Julian Edelman is one of the most prolific pass catchers in the NFL, but he originally entered the league as a quarterback: the New England Patriots took a seventh-round flier on the undersized Kent State passer in the 2009 draft. The team, however, had no intentions of grooming him to become Tom Brady’s backup and moved him to wide receiver and punt returner immediately upon his arrival in Foxborough. Needless to say that the move paid off.
Every now and then, Edelman’s past still catches up to him as the Patriots are not afraid of using him as a trick-play passer on occasion.