Luke Edwards (born 12 January 2002) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who plays for the

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL). He was recruited by West Coast with the 52nd draft pick in the

2020 AFL draft The 2020 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2020 AFL season. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Natio ...

AFL career

As the son of former player

Tyson Edwards Tyson Edwards (born 6 August 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Raised in the small Mallee (Victoria), Mallee town of Wynarka, South Australia, Wynarka, around 1 ...

, he was eligible for a father–son selection, however, Adelaide declined to nominate him, leaving him free to be selected by any club at the

. Edwards was widely predicted to be a first round pick in the draft. He ended up as a fourth round pick for the

. Edwards made his debut against in round 12 of the

2021 AFL season The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featu ...

. His second match, the following round against saw him get 27 disposals, 13 kicks and 14 handballs.

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* * * 2002 births Living people West Coast Eagles players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Glenelg Football Club players West Coast Eagles (WAFL) players {{AFL-bio-2000s-stub