Lama Lavea

Position:
DL
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-1
Weight:
300
Hometown:
El Paso, Texas
High School:
Chapin HS | New Mexico State

2024: Named to Phil Steele's Preseason All-MAC fourth team… appeared and started seven games… recorded 12 tackles… had 1.5 tackles for loss for 1 yard… had one sack… had a season high four tackles against Colgate (9/14/24)…

2023: Played in 11 games... had seven solo tackles, 19 assisted tackles and 26 total tackles... had one tackle for loss resulting in four yards... had a season-high eight tackles against Buffalo (Sept. 30)...

PRIOR TO AKRON: Appeared in 23 games across four seasons at New Mexico State...registered 29 career tackles, including 10 solo stops, while adding two tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks...tallied 10 tackles, one sack and one tackle for a loss in 2022...appeared in six games 2021 and finished the year with nine total tackles...season limited to just two games due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 spring campaign...played in two games as freshman in 2019, making his collegiate debut at Ole Miss...played four years of varsity football at Chapin High School in El Paso, Texas, under head coach Rene Hernandez...played in 42 games over four seasons with the Huskies...had a career-high 107 tackles with six for loss in his senior campaign...registered 4.5 sacks and four pass deflections in 2018...posted 96 total tackles with six for loss over 10 games as a junior...had two sacks and one forced fumble in 2017...totaled 38 tackles with two for loss and one forced fumble in his sophomore season...played in 10 games during his rookie season with 35 tackles.

PERSONAL: Majoring in communications...son of Hasemi and Heraine Lavea.