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Jersey Number 1
Julien Laventure
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Upper Darby, Pa.
- High School:
- Upper Darby
CAREER HONORS
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- All-MAC Second Team (2025, Jr.)
- All-PSAC West First Team (2024, So.)
- PSAC West Defensive Player of the Week โ Nov. 11 (2024, So.)
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
- Expected to strengthen Texas Techโs interior defensive line after previously earning All-MAC second team honors during lone season at Akron โฆ will spend his final collegiate season as a Red Raider after playing first at Penn West-California (2022-24) and then Akron (2025) โฆ appeared in 35 games during collegiate career with 30 starts.
- Totaled 118 tackles (45 solo) over his collegiate career, including 24.5 for a loss and 10.5 sacks โฆ has recorded at least 30 tackles in each of his three full seasons at the collegiate level โฆ added a pass deflection, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a blocked kick between his two previous stops.
- 2025 SEASON (SENIOR atย AKRON): earned second team All-MAC honors after an impressive debut at the FBS level โฆ led the Zips with 10.5 tackles for loss and shared the team high with 4.0 sacks on the season after appearing in all 12 games with 11 starts โฆ was part of 45 tackles overall (18 solo) as well as six quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and fumble recovery.
- Rarely left the field, playing in 657 defensive snaps according to Pro Football Focus, which raked 13th nationally among interior defensive linemen โฆ highly-rated by the publication, earning a 76.1 overall grade and a 78.4 grade as a pass rusher โฆ was the third-highest overall graded interior defensive lineman in the MAC โฆ credited with 37 total pressures, which led all MAC interior defensive lineman and matched his now teammate A.J. Holmes Jr. for sixth nationally.
- Ranked 11th in the MAC with 10.5 tackles for loss, which led all interior defensive linemen in the league โฆ recorded 9.0 of his tackles for loss against MAC opponents, which was tied with another future teammate in Adam Trick (Miami of Ohio) for seventh in the league โฆ notched multiple tackles in 10 of 12 games overall and had four or more stops in seven different contests, including each of the final five games.
- Best performance on the season came midway through MAC play with nine tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and a 1.0 sack at Ball State (10/18) โฆ recovered a fumble to start the second quarter after recording a sack earlier in the drive โฆ had at least a share of a tackle for loss in four of the final five games of the season.
- Put together another key performance a few weeks later with six tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, a shared sack and a forced fumble versus UMass (11/4) โฆ totals included a sack on fourth down near the red zone to close the third quarter in Akronโs win โฆ followed with four tackles in each of the final two games of the season versus Kent State (11/11) and at Bowling Green (11/18).
- Previously began the season with four tackles, including 1.5 for a loss in the opener versus Wyoming (8/28) โฆ part of two fourth-down stops versus the Cowboys, including one that went for a two-yard loss early in the fourth quarter โฆ recorded a career-high 2.0 sacks midway through the season versus Central Michigan (10/4) as part of three tackles.
- 2024 SEASON (JUNIOR atย PENN WEST-CALIFORNIA): an All-PSAC West first team selection as a junior after helping push the Vulcans to the third round of the NCAA Division II playoffs โฆ appeared in all 13 games and made 12 starts in the middle of the defense for a program that finished 10-3 overall and fell in the PSAC Championship. ย
- Recorded 41 tackles (16 solo) on the season, including 8.5 for a loss and 4.5 sacks โฆ defensive totals included four quarterback hurries and a pass breakup โฆ had at least one tackle in all 13 games and recorded multiple stops in nine different contests โฆ was second on the team for both tackles for loss and sacks.
- Best performance during the season was a six-tackle outing versus Edinboro (11/9) with six tackles, including 3.0 for a loss and 2.0 sacks โฆ previously had 2.0 sacks earlier in the year at Lock Haven (9/21) as part of three tackles โฆ recorded 2.0 tackles for loss in the NCAA Playoffs second round win over Ashland (11/30) as part of five tackles โฆ set a season high with seven tackles midway through the season versus IUP (10/26) and nearly matched it in the third-round loss to Slipper Rock (12/7).
- 2023 SEASON (SOPHOMORE atย PENN WEST-CALIFORNIA): impressed during second season on campus after appearing in 10 games overall with seven starts โฆ totaled 31 tackles (10 solo), including 6.5 for a loss and 2.0 sacks to go along with a forced fumble and fumble recovery โฆ ranked third on the team for tackles for loss and was seventh overall for total tackles.
- Closed the year with a tackle for loss in four of his final five outings, which started with a season-high six stops versus Seton Hill (10/14) โฆ recorded his first career sack in that win and added his second of the year two weeks later against Mercyhurst (10/28) โฆ notched four tackles against Mercyhurst and then at both Gannon (11/4) and East Stroudsburg (11/11) to close the regular season โฆ performance versus Gannon included a season high 2.0 tackles for loss.
- 2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN atย PENN WEST-CALIFORNIA): did not see any game action during first collegiate season.ย
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Upper Darby High School in Upper Darby, Penn., a suburb outside Philadelphia โฆ was a three-year starter at the prep level, leading the Royals to a 6-5 record as a senior after a memorable come-from-behind win in the annual Turkey Bowl versus rival Haverford.
- Garnered first team All-DelCo honors as a senior as well as honorable mention All-Area accolades for Class 6A โฆ selected to play in the PSFCA East-West All-Star Game following his senior season.
- Two-sport athlete as a member of the Upper Darby wrestling program โฆ claimed two regional championships during his prep career at the 285-pound weight class.ย
PERSONAL
- Julien Laventure โฆ son of Lafontant and Amber Laventure โฆ is the oldest of five children with two brothers and two sisters ... expecting a daughter, Sariah, in October 2026.
- His football credo: Generalย of UNB (stands for unblockable, unbeatable, unbreakable).
- An interdisciplinary studies major at Texas Tech.
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