Brandon Edwards

Brandon Lee Walton Edwards (born September 13, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for the University of Texas at Arlington before playing professionally in Spain, Greece, Finland, Israel, Macau and France.

Early life and college career Edwards is the son of Rhonda Edwards. He played high school basketball at South Hills High School in Fort Worth, Texas, where he averaged 22.5 points, 15.7 rebounds and 7.0 blocks per game as a senior and reached 209 career blocks. As a sophomore, he was named Second-team all-district. As a junior and senior, he was named First team all-district and Dallas Morning News District 7-4A Defensive Player of the Year.

After high school, Edwards played college basketball at the University of Texas at Arlington, with the Texas–Arlington Mavericks, from 2010 to 2014. In four years, he averaged 8.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.0 blocks and 23.3 minutes per game, for a total of 126 games played. As a senior, he was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference third team and finished the season as the eighth-leading scorer in the conference (16.5), second-leading rebounder (9.8) and racked up a team-leading 14 double-doubles.

Professional career Edwards began his pro career in the 2014–15 season in Spain, with the LEB Oro club Breogán. In 35 games, he averaged 5.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 0.3 blocks and 13.0 minutes per game, shooting 52.6 percent from the field and 31.0 percent from three-point. with which he won the promotion to the Liga ACB, but Melilla refused it. In 41 games, he averaged 8.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 23.3 minutes per game, shooting 64.6 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point. In 14 games, he averaged 4.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 0.4 blocks and 14.0 minutes per game, shooting 54.4 percent from the field and 9.1 percent from three-point. In 29 games, he averaged 9.6 points, 6.9 rebounds, 0.7 blocks and 19.0 minutes per game, shooting 67.9 percent from the field and 30.0 percent from three-point. In 29 games, he averaged 20.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 33.1 minutes per game, shooting 62.7 percent from the field and 30.0 percent from three-point. In 14 games, he averaged 16.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, 1.6 blocks per game and 33.0 minutes per game, shooting 60.4 percent from the field. In 15 games, he averaged 16.1 points, 10.6 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 31 minutes per game, shooting 61.1 percent from the field. On 15 July 2020, the league announced the cancellation of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and no league title was awarded. In the 2019–20 ABL season, Edwards played 12 games and averaged 18.0 points (shooting 66.3 percent from the field and 38.9 percent from three-point), 11.4 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and 36.0 minutes per game.

In July 2020, Edwards signed with the French club BC Gries-Oberhoffen of the LNB Pro B. Edwards and the BCGO participated in the Leaders Cup where they ended at the bottom of the D group, composed of 3 teams, with 1 win and 3 losses, thus, not qualifying for the next round. In 3 games, he averaged 7.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 19.3 minutes per game.

In January 2024, Edwards signed for Trepça of the Kosovo Superleague and Liga Unike.

In July 2024, Edwards signed with the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as the team's import for the 2024 PBA Governors' Cup. However, he was replaced after suffering an ACL injury in a tune-up game prior to the conference. In December 2024, after recovering from an ACL injury, he comes back to Terrafirma to replace Ryan Richards.