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Few expected Edwards to go so high in the draft, or have a team go to such lengths to take the only player in NCAA Division I history to pass for 10,000 yards and rush for 4,000 more.

Panthers general manager Marty Hurney was so determined to get Edwards that he traded next year's second-round pick to New England for the Patriots' third-round choice, where they snagged the Greenwood native.

'We think he has the talent to warrant that,' Hurney said. 'You're talking about him having a year to develop and a year to train at the wide receiver position and returns or however we decide to use him.

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Mike Cranston (AP)
Story Created: May 4, 2010 at 1:01 PM EDT