Oklahoma State held its 2013 Spring Finale Saturday, April 20 inside Boone Pickens Stadium.
Is now established as one of the ringleaders of the OSU defense ... Intelligent player on the field and a two-time Academic All-Big 12 pick off the field ... Enters his senior season with a string of 26 straight starts.
2012 (Junior): Of his 53 tackles on the season, 47 were solo stops ... Had a season-high nine tackles and a quarterback sack at Arizona ... Had six stops against Iowa State and five vs. Kansas State, West Virginia and Oklahoma ... Had tackles for loss against Louisiana, Kansas and Kansas State ... Against Baylor he had six tackles, two for loss, a quarterback hurry and a forced fumble ... Had two tackles with a quarterback sack against Purdue ... His seven tackles for loss ranked fourth on the squad ... Finished No. 18 in the Big 12 with 7.5 tackles for loss.
2011 (Sophomore): Started every game in the middle of the Cowboy defense ... Had a season best 12 total tackles at Texas, along with an early-game interception ... Also reached double figures in tackles at Texas A&M with 10 ... Had nine stops at Missouri ... Credited with six tackles against Baylor, Texas Tech and Stanford ... Finished third on the team with 74 tackles ... Forced a fumble against Oklahoma ... Had five tackles for loss, including an overtime TFL vs. Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl ... Lone sack of the season came against Kansas State.
2010 (Freshman): Slowed early by injury ... Made his season debut against Texas A&M and recorded his first tackle the following week at Louisiana ... Had three tackles at Kansas State and four against Baylor ... Had one tackle against Texas and Kansas ...Had 10 tackles in nine games.
High School: A Tom Lemming All-America selection ... One of the nation's most sought after linebackers, Lavey had offers from the likes of Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, TCU, Penn State and Miami, Fla., among others ... Rivals ranked him as the nation's No. 8 prospect at inside linebacker and No. 67 overall in the state of Texas ... Scout rated him No. 18 among inside linebacker prospects ... SuperPrep all-region selection and that service pegged him No. 52 among all Texas prospects ... Recorded at least 100 tackles all four seasons of high school ... A two-time Texas 3A all-state selection ... In 2008, he was the 3A state defensive player of the year ... Senior season stats included 119 tackles and six sacks.
Personal: Born July 14, 1991, in Dallas ... Son of Mike and Jenny Lavey ... Also a track standout as a prepster ... Finance major ... Has a sister and two brothers.
