Career
He was drafted 33rd overall in the 2013 Canadian Football League Draft by the British Columbia Lions and signed with the club on May 27, 2013. Following his release from the Lions, he was signed by the Argonauts on May 30, 2015. He was released by the Argonauts on June 20, 2015.
McGarva played Commonwealth of Independent States football with the Windsor Lancers.
McGarva is an active part of British Columbia Lions community programs. Predominantly, he is an advocate for "Being More Than A Bystander" movement to eliminate gender violence.
