Mountaineer second-year starter at the weak-side linebacker position … ability to contribute in a number of defensive packages and on every special team ... previous bowl trips: 2005 Gator, 2006 Sugar, 2007 Gator, 2008 Fiesta.
2007 (r-Jr.): awarded with the Coach’s Contribution Award by the coaching staff … second-leading tackler on the team with 89 tackles, including tying with a team-high 48 solo stops … posted six sacks, third on the team and one interception … also had 11 tackles for loss, third on the team … tied for the team lead in forced fumbles (3) and recovered two fumbles … four double-figure tackle totals, including two of the last three games … honored with the coaches contribution award … team champion: East Carolina … BIG EAST Player of the Week for the Connecticut game … three tackles and one pass breakup against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl … career-high 11 tackles, including two sacks, three tackles for loss and a forced fumble against UConn … collected 10 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss against Pitt … 10 tackles, including eight solo stops, a fumble recovery and a tackle for loss at Rutgers … tallied 10 tackles, a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss against Western Michigan … eight tackles, including a tackle for loss at Maryland … six tackles, a sack, an interception and a forced fumble against East Carolina … six tackles, including five solo stops and a forced fumble at USF … five tackles, including a sack at Marshall … three assisted tackles, assisted on a tackle for loss, and returned a fumble 25 yards against Mississippi State.
2006 (r-So.): played in 11 games and finished with 26 tackles, including 14 solo stops … one pass breakup … recovery from a 2006 spring knee injury limited his contributions … season-high seven tackles against Cincinnati … finished with five tackles against Pitt and three tackles and a pass breakup at UConn.
2005 (r-Fr.): played behind Kevin McLee at will linebacker, making 44 tackles ... three tackles and a tackle for loss against Wofford ... three tackles in Maryland win ... pair of stops in East Carolina victory ... four tackles vs. Virginia Tech ... five solo stops in win over Louisville ... three tackles in the Connecticut win ... five tackles at Cincinnati ... six tackles in the Pitt win.
2004 (Fr.): did not see varsity action, but won the Danny Van Etten Award from the WVU coaches as the scout team player of the year on defense ... scout team champion: UCF.
Prep: more than 2,000 yards offense as a senior quarterback at Gateway High ... passed for 1,476 yards and 19 scores without an interception ... team MVP for Coach Terry Smith ... led the Gators to a 9-2 record and the WPIAL Quad South championship ... first team all-state from AP and Pennsylvania Football News ... two-year Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fabulous 22, Tribune-Review Terrific 25, Harrisburg Patriot News Platinum 33, Pennsylvania Keystone Club award ... Gateway scholar-athlete ... also a basketball letterman.
Personal: birthday is April 26 ... son of Mortty and Andrea Ivy and Deanna Ivy ... a communications major.
