Billy Lafortune

Height:
6-0
Weight:
276
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
High School:
Holland Hall
Prev School:
Holland Hall

Tulsa – A returning letterwinner . . . has played in eight career games . . . a former walk-on athlete who was put on scholarship during 2013 preseason camp . . . can play center and guard . . . 2014 – Played in four games . . . played 62 snaps at Colorado State and graded 86-percent at center . . . a week later, started his first career game at Temple at the center position and played 62 snaps . . . also saw playing time against Oklahoma and FAU . . . 2013 – Played in one game . . . saw action against East Carolina . . . 2012 – Played in three games . . . saw action against Tulane, Nicholls State and Houston . . . saw his first collegiate action against Tulane in the second game of the year . . . played 18 snaps at center against Tulane, and 23 snaps against Nicholls State . . . 2011 – Sat out the season as a true freshman due to redshirt status.

High School – Was a three-year letterman at Holland Hall High School . . . helped lead his team to a 10-1 record as a senior . . . started on both the offensive and defensive lines in each of his three seasons . . . earned first-team all-conference accolades his senior season . . . also lettered in basketball and lacrosse . . . spent his first year at Cascia Hall High School . . . high school coach was Tag Gross.

Personal – Favorite movie is Gladiator . . . his favorite sports movie is Miracle . . . favorite professional sports team is the Dallas Cowboys . . . Cowboys’ offensive guard Zack Martin is his favorite NFL player . . . favorite actor is Tom Hardy . . . if he could play a role in any movie, it would be of Sir William Wallace in Braveheart . . . the American Sniper is his favorite book . . . his favorite sport to watch besides football is basketball . . . the person, dead or alive, he would most want to meet is President George Washington . . . has two older siblings . . . parents are Bill and Kathy Lafortune . . . graduated with a degree in energy management last May, and is currently working towards a second degree in finance . . . born October 1, 1992.