Brandon Edwards (born September 13, 1991) is an American professional

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player for Trepça of the

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. He played

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for the

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before playing professionally in

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and

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Early life and college career

Edwards is the son of Rhonda Edwards. He played high school basketball at South Hills High School in

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, 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

at the

, with the

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, 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

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, he was named to the All-

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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

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club

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. 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. He remained in Spain for the 2015–16 season but played for Club Melilla, 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 June 2016, Edwards signed with the Greek club Rethymno Cretan Kings. 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 January 2017, he left the Greek league mid-season and signed with the Finnish club

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of the

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. 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 August 2017, Edwards signed a one-year deal with the Israeli club

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of the Israeli National League. 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 July 2018, Edwards signed with the Israeli club Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim of the Israeli National League for the 2018–19 season. 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 January 2019, Edwards parted ways with Ramat Gan and signed with the Israeli club Elitzur Yavne of the Israeli National League for the rest of the season, replacing

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. 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. In August 2019, Edwards signed with the

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of the ABL as their second world import. 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

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, 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

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. Edwards and the BCGO participated in the

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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.

References

External links

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