Personal
- Born in Salt Lake City
- Parents are Bob and Sandy Kariya
- Speaks Mandarin Chinese
- Eagle Scout
- Served a church mission in Melbourne, Australia from 2006-2008
- Majoring in Chinese
- Recruited by Navy, Southern Utah, Weber State, Idaho Sate and Utah State
- Married to wife Samantha
Before BYU
- A three-year letterwinner at Davis HS
- Helped lead Davis HS to the 5-A State Championship as a junior
- Totaled 1,016 yards rushing as a senior and scored 16 touchdowns
- Academic All-State selection
- Earned all-state honors
- Named the 5-A Most Valuable Player
- Football team captain
- Also lettered in baseball
- Earned academic all-state honors in baseball
- Shared the top GPA in the graduating class at Davis High School with a 4.0 grade-point average
Offensive
| Year |
GP |
REC |
YDS |
Y/R |
LNG |
TD |
ATT |
YDS |
Y/A |
LNG |
TD |
NO |
LOST |
| 2011 |
13 |
13 |
88 |
6.77 |
12 |
1 |
74 |
298 |
4.03 |
22 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| 2010 |
13 |
21 |
122 |
5.81 |
14 |
0 |
137 |
537 |
3.92 |
18 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| 2009 |
13 |
16 |
186 |
11.63 |
49 |
2 |
55 |
199 |
3.62 |
15 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| 2008 |
12 |
4 |
21 |
5.25 |
8 |
0 |
12 |
67 |
5.58 |
16 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTALS: |
51 |
54 |
417 |
7.72 |
49 |
3 |
278 |
1101 |
3.96 |
22 |
15 |
2 |
1 |
Defensive
| Year |
GP |
SOLO |
AST |
TOT |
TFL/YDS |
NO |
YDS |
INT |
YDS |
TD |
FF |
FR |
FRYDS |
QBH |
PBU |
| 2011 |
13 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 / 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2010 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 / 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2009 |
13 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 / 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2008 |
12 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 / 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTALS: |
51 |
10 |
- |
1 |
- / - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Offensive Line
| Career |
| Year |
GP |
GS |
| 2011 |
13 |
3 |
| 2010 |
13 |
9 |
| 2009 |
13 |
1 |
| 2008 |
12 |
1 |
| TOTALS: |
51 |
14 |
Running Back
6-0 / 217 lbs
Running Back
6-0 / 217 lbs
Running Back
6-0 / 217 lbs
Running Back
6-0 / 217 lbs