Braylon Edwards gave 79 students $10,000.00 for college

This is a remarkable story. These are the type of stores we should hear more about. Not just the ones of divorce, infidelity, drugs and police contact. Braylon made this agreement when he played for Cleveland.  He could have easier backed out of the deal once he left Cleveland. But, he did not.  There are 79 students whose lives are forever changed because of Mr. Edwards kindness. Thank you Mr. Edwards for investing in our children today so they are better prepared for tomorrow.

At 22 college campuses across the country, there are 79 students who may not otherwise be there if not for the generosity of Braylon Edwards.

As a Cleveland Browns rookie in 2005, Edwards announced he'd give $10,000 in scholarships to 100 area eighth-graders if they could graduate high school with over a 2.5 GPA and 15 hours community service. Of the 100 who were afforded the opportunity, 79 met the criteria and have begun their first year of college. Many are attending Ohio universities, but the schools represented spread across the country and include Harvard, Cornell and Johns Hopkins

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