Carsen Edwards

Carsen Cade Edwards was born in Houston. He has one brother, Jai. He attended Atascocita High School, where early on he played both basketball and football. After his sophomore year, he decided to focus on basketball. After his junior high school season of hoops, the Houston Chronicle named Edwards basketball Player of the Year. After his senior season, Edwards was named to the MaxPreps All-America Fourth Team and received first-team All-State honors. The guard played on the US national team for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Egypt, where they won a bronze medal. Edwards also played for the US national team for the 2017 Taipei Universiade and earned a silver medal. Edwards is good friends with Patriots linebacker Ja'Whaun Bentley, whom he met while they both attended Purdue. Learn more about Edwards on Instagram @cboogie_3 and on Twitter @Cboogie_3. Carsen Edwards played three years for the Purdue Boilermakers. During the 2016-17 season, Edwards was the only Big Ten freshman to drain at least 45 three-pointers (49) and gather at least 35 steals (36). The speedy guard played in all 36 games for Purdue, averaging 10.3 points and 1.4 made threes per contest. In his sophomore season, Edwards became a permanent starter, nearly doubling his scoring to 18.5 points per game. More importantly, he led the Boilermakers to their first-ever 30-win season. That success led Edwards to being named to the First Team All-Big Ten squad. Returning to Purdue for his junior season, Edwards increased his scoring to 24.3 points per contest. Edwards would lead Purdue all the way to the South Regional Final in the NCAA Tournament, where the Boilermakers would lose to Virginia despite Edwards' 42 points. He was named to the All-American Second-Team by the (USBWA), First Team All-Big Ten and later the Most Outstanding Player in the South Region of the Tournament.