Keljin Blevins

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Keljin Blevins
No. 21–Pacific Caesar
Position Shooting guard / point guard
League IBL
Personal information
Born (1995-11-24) November 24, 1995 (age 28)
Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2020 Northern Arizona Suns
2020–2022 Portland Trail Blazers
2022–2023 Rapid București
2023–2024 Sudbury Five
2024-present Pacific Caesar
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Keljin DeShawn Blevins (born November 24, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Pacific Caesar of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played college basketball at Southern Mississippi and Montana State.

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Early life and high school

Blevins was born and grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas and initially attended Lakeside High School. He averaged 10 points and 7.3 rebounds per game and helped lead the Rams to a 5A-South conference title as a junior. Blevins transferred to Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington County, Virginia for his senior year and was named honorable mention All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. [1]

College career

Blevins began his collegiate career at Southern Mississippi. He averaged 1.8 points and 1.8 rebounds in 25 games in his freshman season. As a sophomore, Blevins averaged 5.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 22.3 minutes over 29 games, 24 of which he started. [2] After the season, he decided to transfer to Montana State University. [3]

After sitting out one year due to NCAA transfer rules, Blevins entered his redshirt junior season as a starter for the Bobcats and averaged 9.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. [1] In the final game of his college career on March 14, 2019, Blevins scored a career-high 27 points in a 90–84 loss to Eastern Washington. [4] As a redshirt senior, he averaged 11.8 points and a team-high 5.9 rebounds per game. [5]

Professional career

Northern Arizona Suns (2019–2020)

After going unselected in the 2019 NBA draft, Blevins played on the Portland Trail Blazers Summer League team and signed a training camp contract with the team on September 30, 2019. [6] [7] He was waived at the end of training camp. [8]

After being waived, Blevins was selected with the 15th overall pick in the 2019 NBA G League Draft by the Northern Arizona Suns. [9] He averaged 4.3 points and 2.8 rebounds in 35 games in his first professional season. [10]

Portland Trail Blazers (2020–2022)

Blevins was signed by the Trail Blazers to a two-way contract on November 25, 2020. [11] Blevins made his NBA debut on December 23, 2020, playing four minutes while shooting 0-for-2 from the field with one assist in the fourth quarter of a 100–120 loss to the Utah Jazz in the Blazers' season opener. The appearance made him the first former Montana State player to play in an NBA game. [12]

On September 23, 2021, Blevins signed another two-way contract with the Trail Blazers. [13]

Rapid București (2022–2023)

In 2022, Blevins joined Rapid București of the Liga Națională, averaging 4.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. He was released on March 3, 2023. [14]

Sudbury Five (2023–present)

On November 25, 2023, Belvins signed with the Sudbury Five. [15] [16]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2020–21 Portland 1704.4.250.250–.6.2.1.0.7
2021–22 Portland 31111.3.306.292.5451.5.6.4.03.1
Career4818.8.298.288.5451.1.5.3.02.2

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2021 Portland 202.0.500.000–.0.0.0.01.0

Personal life

Blevins is the cousin of former Portland Trail Blazers and current Milwaukee Bucks All-Star point guard Damian Lillard. [17] He also was teammates with Lillard from 2020 to 2022 while in Portland.

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