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]
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]
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]
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]
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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