2021 Football Roster
Jersey Number 30
Evan Staley
- Position:
- Kicker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Romney, W.Va.
- High School:
- Hampshire HS
- Saw action in 53 career games, good for No. 3 in program history
2021 (r-Sr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Played his sixth season, an NCAA COVID-19 eligible season
- Handled WVU's kickoffs, finishing with 52 kicks for 2,261 yards and nine touchbacks
- Ranks No. 6 on WVU’s career extra points made chart (117)
- Ranks No. 7 in school history in career field goals made (39) and kick scoring chart (232)
- WVU Co-Special Teams Player of the Week: Virginia Tech
2020 (Sr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Saw action in the first six games, handling kickoffs, field goals and extra-point attempts until sustaining a season-ending knee injury while making a special teams tackle against Kansas State
- Connected on 6-of-9 field goal attempts and all 19 extra-point tries to finish with 37 points, second on the team
- Had a long field goal of 45 yards at Texas Tech
- Was 2-for-2 at Oklahoma State and at Texas Tech
- Handled 24 kickoffs, averaging 60.3 yards per kick and had four touchbacks
2019 (r-Jr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Saw action in nine games; missed four games with leg injury
- Ranks No. 7 in school history in career field goals made with 33
- Finished with a team-leading 54 points (11 field goals and 21 extra points)
- Connected on 11-of-17 field goal attempts with a long of 44 yards at Kansas
- Registered 32 kickoffs for 1,915 yards, an average of 59.8 yards per kick and had 17 touchbacks
- Ranks No. 7 in the Big 12 in field goals per game (1.2)
- Also ranks No. 12 in the conference in scoring (6.0)
- Made both attempts at TCU from 40 and 24 yards
- Connected on 2-of-3 field goals against Oklahoma State
- Made a 29-yard field goal against Texas
- Connected on 3-of-4 field goals at Kansas, including a season-long 44 yarder
- Named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week following the Kansas game
- Made a 23-yard field goal against NC State to go along with five PATs
- Made 2-of-3 field goal attempts against James Madison, tallying a long of 43 yards
2018 (r-So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First-Team honors
- Has played in 25 career games
- Handles the team's kicking duties
- Finished 16-of-20 for the year in field goals, 59-60 in PAT’s and leads the team in scoring with 107 points
- Registered 74 kickoffs for 4,187 yards, averaging 56.6 yards per kick and had 24 touchbacks
- Ranks No. 2 in Big 12 overall scoring, No. 2 in Big 12 scoring by kickers and No. 25 nationally in scoring
- Ranks No. 3 in Big 12 field goal percentage and No. 3 in Big 12 field goals made
- Finished with a career-best 4-of-4 performance against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl
- Set Camping World Bowl records for most field goals in a game (4) and longest field goal (49)
- Also hit field goals of 28, 36 and 44 yards against the Orange
- Finished 8-of-8 on PATs against Oklahoma
- Two field goals and five PAT’s for 11 points at OSU
- A 47-yard FG; 6-6 on PAT’s vs. TCU, scoring nine points
- WVU Special Teams Champion: Texas
- Two field goals (45, 44) and four PAT’s at Texas
- Big night against Baylor with career-high three field goals and seven PAT’s for 16 total points. Also eight kickoffs for 484 yards and a 60.5 average
- Career-long 49-yard field goal against Kansas to go along with five PAT’s for an eight-point day
- Seven kickoffs and six PATs at Texas Tech
- Connected on 5-of-5 PATs vs. Kansas State and averaged 57.0 on six kickoffs vs. the Wildcats
- Connected on a 31-yard field goal vs. Youngstown State
- Hit two field goals in the win over Tennessee and averaged 60.2 yards on kickoffs
- Recipient of Tommy Nickolich Award as WVU’s top walk-on before earning a scholarship in spring 2018
2017 (r-Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First-Team honors
- Saw action in 13 games; handled all kicking duties for Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Texas, Oklahoma and Utah for the injured Mike Molina
- Had 77 kickoffs for 4,532 yards and an average of 58.9 yards per kickoff. Recorded 27 touchbacks; had multiple touchbacks in eight games, including season-high five at Kansas
- Averaged more than 60 yards on kickoffs in eight games
- Converted two field goals vs. Utah and averaged 60.0 yards on three kickoffs
- Made a 28-yard field goal, four PATs and had a 65.0 kickoff average with three touchbacks at Oklahoma
- Strong day vs. Texas with two kickoffs for 130 yards and a 65.0 average. Both kicks were touchbacks
- One touchback and four PATs at Kansas State
- First multiple field goal game against Iowa State, hitting from 36 and 28 yards
- Season-high eight points scored against the Cyclones
- Connected on first career field goal against OSU from 23-yard out
- Had eight kickoffs for a 64.1-yard average and three touchbacks against Texas Tech
- Averaged 65.0 on four kickoffs at TCU with three touchbacks
- Averaged 62.7 on nine kickoffs and had five touchbacks at Kansas
2016 (Fr.)
- Redshirted
High School
- Played for coach Darren Grace at Hampshire High
- Connected on seven field goals, including a season-long 54 yarder
- Averaged 42.5 yards per punt as a senior
- Won the Fulton Walker Award as top special teams player in the state
- Two-time all-state, including first team as a senior
- Two-time all-area selection
- All-Martinsburg Journal First Team honors
- All-Cumberland Times First Team honors
Personal
- Son of Scott and Laura Staley
- One of two children (1 sister)
- Graduated in May 2020 with his bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology
- Pursuing his master’s degree in safety management
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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