Spencer Larsen

Arizona: 3L ... UA’s defense will have one focus on middle-level stalwart Larsen, a three-year starter, in 2007... Second-team All-Pacific-10 honors as a junior in 2006, with first-team Academic All-Pac-10 citation to go with it... ESPN the Magazine All-District VIII academic honors as well... Team leader in 2006 with 89 tackles, plus team-best 10.5 tackles for loss including two sacks... Had interception at Oregon, recovered three fumbles to lead squad and forced two others, plus knocked down three passes... Will have been a starter at both ends of a seven-year span... If not for a sophomore injury he'd be a lock to hit UA's all-time top 25 tackles chart, and needs 98 to get there... Returned in 2005 after a Mormon mission and picked up where he left off, as a starter... Banged up in preseason 2005 and missed the first two games, but started the last six of his eight appearances, finishing with a linebacking corps’ high of 51 tackles including career-high 17 in Arizona’s victory at Oregon State... Earned second-team Academic All-Pac-10 honors in 2005... Returned to Arizona at mid-year in 2005, but was hurt early in spring and had knee surgery in April ... His play as a true freshman in all 12 games in 2002 showed great promise ... Finished with 41 tackles including 3.5 for a loss and two sacks, plus broke up three passes ... Started seven games at the whip linebacker spot in UA’s modified eagle-flex system...

High School: Gilbert, Ariz., High School, 2002 ... SuperPrep All-Farwest pick, a Phoenix Metro Football honors, PrepStar All-West and Arizona Republic first-team all-state pick ... All-region co-defensive MVP and All-Southeast valley ... Had 124 tackles as a senior ... Played quarterback on offense ... All-Southeast Valley and all-region honors ... Three letters in football, one in baseball and one in track.

Personal: Academic major is regional development... Larsen’s wife, Ann, gave birth to their first child, son Tyton, in April... Son of Richard and Teri Larsen of Gilbert ... Spent 2003 and 2004 on a Mormon Mission in Chile ...Father is a general contractor and mother is a homemaker ... Mom is a 1977 Arizona State grad and also attended Mesa CC and BYU ... Older sisters, Mindi, played volleyball at ASU in the mid 1990s, Candi at MCC ... Mom played volleyball at MCC and BYU ... Date of birth: March 4, 1984, in Mesa, Ariz.

Larsen's Career Stats

Year	G-GS	UT	AT	TT	TFL	Other
2002	12-7	30	11	41	3.5-13	2 Sacks, 3 PBU
2005	8-7	29	22	51	2.5-13	1 SK, 1 PBU, 1 FR
2006	12-12	63	26	89	10.5-26	2 SK, INT, 3 PBU, 3 FR, 2 FF
2007	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	32-25	122	59	181	16.5-52	5 SK, 7 PD, 3 FR, 2 FF, INT

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