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Luke Staley

Lucas Staley

Running Back

6-1, 218 lbs

Tualatin, Oregon

Born: September 16, 1980 in Bountiful, Utah (45-234)

High School: Tualatin HS

Draft: Detroit Lions in Round 7 of the 2002 NFL Draft

Relatives: Brother Dustin Staley

2001 Doak Walker Award 2001 MWC Off. Player of the Year 1x AP All-American 1x Consensus All-American 1x All-MWC 5x MWC POTW 1999 MWC Freshman of the Year BYU Athletic Hall of Fame No. 6 Retired

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Passing

Season	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	INT	Lng	Eff	Sacked	Sack Yds
2001	1	1	100.0	11	11.0	0	0	11	192.4	0	0
Total	1	1	100.0	11	11.0	0	0	11	192.4	0	0

Rushing

Season	Att	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	Lng
1999	99	435	4.4	10	61
2000	130	479	3.7	7	22
2001	197	1582	8.0	24	65
Total	426	2496	5.9	41	65

Receiving

Season	Rec	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1999	26	339	13.0	3	36
2000	28	327	11.7	0	48
2001	32	320	10.0	4	28
Total	86	986	11.5	7	48

Kick Returns

Season	No	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
2001	4	102	25.5	0	49
Total	4	102	25.5	0	49

Defense

Season	Tkl	Solo	Ast
1999	1	0	1
2000	1	1	0
Total	2	1	1

Scoring

Season	Touchdowns								PAT		FGM	Sfty	Pts
Season	RshTD	RecTD	KRTD	PRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
1999	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	78
2000	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	42
2001	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	170
Career	41	7	0	0	0	0	0	48	1	0	0	0	290

Participation

Season	Class	No	Pos	Games	Starts
1999	FR	26	RB	9	4
2000	SO	6	RB	10	10
2001	JR	6	RB	11	11
Total				30	25

Roster History

Season	Class	No	Pos
1999	FR	26	RB
2000	SO	6	RB
2001	JR	6	RB

Passing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	Long	Eff
Oct 5, 2001	H	USU	W 54-34	1	1	1	100.0	11	11.0	11	192.4

Rushing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Sep 9, 1999	H	UW	W 35-28	0	8	39	4.9	2	11
Sep 16, 1999	H	CSU	W 34-13	1	14	65	4.6	2	27
Sep 25, 1999	H	UVA	L 40-45	0	8	79	9.9	2	41
Oct 9, 1999	H	CAL	W 38-28	1	15	53	3.5	1	13
Oct 16, 1999	A	UNM	W 31-7	0	8	69	8.6	1	61
Oct 23, 1999	A	UNLV	W 29-0	1	7	54	7.7	1	16
Oct 30, 1999	H	AFA	W 27-20	1	26	68	2.6	1	12
Nov 6, 1999	A	SDSU	W 30-7	0	6	5	0.8	0	4
Dec 27, 1999	B	MRSH	L 3-21	0	7	3	0.4	0	5
Aug 26, 2000	N	FSU	L 3-29	1	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Sep 9, 2000	A	AFA	L 23-31	1	9	50	5.6	1	15
Sep 23, 2000	H	UNLV	W 10-7	1	28	167	6.0	0	22
Sep 30, 2000	A	SYR	L 14-42	1	6	1	0.2	0	3
Oct 6, 2000	H	USU	W 38-14	1	16	75	4.7	3	12
Oct 21, 2000	H	SDSU	L 15-16	1	11	29	2.6	0	8
Oct 26, 2000	H	WYO	W 19-7	1	23	88	3.8	0	15
Nov 2, 2000	A	CSU	L 21-45	1	6	4	0.7	1	4
Nov 18, 2000	H	UNM	W 37-13	1	13	36	2.8	2	9
Nov 24, 2000	A	UTAH	W 34-27	1	17	30	1.8	0	9
Aug 25, 2001	H	TULN	W 70-35	1	10	142	14.2	3	65
Sep 1, 2001	H	NEV	W 52-7	1	11	124	11.3	2	44
Sep 8, 2001	A	CAL	W 44-16	1	9	47	5.2	0	19
Sep 29, 2001	A	UNLV	W 35-31	1	15	77	5.1	0	23
Oct 5, 2001	H	USU	W 54-34	1	23	207	9.0	4	37
Oct 20, 2001	H	AFA	W 63-33	1	14	134	9.6	2	32
Oct 27, 2001	A	SDSU	W 59-21	1	17	165	9.7	3	63
Nov 1, 2001	H	CSU	W 56-34	1	22	196	8.9	5	44
Nov 10, 2001	A	WYO	W 41-34	1	31	172	5.5	4	55
Nov 17, 2001	H	UTAH	W 24-21	1	17	169	9.9	1	54
Dec 1, 2001	A	MSST	W 41-38	1	28	149	5.3	0	23

