BOULDER — Away from the field, he’s just Laviska Shenault Jr. — a mild-mannered, soft-spoken person who doesn’t like the spotlight.
Once he steps onto it, the Colorado sophomore receiver transforms into an alter ego he’s nicknamed “Viska 2Live” — a play-making wizard who’s vaulted into the conversation for the Heisman Trophy.
That humbleness and being the best he can be is his way of honoring his father, who died while getting out of the car to change drivers in 2009 while the family was returning home from a pool party. Shenault Jr. was only 10 at the time and a passenger in the vehicle.