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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Amarillo, TX
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 | High School: Amarillo HS
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 | Height / Weight: 6-0 / 214
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 | Position: LB
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 | Experience: 3L
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1999: Played in seven games, making 14 tackles (eight solo, six assist) ... Missed first four games with a shoulder injury ... Credited with one tackle for loss ... Had a season-high four tackles at Kansas ... Had three tackles against both Texas Tech and Kansas State ... First-team academic all-conference ... Named to the fall and spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
1998: Played in all 11 games and made 33 tackles, 22 of those solo ... He also had two quarterback hurries ... Made eight tackles, six solo and one for a two-yard loss, and caused a fumble against Oklahoma ... Had his first fumble recovery at Colorado to kill a Buff drive late ... During the offseason, Lary received the Blair Cherry Award as the top college athlete from Amarillo and was honored with “Jason Lary Day” ... First-team academic all-conference ... Named to the fall and spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
1997: Played in 10 of 11 games, mostly on special teams ... Named Baylor’s scout team defensive player of the week once ... Made a splash in the 1997 Bear Fest (preseason scrimmage) at linebacker as a walk-on.
High School: Amarillo High School, Amarillo, Texas ... Lary played linebacker in high school and started as a senior ... He lettered as a junior and senior ... His team advanced into the first round of the playoffs both years ... District 3-5A defensive player of the year as a senior ... Named to the Amarillo Globe News Regional Super Team ... As a senior, he was the team leader with 88 tackles, eight for loss ... He also had five interceptions, one for a touchdown ... .He had 110 total return yards following turnovers ... He was a member of National Honor Society and was on the UIL all-academic team ... Who’s Who Among American High School Students ... He also played basketball as a freshman and sophomore.
Personal:: Jason Michael Lary ... Born Aug. 22, 1979 ... Son of Mike and Pam Lary ... Father played basketball at Northeast Louisiana ... Majoring in marketing.