Career
Edwards played collegiately for Kent State University. While at Kent State, Edwards was part of two of the Golden Flashes trips to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament which included their appearance in the 2002 Elite Eight. He was invited to the Indiana Pacers training camp in 2004.
Mainly due to his size, and some unexpected injuries to the Pacers big men early in the season, he was the only free agent training camp invitee to earn a spot on the main roster.
Even so, he was expected to be released as soon as the Pacers got healthy, but the rash of suspensions resulting from the November 19, 2004 brawl at The Palace of Auburn Hills enabled him to remain on the team As a result of this and other injuries to the bench, the Pacers were only able to dress six players and Edwards constituted the team"s entire bench.
During the summer of 2005, Edwards signed with the Atlanta Hawks and during the 2005-2006 National Basketball Association season he averaged 8.6 minutes per game. On August 22, 2006, Edwards was traded back to the Pacers, along with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Harrington, in exchange for a 2007 first-round draft pick.
He was waived in preseason, and split time with two NBDL teams in 2006-2007.
Edwards signed with the Albuquerque Thunderbirds in December 2006 then with the Tulsa 66ers the following month. The following season, also during preseason, Edwards was waived by the Minnesota Timberwolves, signing in November 2007 with Cherkassy. Edwards returned to the Doctorate-League when he signed with the Iowa Energy in March 2009.
The Energy traded Edwards to the Bakersfield Jam in January 2010.
He played in the 2010–2011 season with the Greek League team Colussus Rhodes. He then played in Puerto Rico, before moving to Poland to play for Turów Zgorzelec.
In 2012, he signed with British Columbia Tsmoki-Minsk in Belarus. He retired from basketball in 2013 and is pursuing a career in Information Technology.
