RANKING THE REBELS: 92 – Gaston Essengue

Years: 2005 to 2007

Career highlights:

■ Averaged career highs of 7.6 points and 5.0 rebounds in 2006-07, when the Rebels went 30-7 and reached the NCAA Sweet 16.

■ Started 31 of 37 games and shot 52.8 percent from the field for the Sweet 16 team.

■ A 6-foot-8-inch forward, he had 71 career blocked shots, 50 as a senior.

Quotable: "Gaston had a big body and was very athletic. He had a good mid-range jumper. The combination of Gaston and Joel Anthony was huge because not many teams in the country had more athletic big guys than those two combined." — Lon Kruger, UNLV coach

Currently: Essengue, from Cameroon, played professionally for a team in France last season.