Five receivers and two tight ends have caught passes for UNLV in its first two games, and junior Darren Woods Jr. and freshman Tyleek Collins lead the team with three receptions each.
Mark Anderson
Reporter: UNLV football and basketball
Email: manderson@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 387-2914
Mark Anderson has been at the Review-Journal since January 1999. He covered UNLV football for 17 seasons before moving to the men’s basketball beat in January 2016, and was president of the Football Writers Association of America in 2016. Anderson returned to the football beat in 2017 and still covers men’s basketball. Before coming to the R-J, he covered UNR football for five seasons at the Reno Gazette-Journal and was the high school sports reporter for the Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat from 1988-94. He is a native of Tallahassee and a graduate of the University of Florida.
The original plan was for tradition-rich Grambling State to play UNLV on Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Prairie View A&M running back Dawonya Tucker has rushed for more than 200 yards in each of the past two football games. UNLV plays the Panthers at 7 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
New Jersey point guard Josh Pierre-Louis committed to UNLV’s basketball team on Sunday. That could complete the Rebels’ 2018-19 recruiting class.
Three takeaways from the UNLV football team’s 52-24 victory over Texas-El Paso on Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
UNLV rushed for 414 yards in defeating Texas-El Paso 52-24 on Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium. Running back Lexington Thomas and quarterback Armani Rogers each rushed for more than 100 yards.
The Rebels rushed for 277 yards by halftime against Texas-El Paso on Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium. UNLV ran for 308 yards last week at Southern California.
UNLV has a recent history of not playing well against lesser foes, and the Rebels welcome Texas-El Paso and Prairie View A&M the next two Saturdays. The Rebels need to make a statement in both football games.
Breaking down UNLV’s football game against Texas-El Paso. They meet at 6 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Texas-El Paso’s Dana Dimel is a head coach for the first time in 16 years. He has a history of helping turn around football programs and hopes to apply that experience to the Miners.
The NCAA ruled last week that UNLV sophomore cornerback Alex Perry, who transferred from Arizona State, could play this season.
The Boyd Gaming Corp. has pledged $5 million to UNLV’s athletic department over a multiyear period. It is the largest corporate gift ever for UNLV athletics.
UNLV rushed for 308 yards at Southern California on Saturday. But the Rebels face a Texas-El Paso run defense that gave up just 107 yards to Northern Arizona.
UNLV football notes: Running back Lexington Thomas overcame an early fumble with a 136-yard performance. Also, Southern California quarterback JT Daniels had an impressive debut.
Three takeaways from the UNLV football team’s season-opening 43-21 loss to Southern California on Saturday at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
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