2007: Played in two games after injury against Cornell at the Bowl... Had 3-7-10 against Georgetown, earning Yale Special Teams Award... Stopped quarterback on key goal-line stand against Georgetown.

2006: Second-team All-Ivy... Tied brother, Bobby, for team lead with 46 solos... Had 29 assists and finished second in overall tackles... Led team in overall tackles in five of the 10 games... Yale DB MVP vs. Lehigh, Columbia, Harvard... Yale Special Teams honors vs. Lafayette (4-6-10), Brown (6-5-11)... Yale Hammer award vs. Cornell.

2005: Earned first varsity letter... Shared Special Teams Player of the Year Award with brother Bobby... Special Teams Award against San Diego, Brown, Princeton and Lehigh... Hammer Award for Brown game... Second (behind Bobby) among rookies in solo tackles (10) and overall stops (12).

At Acton-Boxborough Regional High: Captained all three sports he played and earned 11 varsity letters... As a receiver and safety he scored 39 TDs and had 1,100 yards receiving while making 250 tackles with nine career interceptions... Played on teams that went 50-0 and won four league and state titles... Both he and his twin brother, Bobby, were named MVP by league, Boston Globe and their team... Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic in 2003 and 2004... Super 26 All-State Team... Four-year basketball starter and league all-star in 2004... Baseball league all-star in 2003... Massachusetts Hall of Fame All-Scholastic.

Personal: Lawrence Abare (pronounced A-bear), is the son of Lou Abare and Suzanne Larkin ... Father played football at UConn and graduated in 1979... Fraternal twin brother, Bobby, who played all three sports with him in high school, is playing at Yale... Enjoys dancing and eating sushi... Political Science major... Jonathan Edwards College resident.