Darius Lassiter chose his own path, the one not taken by brother Kwinton, or older brother Kwamie II — who is now with the Cincinnati Bengals — or their father, the late Kwamie Lassiter who set a Kansas single-game interception record en route to All-Big 8 second-team honors in 1994.
PROVO — When BYU wide receiver Darius Lassiter suits up at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium for the Cougars' first-ever game in Big 12 Conference play Saturday afternoon, he may line up across from a familiar face: his brother, Kwinton.
"I just know that he is smiling up there," Darius Lassiter said. "This game is something he always wanted to see happen, and we finally get that opportunity, so it will be a big day for the family. No matter what the score is or the outcome of the game, he just wants us to go out there and play our hearts out with no regrets."
The elder Kwamie Lassiter never pushed his children to go to Kansas, but his influence was felt in the lives of each of his children, including three Division I football players and a daughter who danced in both the NBA and NFL.told KUsports.com last year He followed the path of his father, who worked as a radio host for the Arizona Cardinals' radio network and was a defensive backs coach at Mesa Community College and the UFL's Las Vegas Locomotives after his retirement, to Butler Community College and first-team all-conference and NJCAA All-America honorable mention honors.
But when no scholarship offer from Kansas came following graduation, he took the best offer he could at Eastern Michigan, where he caught 40 passes for 471 yards and four touchdowns in 13 games en route to a 9-4 season in 2022. Choosing BYU made Lassiter something of the odd-man out in his family, he freely jokes. It's easy to feel that way with two brothers who played for Kansas, and a father who led the Jayhawks to a 23-20 win over the Cougars in the 1992 Aloha Bowl.
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