Draft Scout Snapshot:DS Rating on 9/1/09: #20 WR, #176/750 Overall, Projected Rd: 5-6 2008: 13 GP; 13 GS; Rush: 193-941-4.9-11; Pass: 306-196-64.1-2902-30-9; All-American, Offensive Player of the Year, first team All-SoCon. 2007: 11 GP; 11 GS; Rush: 237-1588-6.7-21; Pass: 222-148-66.7-1948-17-7; Despite missing four-and-a-half games due to injury, hauled in a plethora of postseason honors, including first-team all-America (College Sporting News), second-team all-America (The Sports Network), National Star of the Year (Sports Media Entertainment Network) and second-team all-Southern Conference (coaches) … 1,588 rushing yards were the third most by a quarterback in FCS history … made national headlines by accounting for 289 yards (227 passing, 62 rushing) and four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) in ASU’s 34-32 season-opening victory at Michigan …earned National Player of the Week recognition from SME Network and SoCon Player of the Week accolades for his efforts versus Michigan … the performance in the Big House became even more legendary when it was discovered that he had aggravated a left (throwing) shoulder injury suffered during a preseason scrimmage during the victory and would miss the next two contests versus Lenoir-Rhyne and Northern Arizona due to the injury ... thanks to a last-minute decision by the ASU coaching staff, returned to the starting lineup versus Wofford and totaled 140 yards in just over one half of action before aggravating the shoulder injury on the second play of the second half ... sat out of wins over Elon and Gardner-Webb before returning to the lineup for good versus Georgia Southern ... turned in one of the top individual performances in college football history with 313 rushing yards, 182 passing yards, good for 495 yards of total offense and seven total touchdowns (four rushing, three passing) to earn ASU’s third-consecutive national championship game berth with a 55-35 win over Richmond in national semifinals ... performance ranks second in NCAA Division I FCS/I-AA postseason history for both rushing (333 - Georgia Southern’s Adrian Peterson vs. UMass, 1999) and total offense (539 - Stephen F. Austin’s Todd Hammel vs. Grambling, 1989) ... followed up the record-breaking performance vs. Richmond by throwing for 198 yards and three touchdowns and rushing for 89 yards in national title game triumph over Delaware. 2006: 15 GP; 15 GS; Rush: 188-1153-6.1-15; Pass: 214-167-78-2251-15-10; Freshman phenom brought home National Freshman of the Year and all-America (College Sporting News) recognition as well as SoCon Freshman of the Year and first-team all-conference plaudits ... the southpaw played in all 15 games, starting the final 13 ... just the fifth player in NCAA Division I history (and only the second freshman) to pass for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000 in the same season.
Post-Draft Outlook:COULD SURPRISE: Wide receiver/ returner Armanti Edwards. It may take a few years but Edwards could develop into a game-breaker for the Panthers.
Round 3/89 -- Armanti Edwards, WR, 5-10, 182, Appalachian State: Panthers became infatuated with him and traded away their second round pick 2011 to get him. Risky move considered he's a college quarterback who'll ask to be a wide receiver. - by The Sports Xchange
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07/08/10 - WR Armanti Edwards (3/89) signed a four-year deal worth approximately $2.5 million, not including a fourth-year escalator that could boost the value of the deal, the National Football Post reported.
Edwards received a signing bonus of more than $700,000.
05/27/10 - WR Armanti Edwards, who played quarterback at Appalachian State but is making the transition to wide receiver with the Panthers, is learning a lot at OTAs. The other day he got jammed at the line by feisty young corner Captain Munnerlyn for the first time.
It was an eye-opener.
"I have to get used to getting off that jam. He caught me off guard. I'll be ready next time," he said.
05/13/10 - WR Armanti Edwards, a college quarterback at AppalachianState is trying to make the transition to NFL wide out.The Panthers are banking that he can. That's why they gave up a second-round pick in the 2011 NFL draft to get him in the bottom of the third round. It's a big step, obviously. But Panthers new wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert views Edwards' lack of experience as a positive rather than a negative.
"He comes here and he has no bad habits," said Tolbert. "The stuff that I'm teaching him, well, it's his first time learning it so that's a good thing."
Although most receivers come into the league having to learn one position, the Panthers have Edwards lining up at all three wide receiver positions, along with learning how to return punts and kickoffs. Eventually, the team will put in a package where he can play some quarterback in Wildcat-type formations.
"The head is spinning a little bit but that's a good thing," Tolbert said of Edwards. "We would rather have him spinning now than in the fall. ... He's a fish out of water like all of the rookies are. All of those guys are flopping around kind of trying to feel their way through the NFL game and feel out the tempo of how we want things done."
There have been ups and downs for Edwards so far. He's run a few incorrect routes, but for the most part seems to be doing well.During minicamp he was running a one-on-one drill against one of the team's young cornerbacks and cut inside on a slant and reached behind his back to snare a pass from rookie Tony Pike with his left hand and barely broke his stride as he headed up the field.
"His hands are great," Tolbert said of the 5-foot-10, 182-pound Edwards. "If you think about it, most quarterbacks are good athletes and have good hands because they touch the ball on every play. He has really good hands. His route technique is getting better, but he has no bad habits and what I'm teaching him he's learning for the first time. He's getting it. He's definitely getting i
05/03/10 - WR Armanti Edwards (3/89), Appalachian State: Panthers became infatuated with him and traded away their second round pick 2011 to get him. Risky move considered he's a college quarterback who'll be asked to be a wide receiver.
04/29/10 - WR Armanti Edwards, a two-time National Player of the Year at Division 1-AA Appalachian State as a quarterback, will be a receiver and returner for the Panthers. However, he said the Panthers are working on a package for him that will allow him to play some Wildcat
"I feel like I bring my athletic ability to this offense and I can play multiple positions and help out wherever I'm needed," Edwards said. "Right now I'm a receiver and wherever else they want me to play I will work hard at it."
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