J.R. LaRose (born February 27, 1984 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian football safety for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He originally signed with the Edmonton Eskimos in 2005 as a territorial protected junior. He played for the Canadian Junior Football League's Edmonton Huskies, where his team won the Canadian Bowl in 2005. On May 10, 2010, it was announced that LaRose had signed with the BC Lions after impressing at a free agent camp in Surrey.