Reigning Big 12 champs start spring ball on Monday.
Is now established as one of the ringleaders of the OSU defense ... Improved throughout the season ... Is one of those players rarely caught in the wrong position ... Academic All-Big 12 first-teamer.
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.
Lavey's Career Stats
Year GP UT-AT-TT TFL Sacks INT PBU QBH FF FR
2010 9 9-1-10 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 13 46-28-74 5.0 1.0 1 0 1 1 0
Career 22 55-29-84 5.0 1.0 1 0 1 1 0
