Bombers extend Edwards through 2012

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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are about to lock up one of their key offensive weapons.

A CFL source told The Free Press Thursday night the Bombers will announce a contract extension, perhaps as early as today, for receiver Terrence Edwards that will keep him in Blue and Gold through the 2012 season. Edwards was scheduled to enter into the option year of his current deal but the Bombers have apparently reworked the contract to keep him in their employ beyond the upcoming season.

The move would further solidify a potentially potent receiving corps if Greg Carr, Terence Jeffers-Harris and Cory Watson — all CFL rookies — were to continue their development from a year ago.

Edwards, who turns 32 next week, is coming off a campaign in which he posted career highs in yardage (1,372) and touchdowns (12) while pulling in 78 receptions en route to being named a CFL All-Star and the Bombers Most Outstanding Player.

Only Saskatchewan’s Andy Fantuz (87-1,380-6) had more receiving yards last season.

A former star at Georgia, Edwards was the most consistent component of a receiving corps that underwent significant change in 2010 — all the while playing catch with four different quarterbacks — and is a respected presence in the locker-room. Now entering his fifth year as a Bomber, Edwards has 4,478 yards in Winnipeg colours, a total which ranks him ninth on the team’s all-time list behind Milt Stegall (15,153), James Murphy (9,036), Joe Poplawski (8,341), Rick House (6,286), Perry Tuttle (5,817), Ernie Pitts (5,525), Jeff Boyd (5,110) and Gerald Wilcox (4,608).

ed.tait@freepress.mb.ca