Receiving

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Sep 9, 1999	H	UW	W 35-28	0	5	4	56	14.0	0	19
Sep 16, 1999	H	CSU	W 34-13	1	3	3	35	11.7	1	25
Sep 25, 1999	H	UVA	L 40-45	0	4	3	10	3.3	0	9
Oct 9, 1999	H	CAL	W 38-28	1	3	3	58	19.3	0	36
Oct 16, 1999	A	UNM	W 31-7	0	3	3	78	26.0	0	34
Oct 23, 1999	A	UNLV	W 29-0	1	1	1	13	13.0	0	13
Oct 30, 1999	H	AFA	W 27-20	1	9	8	69	8.6	1	27
Nov 6, 1999	A	SDSU	W 30-7	0	1	1	20	20.0	1	20
Aug 26, 2000	N	FSU	L 3-29	1	3	2	6	3.0	0	4
Sep 9, 2000	A	AFA	L 23-31	1	4	2	28	14.0	0	17
Sep 23, 2000	H	UNLV	W 10-7	1	3	2	19	9.5	0	14
Sep 30, 2000	A	SYR	L 14-42	1	3	3	37	12.3	0	20
Oct 6, 2000	H	USU	W 38-14	1	3	1	26	26.0	0	26
Oct 21, 2000	H	SDSU	L 15-16	1	3	3	48	16.0	0	28
Oct 26, 2000	H	WYO	W 19-7	1	4	3	78	26.0	0	48
Nov 2, 2000	A	CSU	L 21-45	1	9	7	36	5.1	0	19
Nov 18, 2000	H	UNM	W 37-13	1	5	3	35	11.7	0	21
Nov 24, 2000	A	UTAH	W 34-27	1	3	2	14	7.0	0	7
Aug 25, 2001	H	TULN	W 70-35	1	4	4	38	9.5	0	28
Sep 8, 2001	A	CAL	W 44-16	1	6	2	46	23.0	1	27
Sep 29, 2001	A	UNLV	W 35-31	1	6	4	40	10.0	1	14
Oct 5, 2001	H	USU	W 54-34	1	4	4	44	11.0	1	28
Oct 20, 2001	H	AFA	W 63-33	1	5	3	33	11.0	0	26
Oct 27, 2001	A	SDSU	W 59-21	1	2	2	13	6.5	0	8
Nov 1, 2001	H	CSU	W 56-34	1	3	3	28	9.3	0	13
Nov 10, 2001	A	WYO	W 41-34	1	3	3	26	8.7	0	18
Nov 17, 2001	H	UTAH	W 24-21	1	6	3	28	9.3	1	16
Dec 1, 2001	A	MSST	W 41-38	1	4	4	24	6.0	0	17

Kick Returns

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Aug 25, 2001	H	TULN	W 70-35	1	1	18	18.0	18
Sep 8, 2001	A	CAL	W 44-16	1	1	13	13.0	13
Sep 29, 2001	A	UNLV	W 35-31	1	1	22	22.0	22
Oct 5, 2001	H	USU	W 54-34	1	1	49	49.0	49

Defense

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Tkl
Oct 23, 1999	A	UNLV	W 29-0	1	1
Oct 26, 2000	H	WYO	W 19-7	1	1

Participation

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS
Sep 9, 1999	H	UW	W 35-28	0
Sep 16, 1999	H	CSU	W 34-13	1
Sep 25, 1999	H	UVA	L 40-45	0
Oct 9, 1999	H	CAL	W 38-28	1
Oct 16, 1999	A	UNM	W 31-7	0
Oct 23, 1999	A	UNLV	W 29-0	1
Oct 30, 1999	H	AFA	W 27-20	1
Nov 6, 1999	A	SDSU	W 30-7	0
Dec 27, 1999	B	MRSH	L 3-21	0
Aug 26, 2000	N	FSU	L 3-29	1
Sep 9, 2000	A	AFA	L 23-31	1
Sep 23, 2000	H	UNLV	W 10-7	1
Sep 30, 2000	A	SYR	L 14-42	1
Oct 6, 2000	H	USU	W 38-14	1
Oct 21, 2000	H	SDSU	L 15-16	1
Oct 26, 2000	H	WYO	W 19-7	1
Nov 2, 2000	A	CSU	L 21-45	1
Nov 18, 2000	H	UNM	W 37-13	1
Nov 24, 2000	A	UTAH	W 34-27	1
Aug 25, 2001	H	TULN	W 70-35	1
Sep 1, 2001	H	NEV	W 52-7	1
Sep 8, 2001	A	CAL	W 44-16	1
Sep 29, 2001	A	UNLV	W 35-31	1
Oct 5, 2001	H	USU	W 54-34	1
Oct 20, 2001	H	AFA	W 63-33	1
Oct 27, 2001	A	SDSU	W 59-21	1
Nov 1, 2001	H	CSU	W 56-34	1
Nov 10, 2001	A	WYO	W 41-34	1
Nov 17, 2001	H	UTAH	W 24-21	1
Dec 1, 2001	A	MSST	W 41-38	1

Rushing

Season	Team	Lg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2003	Detroit Lions	NFL	12	45	3.8	0
		NFL	12	45	3.8	0

Receiving

Season	Team	Lg	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
2003	Detroit Lions	NFL	2	16	8.0	0
		NFL	2	16	8.0	0

Date	Team	League	Transaction
Jul 22, 2002	Detroit Lions	NFL	Signed contract
Aug 19, 2002	Detroit Lions	NFL	Placed on injured reserve
Aug 25, 2003	Detroit Lions	NFL	Waived

Combine

Year	Event	Ht	Wt	40-Yd	Vert	Bench	Broad	3-Cone	Shuttle
2002	NFL Combine	601	227	4.42

2001 - Broken leg on Dec. 1. Missed final 2 games.
2001 - Announced on 12/26 that he was skipping his senior season to enter the 2002 NFL Draft