| Date of birth: | September 26, 1964 |
| Place of birth: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | Running Back |
| College: | Arkansas |
| NFL Draft: | 1986 / Round: 5 / Pick: 126 |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1986–1988 1989 1995 |
Seattle Seahawks Oakland Raiders Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Bobby Joe Edmonds, Jr. (born September 26, 1964 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a former professional American football running back who played for the Seattle Seahawks, the Los Angeles Raiders, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1986 to 1989 and 1995. Edmonds played collegiately at the University of Arkansas and was selected by Seattle in the 5th round of the 1986 NFL Draft. Edmonds still holds two Seahawks records, most punt yards gained in a career (1,010 yards) and most punt yards gained in a season (419 yards). He also made the AFC Pro Bowl squad in 1986 as a rookie.
Mr. Edmonds had an outstanding college career in football as a running back at the University of Arkansas where he returned after his football career to complete a bachelor's degree in broadcasting. After contributing to the sport as an occasional sports writer and color commentator, Bobby has been a successful businessman and fine art dealer with an art gallery.
Bobby is Bobby Joe Edmonds, Jr.. While in Seattle he met and later married a woman with whom he had a son; Bobby Jo, III; a gifted young athlete in grade school in Alabama.