

0

playoff games

4

indexed seasons

14

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Lavar Edwards's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2016
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
SEP 25, 2016

Minnesota Vikings vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Sep 25, 2016

3 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2016
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
NOV 6, 2016

Indianapolis Colts vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Nov 6, 2016

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2016
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
OCT 10, 2016

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Oct 10, 2016

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2013
HOUSTONTEXANS
TENNESSEETITANS
DEC 29, 2013

Houston Texans vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Dec 29, 2013

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2013
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
TENNESSEETITANS
OCT 6, 2013

Kansas City Chiefs vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Oct 6, 2013

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Lavar Edwards's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 3 total tackles

Regular Season
2016
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
SEP 25, 2016

Minnesota Vikings vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Sep 25, 2016

3 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 1 sack · 1 tackle for loss

Regular Season
2016
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
NOV 6, 2016

Indianapolis Colts vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Nov 6, 2016

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
2016
TENNESSEETITANS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
NOV 20, 2016

Tennessee Titans vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Nov 20, 2016

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Lavar Edwards's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

2005–2015

01
TENEDWARDS—Lavar Edwards
TENJOHNSON28Chris Johnson
TENBULLUCK53Keith Bulluck

Explosive rushing bridges changing quarterbacks

Tennessee Titans · From CJ2K to another rebuild

Johnson's 2,006-yard season supplied the peak as Tennessee cycled through coaches and quarterbacks after the McNair core.

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Franchise era

2000–2015

02
DALEDWARDS—Lavar Edwards
DALROMO9Tony Romo
DALWITTEN82Jason Witten

Undrafted improvisation restores contention

Dallas Cowboys · The Romo years

Romo developed into a prolific quarterback and gave Dallas repeated division titles, though a sequence of narrow playoff losses shaped the era's reputation.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

03
BUFEDWARDS—Lavar Edwards
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

2013–present

04
CHIEDWARDS—Lavar Edwards
CHIMACK52Khalil Mack
CHIFIELDS1Justin Fields

Elite defensive peaks meet repeated offensive resets

Chicago Bears · The quarterback search continues

The 2018 defense briefly restored contention, but Chicago has continued rebuilding its offense in pursuit of the long-awaited franchise quarterback.

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Franchise era

2011–2017

05
CAREDWARDS—Lavar Edwards
CARNEWTON1Cam Newton
CARKUECHLY59Luke Kuechly

A 15–1 MVP season defines the peak

Carolina Panthers · Cam and Luke

Newton and Kuechly became the faces of a powerful, fast roster that won three straight division titles and reached Super Bowl 50.

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Franchise era

2012–2018

06
INDEDWARDS—Lavar Edwards
INDLUCK12Andrew Luck
INDHILTON13T.Y. Hilton

A generational successor carries immediate turnarounds

Indianapolis Colts · Andrew Luck's brilliant sprint

Luck reached the playoffs in each of his first three seasons and authored a massive comeback, but accumulated injuries led to his sudden retirement.

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Franchise era

1999–2017

07
CLEEDWARDS—Lavar Edwards
CLETHOMAS73Joe Thomas
CLECRIBBS16Josh Cribbs

An expansion-style rebirth becomes a long rebuild

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

The restored franchise returned in 1999 but cycled through leadership and quarterbacks, with Thomas providing Hall of Fame stability amid the turnover.

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Career accomplishments

5 NFL seasons14 career games14 career solo tackles2 career sacksCollege: LSUDrafted by: TENDraft pick: 142Jersey: 920 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Oct 6, 2013Most recent: Dec 24, 2017

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history