2016 Football Roster

96 Thomas Chavira

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 255
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Oxnard, Calif
  • High School Oxnard High School

Biography

2015 (Junior): Appeared in all 11 games, recording 15 tackles...Seventh on the team with 3.0 tackles for a loss...Fourth on the team in sacks with 2.0...Forced and recovered one fumble.

2014 (Redshirt Sophomore): Named to the RMAC Honorable Mention team … Appeared in all 11 games with nine starts for Western, ranking eighth on the team in tackles with 42 … Made 21 solo stops on the season … Recorded 8.5 tackles for loss, five sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one safety and one quarterback hurry … Made eight tackles (7 solo), four sacks, forced one fumble and recorded a safety in a season-opening win over Wayland Baptist … Recovered a fumble against CSU-Pueblo.

2013 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 10 games with five starts, registering 17 tackles for the Mountaineers … Tied for second on the team with two quarterback hurries … Had 0.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks … Recorded four tackles against Colorado Mines.

2012 (Freshman): Redshirted … Received the Scout Team Player of the Year Award for defense.

High School: Competed for coach Mark Beckman at Oxnard High School in Oxnard, California … Received mention in the ESPN Rise preseason lists … Ventura/Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo County Regional First Team on defense … Earned First Team All-Pacific View League honors his junior season … Son of Tommy and Sheryll Chavira.

Chavira’s Career Bests
Tackles: 8, at Wayland Baptist, Sept. 6, 2014 (7-1)
Tackles for loss: 5, at Wayland Baptist, Sept. 6, 2014
Forced fumbles: 1, twice
Fumbles recovered: 1, twice
Sacks: 4, at Wayland Baptist, Sept. 6, 2014

Statistics

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2016

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Historical Player Information

  • 96

    2012Freshman

    Defensive Line
    0 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2013Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 265 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2014Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 253 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2015Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 264 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2016Redshirt Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 255 lbs
    96