Career Highlights
• 2025 First Team Freshman All-American
• 2025 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year
• 2025 All-Sun Belt Second Team
Career Summary
Was on the roster two years at James Madison (2024-25), earning Freshman All-America and Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors while helping JMU to a CFP berth in 2025 ... arrives in Westwood with 16 games of NCAA experience, including 14 starts at JMU ... in 2025, ranked second among all freshmen in the FBS and fifth overall in the Sun Belt with 7.0 sacks … set the Sun Belt title game record with 5.5 sacks and 3.0 sacks, in addition to recording a forced fumble, against Troy (Dec. 5, 2025).
2025 (James Madison)
Had a breakout season as a redshirt freshman, earning Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year honors after posting 45 tackles (16 solo) with 14.0 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks, one forced fumble, and four pass breakups ... selected as a First Team Freshman All-American by The Athletic ... voted to the Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team ... picked as JMU's Defensive Lineman of the Year ... had his best outing of the year in the Sun Belt Championship Game against Troy on dec. 5, posting JMU single-game career highs in tackles (10), TFLs (5.5), and sacks (3.0) to help the Dukes clinch a league title ... his TFL and sack totals were SBC title game records ... started all 14 of JMU's games at defensive end ... ranked fifth in the Sun Belt in sacks ... Had 1.5+ TFLs in six games ... had 1+ sack in four outings.
2024 (James Madison)
Entered two games as a true freshman at JMU ... utilized a redshirt year ... made his NCAA debut against Marshall on Nov. 30 ... played in the Boca Raton Bowl against Western Kentucky on Dec. 18 ... did not record any stats.
High School
Named First Team All-Metro by the Baltimore Sun as a senior, and was a second team pick as a junior ... earned second team all-state honors as a senior ... named first team all-conference as a junior and senior ... posted 71 tackles with 11.0 TFLs and 8.0 sacks as a senior ... as a junior recorded 63 tackles with 10.0 sacks and one interception ... helped Mount St. Joseph to playoff berths in 2022 and 2023.
Personal
Parents are Shieedah and Lamar West Sr. ... has two brothers: Lamar Jr. and Seth ... has two sisters: Sanaa and Lilliana ... his father played football at Morgan State ... majored in finance at JMU.