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RANKING THE REBELS: 96 – J.K. Edwards

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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.

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