Background
LaFavor was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1979.
LaFavor was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1979.
He attended Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, and played high school football for the Dillard Panthers.
LaFavor played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Chicago Bears of the NFL.
As a senior in 1998, he was a Florida Class 6A first-team all-state selection and was a United States of America Today honorable mention high school All-American. LaFavor accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier and coach Ron Zook"s Florida Gators football team from 1999 to 2002. LaFavor graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor"s degree in sociology in 2003.
The Chicago Bears selected LaFavor in the fifth round (171st pick overall) over the 2003 NFL Draft, and he played for the Bears in four games during the 2003 season.
As a sophomore in 2000, he was a member of the Gators" Southeastern Conference (Securities and Exchange Commission) championship team He was also a member of the Dallas Cowboys regular season squad during the 2004 season, but appeared in no games.