STEVE OCTAVIEN #96

Position	Linebacker
Height	6-0
Weight	238
Years Experience	R
Birthdate	11/25/1984
Hometown	Belle Glade, FL
College	Nebraska
Current status	Active
Games Started	0
Games Played	0

College Bio

Saw action in 22 games (10 starts) in three seasons at Nebraska … Totaled 128 tackles (80 solo), 3.0 sacks (-10.0 yards), 21.0 tackles for loss (-64.0 yards), 11 QB pressures, five passes defensed and a forced fumble … Began his collegiate career at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois.

2007: Played in all 12 games, logging eight starts … Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors and was named the team’s defensive MVP … Recorded 92 tackles (56 solo), 2.0 sacks (-9.0 yards), 15.0 tackles for loss, nine QB pressures and three passes defensed.

2006: Saw duty in nine games and drew a starting nod in the Big 12 Championship Game … Finished the year with 32 tackles (21 solo), a sack (-1.0 yard), 4.0 stops for loss, one QB pressure, two passes defensed and a forced fumble.

2005: Started the season opener vs. Maine, but was granted a medical redshirt after being injured in that contest … Logged four tackles (three solo), 2.5 tackles for loss and a QB pressure.

Junior College: Helped William Rainey Harper College to a 19-3 record over two years … Was also a track standout, running the second leg on the school’s 2004 national champion 400-meter relay team and won the Division III junior college discus title with a throw of 164'-7" ... Graduated from Nebraska with a degree in Sociology.

Personal Bio

• A three-year starter for Lely High School in Naples, Florida.

• Also won the state discus title as a junior and finished second as a senior.

• Full Name: Steven Octavien (pronounced oct-TAVE-ee-en).

• Single, Resides in Omaha, Nebraska.