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Former NFL player Braylon Edwards helped stop locker room attack on 80-year-old man

Former University of Michigan and NFL wide receiver Braylon Edwards came to the aid of an man who was being physically assaulted in a Farmington Hills, Mich., YMCA on Friday.

According to prosecutors, an exchange of words between 20-year-old Malik Ali Smith and an 80-year-old man escalated into a physical fight that left the man in serious, but stable condition at a local hospital.

Smith, who was given $250,000 cash bond and is being held at Oakland County Jail, was captured after fleeing the gym and was arraigned and given a charge of assault with intent to murder.