man of my word, today I will honor a promise made to 100 students in Cleveland years ago," Edwards tweeted. "The last of my Advance 100 students will graduate from my program and head off to college on scholarships that I will provide them with. Guys, enjoy and embrace your new beginnings and remember your promise to me, to reach back & help someone else along the way.Ex-Michigan WR Braylon Edwards keeps promise, pays for 100 students to attend college Detroit Free Press. May 26, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2011. The scholarships are worth $10,000 each and fulfill a promise Edwards made to 100 eighth-graders in the Cleveland area in 2007 as long as they continued to meet the academic and community service requirements. According to published reports, Edwards actually selected 101 students. In an interview Edwards said: 101 Scholarships at $10,000 each is $1.01M. This was not a tax write-off. This was something we wanted to do the right way and something I was going to be a part of until the end. I know that some of these kids could have easily steered off the right path or maybe wouldn't have been able to go to college at all without this, and I just hope someday they pay it forward. The pledge was through a program called the "ADVANCE 100 Program", an educational initiative established by the Braylon Edwards Foundation in May 2007. Television football analyst Edwards started working for the Big 10 Television Network in the summer of 2017. On September 3, 2018, he was suspended for comments in violation of their media guidelines after he tweeted "Ruiz is weak, line is weak, Shea is scared, fucking Michigan offense is so predictable. Michigan football is sadly one thing……Trash." Edwards had a longstanding feud with Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh which intensified after the Notre Dame game at the beginning of the 2018 season. Edwards is, as of 2022, working with Woodward Sports Network. See also Lists of Michigan Wolverines football receiving leaders References External links New York Jets profile 1983 births Living people American football wide receivers Cleveland Browns players Michigan Wolverines football players Michigan Wolverines men's track and field athletes New York Jets players San Francisco 49ers players Seattle Seahawks players All-American college football players American Conference Pro Bowl players Players of American football from Detroit African-American players of American football 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American sportspeople