Lashar was born in Santa Monica, California, and moved several times growing up.
Lashar was lightly recruited in high school and enrolled at the University of Oklahoma as a walk-on over a similar offer from Arkansas.
[1] Lashar joined the Oklahoma Sooners as a walk-on and redshirted as a true freshman in 1982.
[2] He finished his collegiate career with a then-school record 48 field goal attempts and scored 321 points.
[3] Lashar was signed by the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent in 1987 but was cut during training camp.