1996 Bobby Dodd National Back of the Year
LaVar Arrington, North Hills High School (Pittsburgh, PA) LB/RB 6’3″ 230 lbs.
Arrington was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He played linebacker and running back at North Hills Senior High School in Pittsburgh. After his senior year, he was named the 1996 Parade National Player of the Year, the Bobby Dodd National Offensive Player of the Year, the Gatorade Player of the Year and USA Today Pennsylvania Player of the Year. He became the second player in Pennsylvania Class 4-A history to rush for more than 4,000 career yards, with 4,357 on 711 carries and 72 touchdowns. He played in the 1997 Big 33 Football Classic, the annual game between Pennsylvania and Ohio’s best high school football players. In basketball, he was recruited to play basketball for Georgetown, UMass, andNorth Carolina.
Also a standout sprinter, Arrington was on the school’s track & field team, where he recorded personal-best times of 10.85 seconds in the 100 meters and 23.14 seconds in the 200 meters. He also had top-jumps of 1.96 meters in the high jump and 6.76 meters in the long jump.
*per wikipedia