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13 Lavain Scruggs

  • Position DB
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 215
  • Hometown Baltimore, MD
  • High School Archbishop Spalding
  • Major Family Health
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Biography

As a Redshirt Junior in 2025: 
  • Finished with four tackles and one interception against FAU (8/30).
As a Redshirt Sophomore in 2024:
  • Played in all 12 games, starting four
  • Totaled 43 tackles (24 solo), one tackle for a loss, three passes defended and one interception
  • Forced one fumble and recoved one fumble
  • Fifth on team in tackles with 43
  • Five tackles at Minnesota (10/26) and at No. 1 Oregon (11/9)
  • Five tackles at Minnesota (10/26)
  • Key second-half INT with a 51-yard return vs. USC (10/19)
  • Also had career-high six tackles vs. the Trojans
  • Three tackles vs. Northwestern (10/11)
  • Tallied six tackles, one PBU and recovered a fumble at Indiana
  • Made first career start at Virginia (9/14), first ever forced fumble
  • Career-high three tackles vs. UConn (8/31)
As a Redshirt Freshman in 2023:
  • Appeared in 11 games
  • Totaled five tackles (four solo) and one interception
  • Recorded two solo tackles and first career interception in win vs. Auburn at TransPerfect Music City Bowl (12/30)
As a Freshman in 2022:
  • Did not appear in game action.

Before Maryland: 
  • No. 21 player in Maryland, according to ESPN
  • Helped lead Archbishop Spalding HS to 10-1 record and undefeated 5-0 MIAA slate in 2021
  • 2021 All-MIAA Conference
  • As a sophomore in 2019, Scruggs tallied 21 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a 32-yard interception in seven games played
  • High school teammate of fellow Maryland commit Kellan Wyatt
  • Played a mixture of safety and cornerback at Archbishop Spalding
  • Chose Maryland over Buffalo, UMass and Temple

Personal:
  • He has four siblings: Devin Scruggs, Myka Scruggs, Jaliza Johnson, and Lyndell Bolling
  • He chose Maryland because the love was different and there is no better place to do it than his city
  • His sports hero is Kobe Bryant
  • His favorite TV show is Blacklist
  • His favorite movie is Extraction 1 & 2
  • His favorite restaurants are Mama Lucia’s, Chipotle, and Iron Rooster
CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: Tackles: 6 vs. USC 10/19/24
TFL: 0.5 at Virginia 9/14/24
Interceptions: 1 vs. Auburn 12/30/23
Forced Fumbles: 1 at Virginia 9/14/24

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2022Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 190 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 209 lbs
    34
  • 13

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 207 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'3" 215 lbs
    13