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
| Career | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Career | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions | Misc | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |