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RANKING THE REBELS: 63 – Dedan Thomas

DEDAN THOMAS

Years: 1991 to 1994

Career highlights:

■ Ranks fifth in career assists with 549 and eighth in career steals with 151.

■ Scored 540 points in 85 games for a career average of 6.4.

■ Second in the nation as a junior with 8.6 assists per game.

■ The Rebels went 26-2 in his first season, which was the last season for coach Jerry Tarkanian.

Quotable: "Thomas was a great kid. He was on my last team, and it was a good team. We had J.R. Rider, and we won our last 23 games." -- Tarkanian

Currently: Lives in Las Vegas, coaches kids and owns a mobile detailing business, So Fresh So Clean. He and his wife, Tina, have three sons.

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