West Virginia University Athletics

• 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