Utah State University Athletics

HONORS: First-Team All-Mountain West (2014); College Sports Madness First-Team All-Mountain West (2014); Phil Steele First-Team All-Mountain West (2014); College Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention National Defensive End of the Week (9/13/14; 12/7/13); Second-Team All-Mountain West (2013); College Sports Madness Second-Team All-Mountain West (2013); Phil Steele Second-Team All-Mountain West (2013); Academic All-WAC/Mountain West (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014).

2014 (SR): Started all 14 games and earned first-team all-Mountain West honors... Finished the season tied for first on the team with his 9.0 sacks, was third on the team with his 13.5 tackles for loss, and 10th on the team with his 37 tackles... Was also fifth on the team with his four quarterback hurries, to go along with one pass breakup and one interception... Ranked tied for third in the Mountain West and tied for 39th in the nation in sacks (0.64 pg), and seventh in the MW in tackles for loss (0.96 pg)... Was named an honorable mention national defensive end of the week by College Football Performance Awards following his four tackle outing against Wake Forest (9/13), which included a career-high 3.0 sacks... Added 2.0 sacks against UNLV (10/25) and had 1.0 sack in four other games... Posted at least 1.0 tackle for loss in eight games, including 2.0 tackles for loss four times... Had a season-high six tackles against Idaho State (9/6) and recorded multiple tackles in 10 games during the season... Recorded the second interception of his career against Wyoming (11/7)... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2013 (JR): Played in all 14 games, making 13 starts... Earned second-team all-Mountain West honors and was named second-team all-Mountain West by both College Sports Madness and Phil Steele as he finished the season second on the team with 4.0 sacks and three quarterback hurries, to go along with 8.0 tackles for loss and 31 total tackles (14-solo, 17-assist)... Was named a College Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention National Defensive Lineman of the Week following his performance against No. 24 Fresno State in the inaugural Mountain West Championship game as he had a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss, to go along with 1.0 sack, as part of his five total tackles... Recorded a career-high seven tackles at Utah (8/29)... Had at least 0.5 tackles for loss in eight games and multiple tackles in a game nine times during the season... Recorded sacks against Boise State (10/12), New Mexico (10/19) and Hawai'i (11/2) in consecutive games, and finished the season with sacks against Fresno State and Northern Illinois (12/26) in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2012 (SO): Played in all 13 games... Finished the year with 19 tackles (9-solo, 10-assist) including 4.0 sacks and 5.0 tackles for loss, which ranked fifth and sixth on the team, respectively... Also had three quarterback hurries and one pass breakup... Intercepted his first career pass against Idaho (11/24) and returned it four yards... Recorded a season-high three tackles against Colorado State (9/22) and Texas State (11/3)... Had two tackles in four other games... Registered sacks against UNLV (9/29), Texas State, Idaho and Toledo (12/15) in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl... His one pass breakup was against the Rockets as well... Earned academic all-WAC honors.

2011 (RS-FR): Showed significant progress and playing time increased as a result, playing in all 12 regular season games... Logged seven tackles, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry... Earned academic all-WAC honors.

2010 (RS): Redshirted during his first season at Utah State.

HIGH SCHOOL: A two-year letterman at Logan (Utah) High School... Earned Logan Herald Journal honorable mention all-Cache Valley accolades as a senior, helping Grizzlies to 7-5 record... Also lettered in basketball, averaging 7.4 points per game... Also lettered in tennis, helping Logan HS to a state championship as a senior.

PERSONAL: Son of Bryan and Jackie Larsen... Has three brothers and one sister... Younger brother, Derek, is a freshman linebacker on Utah State's football team... Served a two-year Spanish speaking LDS Church Mission in Little Rock, Ark., from 2008-10... Graduated from USU in the spring of 2014 with a degree in business administration.
 

DEFENSE	G/GS	UA-AT-TT	TFL	Sack	INT	PBU	FF	FR
2011 (R-Fr.)	12/0	4-3-7	0.0-0	0.0-0	0-0	2	0	0
2012 (So.)	13/0	9-10-19	5.0-38	4.0-35	1-4	1	0	0
2013 (Jr.)	14/13	14-17-31	8.0-32	4.0-19	0-0	0	0	0
2014 (Sr.)	14/14	22-15-37	13.5-83	9.0-75	1-5	1	0	0
TOTAL	53/27	49-45-94	26.5-153	17.0-129	2-9	4	0	0

CAREER HIGHS: Tackles: 7, at Utah (8/29/13); TFL: 3.0, vs. Wake Forest (9/13/14); Sacks: 3.0, vs. Wake Forest (9/13/14); QBH: 2, twice; INT: 1, twice.