• At Navy: Enters the fall third on the depth chart at quarterback ... missed all of spring practice, as he continued to rehabilitate the knee he injured last year against Temple ... a starter in all 18 games in which he has played during his career (10 So // 8 Jr) ... has earned 2 varsity letters.
• 2022: Played and started each of the first 8 games of the season before missing the remainder of the season with a knee injury (injured in the Temple game) ... rushed for 309 yards and 5 touchdowns on 115 carries (2.7 yds/carry, 38.6 yds/gm) and completed 42 of his 91 passes for 785 yards, 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions ... also caught a 26-yard touchdown pass, the first of his career ... rushed for 12 yards on 5 carries and threw 1 pass before leaving the Temple game with 3:07 remaining in the opening quarter with a season-ending knee injury ... carried the ball 16 times for 30 yards, while completing 6 of his 13 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown against Houston ... threw a 52-yard touchdown strike to Jayden Umbarger, but also threw a pair of interceptions ... produced a career-high 120 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns on a career-high 25 carries against SMU ... also completed 9 of his 21 passes for 138 yards and 2 touchdowns ... he is Navy’s first 100-yard rusher and passer since Malcolm Perry rushed for 146 yards and passed for 107 yards at Houston (11-30-19) ... it was the fourth multiple touchdown game of his career and first of the season ... rattled off a season-long 19-yard run ... carried the ball 6 times for 12 yards, completed just 1 of his 6 passes for 9 yards and caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from Kai Puailoa-Rojas in the Mids’ win over Tulsa ... it was his first-career reception and first-career receiving touchdown ... it was the first receiving touchdown by a Navy quarterback since then-slot back Malcolm Perry threw a 37-yard TD pass to Zach Abey against Tulane on Nov. 24, 2018 ... led Navy in rushing with 34 yards on 12 carries, including a 5-yard touchdown run against Air force ... completed 11 of his 20 passes for 129 yards - the most completions (tied) of his career ... completed 7 of his 10 passes for a career-high 152 yards and a touchdown, while carrying the ball 15 times for 30 yards in Navy’s double-overtime win at East Carolina ... threw a career-long 65-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Terrell Jr. ... it was the longest pass completion of his career ... carried the ball 18 times for 37 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown, while connecting on 3 of his 7 passes including a 62-yard touchdown pass to Anton Hall Jr. in the Mids’ AAC opener against Memphis ... Navy’s starter in the opener against Delaware where he rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries, while completing 5 of his 13 passes for 135 yards ... threw a 43-yard pass to Maquel Haywood, the second-longest completion of his career.
• 2021: Started all 10 contests in which he played, closing out the season with 371 yards rushing (2.2 yds/carry, 37.1 yds/gm) and a team-best 7 touchdowns on a team-high 170 carries ... completed 34 of his 61 passing attempts (55.7) for 449 yards (44.9 yds/gm), 5 touchdowns and 2 interceptions ... led Navy in the win over Army with 62 yards and 2 touchdowns on 20 carries ... also completed 4 of his 6 passes for 82 yards, the second-most passing yards of his career ... carried the ball 11 times for 23 yards at Temple, while also completing 5 of his 11 passes for 57 yards and a 4-yard touchdown pass to Chance Warren ... completed all 4 of his passes for 37 yards and 2 touchdowns against East Carolina ... he is the first Navy quarterback to throw 2 touchdown passes in a game since Oct. 31, 2020, when Tyger Goslin threw TD passes to Jamale Carothers (62 yds) and Mychal Cooper (14) in a 51-37 loss at SMU ... also carried the ball 13 times for 51 yards ... carried the ball 9 times for -7 yards and failed to complete his only pass of the game against Notre Dame before leaving with 2:07 in the second quarter ... rushed for a career-high 64 yards on 18 carries at Tulsa ... scored his fifth touchdown of the season on a 1-yard run (11:25, 4Qtr), giving Navy its first lead of the game at 17-10 ... finished the game 0-for-3 passing, marking the first game in which he has played where he did not complete a pass (Navy’s first since its 2019 game at UCF) ... completed 11 of his 15 passes for 116 yards and an interception against #2 Cincinnati ... rushed for 22 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 21 carries ... completed 3 of his 4 passes for 27 yards, including a 21-yard touchdown pass to Mychal Cooper at Memphis ... also rushed for 28 yards on 17 carries, including a long run of 16 yards ... completed 4 of his 7 passes for 64 yards and a touchdown against SMU ... also carried the ball 24 times for 53 yards ... the 24 carries are the most by a Navy player since Nelson Smith carried the ball 29 times against Memphis on Nov. 28, 2020 ... threw his first-career touchdown pass, a 37-yard strike to Kai Puailoa-Rojas to give Navy a 14-7 lead ... the touchdown was Navy’s first passing touchdown by any player this season ... his 20-yard run on the second play of the third quarter (14:16) was the longest rush of his career ... returned to the starting lineup and directed the Midshipmen to victory against UCF ... carried the ball 21 times for 57 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while completing 2 of his 4 passes for 58 yards ... scored his first-career touchdown on a 7-yard run in the opening quarter and ran in a TD from 1-yard out in the fourth quarter ... threw a career-long 49-yard pass to Chance Warren ... sat out the Air Force and Houston games with an injury ... Navy’s starting QB in its opener against Marshall, he completed 1 of his 6 passes for 8 yards and carried the ball a team-high tying 16 times for 18 yards including a long of 11 yards.
• 2020: Did not see any varsity action.
• High School / Personal: A 2019 graduate of Creekside High School in St. Johns, Fla., Lavatai attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2019-20 academic year ... two-sport athlete who earned letters in baseball and football ... garnered All-County football honors as a senior ... two-year (2017, ‘18) football team captain ... brother, Toa, is a 2020 graduate of Valdosta State where he was a member of the football team ... son of Tafilele and Gina Lavatai ... majoring in mathematics with economics.
