An All-Met selection from Gonzaga, Larkins played sparingly in two seasons for the Hoyas, seeing action in just six games over two seasons from 1950 through 1953.

Following graduation, he served two years in the U.S. Army before beginning a career with the Burroughs Corporation, later founding a word processing business in he Philadelphia area. In 1998, he was named to the Gonzaga College High School Hall of Fame.