Adam Edwards III
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| Oklahoma State Cowboys | |
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| Position | Defensive back |
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| Born: | July 6, 1976 |
Adam Edwards III (born July 6, 1976) is a former college American football player who played for Oklahoma State in 1996, 1998 and 1999. He later worked in pharmaceutical sales and in franchise business and development.
Education and football[edit]
Edwards graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business, health, and criminal justice.[1] He played for the Oklahoma State Cowboys football teams in 1996, 1998, and 1999.[2] He attended training camp with the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent in the summer of 2000,[3] but he was released in August before the 2000 NFL season began.[4]
Business career[edit]
Pharmaceutical/charitable[edit]
From March 2003 to November 2006, Edwards worked in pharmaceutical sales representing Ortho-McNeil Products in western Oklahoma.[1] From November 2006 to June 2009, he then worked in Oklahoma for Ther-Rx, a pharmaceutical company specializing in vaginal creams and transdermal spray.[1]
From 2009 to 2012, Edwards was associated with Hunger Relief International (HRI) in the area of "global sponsor relations".[1]
Franchise[edit]
From November 2011 to June 2013, Edwards and his wife, Sarah Ainsworth-Edwards, operated a company called Nspire.[1] Nspire invested in a master franchise in Oklahoma for Golden Heart Senior Care, a provider of in-home care for senior citizens.[1][5]
From January to July 2015, Edwards worked as the executive director of franchise development for Mrs. Winner's Chicken & Biscuits, a regional fast food restaurant chain.[1]
Edwards and his wife also operate a franchise brokerage business called iMatch that seeks to match clients with franchise opportunities.[6][7][8]
Edwards is also the founder and chairman Waters Edge Winery, a winery and wine bar in Oklahoma City that he describes as an "urban winery franchise".[1][9][10][11] Water's Edge received a Beacon Award for philanthropy from The Journal Record in 2016.[12] It was also recognized by the web site okc.biz in 2015 as one of the top venues in Oklahoma City for an event or meeting, [13] in addition to being named by So6ix magazine as Oklahoma City's best winery in 2016 and 2017. [14][15]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Adam Edwards' Linked In profile
- ↑ "Adam Edwards". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Big dreams, big hair Ex-Poke plays with Dallas, remembers days with Afro". July 28, 2000. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Transactions". August 2000 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "From Football to Franchapreneur: Adam Edwards". www.nflplayerengagement.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ↑ "About iMatch - I Match Franchise". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ↑ "Business Broker Profile of Adam Edwards, NFL Alumni, CFE, CTA". www.bizbuysell.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ↑ "My Career Change: Adam Edwards' Career After the NFL - VIKTRE Career Network". 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ↑ "Forty Under 40 Class of 2014". okc.biz. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.405magazine.com/February-2017/Big-Leagues-to-Business/
- ↑ http://exposure-magazine.com/an-exclusive-qa-with-adam-edwards-iii-nfl-alumnus-and-franchapreneur/
- ↑ http://journalrecord.com/2016/07/14/beacon-profile-waters-edge-winery/
- ↑ http://okc.biz/best-of-business-2015-winners-list
- ↑ https://issuu.com/so6ix/docs/so6ixmagazine_february2016
- ↑ https://issuu.com/so6ix/docs/so6ixmagazine_january2017
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