Ex-Michigan football star Braylon Edwards saves 80-year-old man from attack

Ex-Michigan football star and former NFL wide receiver Braylon Edwards was in the right place at the right time when visiting a local YMCA in the state recently.

Edwards saved an 80-year-old man who was being assaulted by a 25-year-old, according to ClickOnDetroit.com.

"I walk into the locker room after work, and basically, I hear about four rows behind me arguing about music and how it was being played too loud," Edwards said. "So I'm not paying attention, and I was just minding my business...

"The noise escalates, and then you can hear some pushing and shoving, so you know what fighting sounds like, but once I hear a thud, that's when I got up and turned around... Then I see the guy for what I was thinking was reaching for a phone underneath the victim grabs the back of the victim's head by the hair, and he was about to slam it down on the counter."

Police told Edwards his actions likely saved the man's life.

"I didn't know it was that serious, I mean the victim probably had a serious concussion by nature, but it wasn't until I talked to [the detective] who told me that if I didn't step in but at the end of the day that's what you do," Edwards said.

Edwards went over 1,000 yards receiving in three of his four seasons at Michigan, finishing his college football career with 3,541 yards and 39 touchdown receptions.

The former No. 3 overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, Edwards had 40 career touchdown grabs off 359 receptions for 5,522 total yards.

(ClickOnDetroit)

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