Dylan Edwards (born 10 January 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia at international level. He is regarded as one of the best defensive fullbacks in the game.

Edwards made his NRL and Test debut as a winger. Edwards played fullback in the Panthers 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 NRL premierships wins.

Edwards was born in Albury in the Murray region of New South Wales, and moved to Dorrigo in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales at a young age. He was educated at Dorrigo High School.

He played his junior rugby league for the Albury Pumas (now Albury Thunder) and the Bellingen Dorrigo Magpies before being signed by the Penrith Panthers in 2012.

Edwards moved to Penrith, New South Wales to play for Penrith's S. G. Ball Cup team in 2013. In 2015 and 2016, he was a member of Penrith's NYC team. On 4 October 2015, he played for the Penrith club in their 2015 NYC Grand Final win over the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Edwards played 44 games, scored 20 tries and kicked 72 goals for 224 points in his U20s career from 2015 to 2016.

On 10 February, he re-signed with the Penrith club on a two-year contract until the end of 2018. On 7 May, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis. As a result of Penrith centre Tyrone Peachey being dropped for disciplinary reasons, Edwards made his NRL debut for the Penrith against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks on 10 July. In September, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2016 NYC Team of the Year.

Edwards was named in the Penrith 2017 Auckland Nines squad. He played 14 games for Penrith in the 2017 NRL season and scored two tries for the Penrith club.^{[citation needed]}

In Round 8 of the 2018 NRL season, Edwards suffered a season ending shoulder injury after a tackle in the 13th minute against Canterbury-Bankstown.