LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Running back Jet Thomas is one of just two returning starters for UNLV Football this season. The minute Jet committed to the Rebels, he never looked back.

“This is the first opportunity that I got, I just know my parents always told me just stay with your opportunity and just ride with it, so I’m going to ride with it until the end," Thomas said.

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Jet's late father, Kenneth, exemplified sticking with it until the end, never missing a game, before passing away earlier this year due to illness.

“No one really knew, but my dad was sick for a minute, he was just always there, every game just hearing him tellin

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