RANKING THE REBELS: 96 – J.K. Edwards
J.K. EDWARDS
YEARS: 2002-04
Career highlights:
■ Scored 582 points in 57 games for a career scoring average of 10.2 per game.
■ Averaged 6.3 rebounds and totaled 53 blocked shots in his career, tying for the team lead in rebounding average as a junior and leading the team in blocks as a senior.
■ The Rebels compiled a 39-24 record and reached the NIT in each of his seasons.
Quotable: "J.K. was really about 6-6 or 6-7, but we listed him at 6-8. He was kind of an undersized center, but he rebounded well and he was a good player inside for us." -- Charlie Spoonhour, ex-UNLV coach
Currently: Edwards has played professionally overseas and last season averaged 14.8 points for a team in France.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
