Keljin Blevins

BIOGRAPHY

Keljin Blevins was born on November 24, 1995 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He is a guard in the NBA.

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.

levins 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. After the season, he decided to transfer to transfer to Montana State University.

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. 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. As a redshirt senior, he averaged 11.8 points and a team-high 5.9 rebounds per game.

Blevins was signed by the Trail Blazers to a two-way contract on November 25, 2020. Blevins made his NBA debut on December 23, 2020

Blevins is the cousin of the Trail Blazers All-Star point guard Damian Lillard.