Robert Edwards
As a rookie player for the Patriots, Edwards rushed for more than 1,100 yards, and he seemed - at the time - to be one of the NFL’s most promising up-and-comers. Unfortunately, his budding career was forever changed by a freak knee injury he sustained during the “Beach Bowl” game of the Pro Bowl, which almost resulted in his leg being amputated. Thankfully, Edwards managed to keep all of his appendages, but his career was never the same. He played in the Canadian Football League for a while until 2002 when he threw in the towel for good.
