RANKING THE REBELS: 62 – Eldridge Hudson
Eldridge Hudson
Years: 1982-83, 1984 to 1987
Career highlights:
■ Played on the 1986-87 team that went 37-2 and reached the NCAA Final Four.
■ The 6-foot-8-inch forward scored 752 career points and shot 50 percent from the field.
■ Averaged 4.4 rebounds per game.
Quotable: “Eldridge was a tremendous high school player, but he had to have knee surgery and he wasn’t the same after that injury. He wound up having a good career, but not a great one.” — Jerry Tarkanian, former UNLV coach
Currently: Lives in Los Angeles, where he’s an owner of a TV production company and manager for singer Al B. Sure. Played 12 years overseas after college. Has a daughter, Devin, 17, and a son, Temjae, 16.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels’ NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
