NFL History: Bobby Joe Edmunds
 

The Seahawks drafted a RB named Bobby Joe Edmunds in 1986. He was used exclusively as a PR and KR. He played a few years with the Seahawks, and then with the Raiders in 1989.

Then he dissapeared.

But in 1995 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed him and he handled PR duties for the Bucs (and he did fine as the stats show).

					PUNTS							KICKOFFS
Year	AGE	Team	LG	GP	RET	YDS	AVG	FC	LNG	TD		RET	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
1986	22	SEA	NFL	15	34	419	12.3	14	75t	1		34	764	22.5	46	0
1987	23	SEA	NFL	11	20	251	12.6	4	40	0		27	564	20.9	43	0
1988	24	SEA	NFL	16	35	340	9.7	8	41	0		40	900	22.5	65	0
1989	25	LAD	NFL	7	16	168	10.5	4	20	0		14	271	19.4	43	0
1995	31	TAM	NFL	16	29	293	10.1	10	45	0		58	1147	19.8	44	0
5 NFL Season Totals				65	134	1471	11.0	40	0	1		173	3646	21.1	0	0

I remember the Tampa press and the NFL making a big deal about his comeback. But I don't know if he was injured, cut, legal trouble or anything about his departure from football to begin with.

It's a pretty big gap in time--6 years--which is an eternity for being inactive at the NFL level. Of course, then he only lasted one year and was gone for good.

Does anybody remember this guy and know why he was out of football so long? Just curious, and my googling failed me.

http://groups.google.to/group/alt.sp...c35ce9cb6fe46c

Found this reference in an article about the comeback attempt of Andre Wadsworth. Fourth paragraph before the end says:
The longest layoff in recent history,according to the NFL Network, belongs to former Seahawks running back Bobby Joe Edmonds, who returned with the Bucs in 1995 after missing five years with a leg injury. Wadsworth is a longshot - he still must pass the team physical at the start of training camp in July - but he's no stranger to the underdog role.

For the record, I remember Bobby Joe and vaguely remember what Jon provided above but why he didn't stick with us I don't remember but a google search reveals this


So maybe he was a one trick pony a la Mark Jones?

For Mr Jones info:
hxxp://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/492976

Excellent question. I hope some investigators around here can dig up something.