Former defensive lineman at Akron. 2024: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
6′1″ · 300 lb · El Paso, TX
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 2192 nationally · Signed with New Mexico State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Akron. 2024: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
Lama Lavea
Wins his gap play after play. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Doug Martin, Jerry Kill and Joe Moorhead. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 1 sacks against Colgate, Week 3, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Akron, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tom Arth, Oscar Rodriguez, and Joe Moorhead. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (4th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Akron | 12 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Akron | 23 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico State | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 54 | 19 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024
W 31–20
vs Colgate
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-52@ Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-20vs Colgate | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 7-50@ South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-30@ Ohio | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-27vs Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-34@ Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Dvon J-Thomas’s 2022 season.
Matches Dvon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Kyler Baugh's graduate season at Minnesota (2023).
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Player DNA