Former Jets receiver Braylon Edwards recently saved an 80-year-old man from an assault inside a YMCA locker room.
Edwards stepped into a fight in which a 25-year-old man ended up being arrested after he allegedly beat up a senior citizen in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Police hailed Edwards as a hero for his actions.
Braylon Edwards – Hero
Edwards stopped by the YMCA for a workout on Friday and said he heard an argument start behind him over loud music
The former NFL player told WDIV-TV, “I’m not paying attention and I was just handling my business. The noise escalates and then you can hear some pushing and shoving, and you know what fighting sounds like. Start to hear some tussling, start to hear some fists, but once I hear a thud, that’s when I got up and turned around.”
The New York Post reports:
“And then I see the guy and I think he’s reaching for a phone underneath the victim,” Edwards added. “He grabs the back of the victim’s head by the hair, and he was about to slam it down on the counter. I grabbed him and subdued him…”
The incident about 30 minutes from where Edwards grew up.The alleged perpetrator ran from the scene, and police locked down several nearby schools as a precaution until the arrest was made, according to the report.
“I didn’t know it was that serious,” Edwards said. “I mean the victim probably had a serious concussion by nature, but It wasn’t until I talked to the detective down in Farmington who told me that [it was a life-threatening situation] if I didn’t step in. But at the end of the day that’s what you do.”
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Edwards Has Been Retired From NFL Since 2012
Edwards explained why he felt compelled to help out.
“People go to work out, they have a good time, they live to be 80 years and this isn’t how they expect for something to maybe take their life,” Edwards said. “My mom, my grandmother, my father – in that moment, when you come back home, these are the people you think about.”
41-year-old Braylon Edwards hasn’t played in the NFL since 2012.
The 80-year-old man is expected to survive.
