Opening day countdowns are great. So are player profiles. Here at Musket Fire, we decided to combine them and create a Week 1 countdown-oriented, jersey number-dictated player profile series. Yesterday we looked at No. 12 Tom Brady, and the day before that it was No. 13 Brandon Gibson. Because today marks 11 days until the New England Patriots open 2015, we are profiling No. 11, wide receiver Julian Edelman.
Selected by the Patriots in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft, Edelman has done it all. After playing quarterback in college, he has since helped the Patriots in all three phases of the game as a wide receiver, cornerback and punt returner.