Levarious Varnado

Position:
Defensive Back
Ht./Wt.:
5-10 / 189
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Calhoun City, Miss.
High School:
Calhoun City
Prev School:
Itawamba CC

2017 (Senior)
Played in 11 games, making 11 starts in the Ragin' Cajuns secondary ... Finished with 34 tackles (28 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss and one forced fumble ... Tied for second on the team with six pass breakups ... Made at least one tackle in all 11 games ... Opened the season with four solo tackles against Southeastern La. (9/2) in season opener ... Posted three solo tackles at Tulsa (9/9) ... Assisted on one tackle at Texas A&M (9/16) ... Bounced back with four solo tackles and one pass breakup against ULM (9/23) ... Broke-up three passes and recorded one solo tackle at Idaho (10/7) ... Posted three tackles (one solo), adding one pass breakup, against Texas State (10/12) ... Recorded three tackles, one for a loss, at Arkansas State (10/19) ... Made career-high seven tackles (four solo) at Ole Miss (11/11) ... Posted three solo tackles in back-to-back games against New Mexico State (11/18) and Georgia Southern (11/25), adding a tackle for loss and a pass breakup against the Eagles ... Had two tackles in season finale at Appalachian State (12/2) ... Earned second letter.

2016 (Junior)
Played in all 13 games for the Ragin' Cajuns, spending time as a reserve defensive back while serving as one of the primary return specialists on the team ... Averaged 15.8 yards on 20 kickoff returns for the Ragin' Cajuns, recording a long of 21 yards in games at Nex Mexico State (10/1) and Georgia Southern (11/10) ... Had a 35-yard punt return in nationally-televised game against Appalachian State (10/12) ... Posted 18 tackles on the season with 11 solos ... Had season-high six tackles against McNeese (9/10) ... Posted three tackles with a half-stop for loss at NMSU ... Credited with a pair of stops in games against Texas State (10/22), Idaho (11/5) and Georgia (11/19) ... Earned first letter.

Junior College
Recorded 44 tackles with an interception and three pass breakups as a sophomore at Itawamba Community College ... Averaged 23.0 yards on 11 kickoff return attempts ... Played in nine games as a freshman, recording 27 tackles with four pass breakups, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery ... Second on the team in all-purpose yards (414) ... Averaged 20.7 yards per kickoff return and caught three passes for 120 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Personal
Born Aug. 26, 1995 in Oxford, Miss. ... The son of Catreva Varnado ... Majoring in general studies.