 Edwards also became an active participant in the Gridiron Heroes Spinal Cord Injury Foundation.He became very close friends with Chris Canales, the co-founder of the website, who like Edwards was an all-district defensive back who had suffered a spinal cord injury, in Canales' case while making a tackle playing for San Marcos Baptist Academy in 2001.The two were frequently seen together on the field at numerous high school and college football games, continuing to support the sport that brought about their disabilities.