He was encouraged to do so along with his three siblings at Albion Park Little Athletics Club, Shellharbour, New South Wales.
He was a keen cricketer, but found that he was a very good runner and joined Bankstown Sports Athletics Club in Sydney.
[3] Edwards is a former student at Warilla High School, in New South Wales and is coached by Dick Telford.
Then a torn achilles, a knee issue and stress fracture to his right femur blunted Jye's career but in 2019 a second place at the New South Wales Cross Country Championships at Willandra in the open men's section displayed his return towards fitness.
[6] On 18 April 2021, Edwards won gold in a time of 3:33.99 seconds at the Sydney Olympic Park to win the 1500 metres at the Australian National Athletics Championships and secure the Olympic qualifying standard for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.