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Update on Jelan Kendrick’s status

Jelan Kendrick

Towards the end of the 2014 season, UNLV’s Jelan Kendrick, the Memphis transfer via junior college, began to earn more minutes during Runnin’ Rebels games. In a loss to Nevada, Kendrick played 33 minutes and scored 16 points, and in another loss (to San Diego State) two games later, Kendrick again used more than 30 minutes. The pedestal was set for a breakout senior season, one where Kendrick would likely receive more playing time due to transfers and players declaring for the NBA draft, but Kendrick may not be on the UNLV roster in 2015: the wing is set to graduate by summer’s end and is deciding whether to use his fifth season at the MWC program.

Coach Dave Rice has already lost Bryce Dejean-Jones (to transfer) and Roscoe Smith (to the NBA draft), and there is a chance that, along with Kendrick, Khem Birch might take his game beyond Las Vegas’ city limits in 2014-15.

The UNLV coaching staff is assuredly not done on the recruiting trail -- there have been reports that Ryan Miller, replete with ties to the California recruiting scene, has been offered a spot on the UNLV staff -- and even if Kendrick and Birch return, there could be a few new bodies who’ll join the team in the coming weeks.

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