Edwards was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from Lake Clifton High School in 1998.

Edwards was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the final (58th) pick in the 2002 NBA draft but he did not sign with them.

He returned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce in 2005 and won the 2005 CBA championship with the team while being named the Finals Most Valuable Player.

For the 2010–2011 season he signed with the Zagreb club KK Cedevita, where he averaged 12.9 points per game[11] and helped the team enter the Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Final four.

[14] On September 26, 2016, Edwards was appointed an assistant coach of the Greensboro Swarm, a new NBA Development League franchise.