When Julian Edelman faces his hometown team Sunday, he’ll have a chance to show off for the old neighborhood.
One resident in particular.
Hall of Famer Jerry Rice — “Mr. Rice,” to Edelman — lived near Edelman’s Redwood City home. And Edelman dated Rice’s daughter, Jaqui, while both were at Woodside High School. He took her to the prom.
But that’s not why he was shy around her father.
“He was so busy with football it wasn’t anything like me being able to ask any questions. I was too terrified of him because he was the G.