Leading Ventura College 56-3, on a 4th down and 15 yards, while P/QB Chris Edwards was standing on their own 25 yard line, Jamal Anderson calls a fake-punt, to himself, from the huddle, a play called "The Duke" for a 64yd fake-punt pass fo…
Leading Ventura College 56-3, on a 4th down and 15 yards, while P/QB Chris Edwards was standing on their own 25 yard line, Jamal Anderson calls a fake-punt, to himself, from the huddle, a play called "The Duke" for a 64yd fake-punt pass for a TD, the longest fake punt pass for a TD in JC History. https://youtube.com/shorts/hu36L69Ey6I Touchdown Jamal Anderson (NFL Atlanta Falcons, Utah) & Chris Edwards at Moorpark College longest, 65 yard fake-punt TD pass in JC history. The punter was fake-punt world record holder Chris Edwards. His career fake punts is 13/14. In this video, P/QB Edwards (13), with 100M relay anchor-leg sprinter speed, beat everyone downfield to make the hit on the Punt Returner, separating his shoulder. Punter, Edwards (13) gets up and sprints toward the end-zone. He is the "flash gordan" person seen sprinting by at 0:14 - Other reports on this story are here:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-24-sp-301-story.html -- Anderson also scored on a fake punt in the fourth quarter, taking punter Chris Edwards' pass and knocking over would-be tacklers on the 64-yard play.
Dec. 1990 Westlake's Preston to Play Football for Cal. Chris Edwards Westlake High School QB, with a back injury, had to share time with Todd Preston. Chris eventually was too injured to play the rest of the season. Preston became the Westlake starter in the second game of his sophomore season after splitting time with senior Chris Edwards in a season-opening 17-14 loss to Buena. During his career, he completed 391 of 785 passes for 5,608 yards and 46 touchdowns. He threw 43 interceptions. Chris went on to red shirt his first year of football at Moorpark College. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-23-sp-10601-story.html
Oct 23rd 1987 - Westlake Weathers Storm to Remain in First Place, 31-14. The key play came on fourth and 19 from the Warriors' 43. Punter Chris Edwards fumbled the snap, scooped up the ball and raced 38 yards for a first down. Baker scored six plays later to give Westlake its high-water mark--a 31-0 lead. Royal managed 24 yards in offense in the first half, 121 for the game. The Warriors didn't fare much better, gaining 196 total yards. Westlake fumbled three times and lost one. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-23-sp-10601-story.html
-- Chris Edwards 38 year old rookie tryout with Calgary Stampeders (CFL) https://web.archive.org/web/20090330055507/http://www.fakepunts.com/chrisedwardsfootballresume.html
Memorable Play - Executed a 64 yd fake-punt TD pass to Jamal Anderson. Jamal used this play in his promo tape he gave to Utah and the Atlanta Falcons. The 64 yd fake punt pass to Jamal ranks in the top 5 for longest fake punt pass TD's in JC history. Memorable Quote – Head Coach Jim Bittner said "your a gamer", "I need you to lead for the fullback with hits like that" … after I made a crucial block on the 64 yd TD fake-punt play, sprinting full speed, 70 yards downfield, made a de-cleating block on the punt returner (separating his shoulder), which Jamal cut off of to score the TD. Jamal Anderson, other players, coaches and administrators talk about this fake-punt on the Internet a good 10 years after it happened. I Hold the school record in the 110M HH 14.19 sec. (ranked 17th in the Nation). Ran the 4X100M relay (anchor leg) with Freddie Bradley. Broke the school record, beating Freddie Bradley in the 4 corners. Inducted into the Moorpark College Hall of Fame for Track & Football in 1992.
