Shawn Sisifo Lauvao (born October 26, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 2010 NFL draft. He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils.
 Lauvao with the Washington Redskins in 2015 | |||||||
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||
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| Born: | October 26, 1987 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 308 lb (140 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school: | Farrington (Honolulu) | ||||||
| College: | Arizona State | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2010 / round: 3 / pick: 92 | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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College career
editLauvao started his last 33 games at Arizona State—17 at left guard, 12 at left tackle and four at right tackle. He earned Second Team All-Pac-10 honors during his junior and senior years.
Professional career
editPre-draft
editAlthough playing the left tackle spot in college, Lauvao projected as a guard in the NFL. He drew comparisons to Kynan Forney.[1]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft 2+7⁄8 in (1.90 m) |
315 lb (143 kg) |
33 in (0.84 m) |
9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) |
5.29 s | 4.51 s | 7.56 s | 33 in (0.84 m) |
8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) |
33 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine.[2] | ||||||||||||
Cleveland Browns
editLauvao was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the third round (92nd overall) of the 2010 NFL draft.[3][4] Lauvao became a starter his second season, starting all 16 games the next two seasons.
Washington Redskins
editOn March 11, 2014, Lauvao signed a four-year, $17 million contract with the Washington Redskins.[5] He took over the starting left guard position in the Redskins' offensive line after the previous starter, Kory Lichtensteiger, switched to center.[6][7]
In Week 3 of the 2015 season, Lauvao exited the game early with an ankle injury. On September 29, 2015, he was placed on injured reserve.[8]
On November 21, 2017, Lauvao was placed on injured reserve after dealing with a stinger injury that sidelined him for a few weeks prior.[9]
On May 4, 2018, Lauvao re-signed with the Redskins.[10] On November 5, he was placed on injured reserve after suffering a torn ACL in Week 9.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Shawn Lauvao Draft Profile", CBSSports.com
- ^ NFL Combine Profile
- ^ "2010 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ^ "Lauvao brings physicality, toughness". ClevelandBrowns.com. April 23, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ^ Jones, Mike (March 11, 2014). "Redskins sign guard Shawn Lauvao". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- ^ Clarke, Liz (August 6, 2014). "Gruden: Kory Lichtensteiger a pleasant surprise at center". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ El-Bashir, Tarik (July 30, 2014). "Jay Gruden talks read option, Shawn Lauvao, Pierre Garon and more". CSNWashington.com. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ Czarda, Stephen (September 29, 2015). "Redskins Sign Dunbar, Foster; Lauvao, Rogers Placed On IR". Redskins.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ Czarda, Stephen (November 21, 2017). "Redskins Place Four On Injured Reserve, Sign Four To Active Roster". Redskins.com.
- ^ Gantt, Darin (May 4, 2018). "Washington brings back guard Shawn Lauvao". ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com.
- ^ Shook, Nick (November 5, 2018). "Roundup: Scherff, Lauvao, Richardson out for year". NFL.com.
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