Pronounced lah-VAR-e-us
Idaho’s 2010 Defensive Player of the Year 2010 Kathy Clark
Scholar-Athlete Award winner
Idaho’s 2009 Defensive Player of the Year COSIDA District
Academic All-American
2010: Continued as a defensive leader for the Vandals ...
was the team’s tackle-for-loss leader with 17 (-85 yards) and sack leader with
10 (-72 yards) ... had lone career interception at Hawai`i .... he returned it
26 yards to score his lone collegiate TD ... was seventh on the team in
total tackles from his defensive end
position ... was pursuing his master’s degree in accountancy during the season.
2009: Started all 13 games at defensive end ... leading
tackler on the defensive line with 54 tackles ... also led team with 8.0
tackles for loss and tied for sack lead with four ... led Vandals with five
quarterback hurries.
2008: Played in 11 games
and started eight ... had 21 total tackes – 15 solo and six assists ...
accounted for three tackles for loss and two quarterback hurries ... best game
was five total tackles – all solo, at Louisiana Tech ... played at defensive
tackle and defensive end ... all starts were at defensive end.
2007: Was limited somewhat
with injury but shared a starting position at defensive tackle ... played in
nine of 12 games ... had 15 solo stops and10 assists for a total of 25 tackles
... had two tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble.
2006: Redshirted.
High school: Was a two-year starter at offensive tackle and
defensive tackle/end … had 43.5 total tackles in 2005 and 3.5 sacks as well as
two fumble recoveries and four forced fumbles … as a junior, had 37.5 tackles
and 3.5 sacks in addition to three forced fumbles ... PrepStar all-region.
Personal: Son of Kerstin and Clarence Lavarias ... born
April 27, 1988 ... majoring in Accounting.
Single-game bests
Tackles – 12 (vs. Cal Poly,
Sept. 8, 2007);
Unassisted tackles – 9 (vs. Cal Poly, Sept. 8, 2007);
Assists –
5 (vs. Fresno State, Nov. 11, 2009);
Tackles-for-loss – 2, twice (vs. Hawai`i, Oct. 17, 2009, and at Louisiana
Tech, Oct. 18, 2008);
Sacks – 2 (vs. Hawai`i, Oct. 17, 2009),
Forced fumbles –
1, twice (vs. Hawai`i, Oct. 17, 2009, and vs. Cal Poly, Sept. 8, 2007);
Fumble
recovery – 1 (vs. San Diego State, Sept. 19, 2009);
QB hurries – 3 (vs.
Hawai`i, Oct. 17, 2009);
Passes defensed – 1, twice (vs. Colorado State, Oct.
3, 2009, and at Washington, Sept. 12, 2009).
