most of these runs came when Crowton came on the scene, and he was a more developed player NOT BECAUSE the scheduling, and to think because the rest of the team had high calibre players staley was just get ball and run. You obviously never carried a football more than once in your lifetime because its never the same that is pure athleticism to make those runs you ignorant prick
Enough with the Luke Staley man-crush! He is the most overrated BYU RB of all time. His speed was pretty good and he had good hands, but when I watch the highlights I notice he never jukes anyone. He has no lateral movement. The blocking is amazing. He benefited greatly from Doman being an option threat. He also had a great season against one of the worst schedules of all time. Jamal Willis, Brian Mckenzie, and Ronney Jenkins were all better and would have easily put up better numbers
Jenkins was small. He never did anything beyond kick returner in the NFL. Willis was tall and not that fast but a good receiver out of the back field. I don't remember any breakaway plays like Staley had. Don't remember much about McKenzie. Why didn't you mention Lakei Heimuli and Pete Van Valkenberg for completeness. BYU backs always have flaws. The more well-rounded backs go to places like Ohio State, USC, Alabama, etc.
luke staley was so talented but he made the biggest dumbass decisions. he is only self appreciating and not shy at all. DESERET NEWS IS LYING STUPID SONS OF BITCHS. he was only self appreciating. stopped going to the nfl. WHat a fucking joke
Luke Staley, like all white running backs in the last 10 years, got screwed over by the NFL cos the stupid (white) coaches cant comprehend a white man being a good athlete. Luckily Toby Gerhart is starting to change that.
50 years ago nobody wanted a black QB, that was the same bullshit stereotyping.
Great White Hope. Luke Staley was the truth and he would have been a good NFL player if his knees were healthy. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS REVERSE RACISM IN THE NFL. Luke Staley probably just decided not to aggressively pursue an NFL career because he did not want to risk further damage to his knees.
He also ran too upright for the NFL, as a BYU grad, BYU doesn't produce good NFL backs. Staley and Brown, now Unga all had good college careers, but they lacked the top end speed and durability to play halfback in the pros. Staley was faster than Unga or Brown, but not durable enough.
LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! That is all. Lol somebody "disliked' this video-obviously a ute fan...they are still sore about that one as well ;)
Staley should have been a star in the NFL but the Caste system rarely allows a White athlete to play skill positions, unfortunately. If a coach and scouts believe, subconsciously or not that a black athlete is superior than a White athlete can't do anything to overcome that perception.
are you kidding??? racism?? dude the nfl is a business all they care about is winning. Winning = more money,more bonuses,job security, and more fans jumping on the band wagon... everyone likes a winner right?? they will always put the best person in that position... the only white I think as of right now that will tear it up is.......Gerhart...
Luke wasn't doping, just as Jake Sharp isn't doping. You really think his fragility affected him that much? It certainly didn't keep him from leading the nation in YPC and total TDs in 2001. He won the Doak Walker Award after running for 1,596 yards in 11 games. The injury excuse is lame at best. It was his skin color and nothing more. Plenty of black athletes came into the NFL with a history of injuries and they were given years to develop. The injury argument doesn't hold any water at all.
His skin color? He had many knee problems throughout his college career, and his knee got jacked a few months before the draft. Not to mention the guy clearly was doping
Care to back that up? What evidence do you have that he was doping? If you don't have any and it's just some stupid opinion you have shut your jackass mouth.
An account from another player. Yeah I know that isn't concrete evidence, but you seriously have to be stupid to think a guy can recover from that many knee injuries and come back and win the Doak Walker award without roids
@mooseclamps Hardesty had many knee problems his entire career, never a season like Staley ,2nd round, is scheduled to get half the carries despite Hillis rushing for 1k last year proving he could be a great feature back.
I agree that he deserved a more legit shot at the NFL than he was given, but Staley had knee problems for far longer than one season; he underwent something like five surgeries throughout high school. He really should've used his senior season to prove that he could stay healthy (the broken leg he suffered against MSU was very unfortunate).
Luke didn't have enough injury problems in college to warrant being picked in the 7th round. I mean, he won the Doak Walker Award for crying out loud. His skin color clearly had a lot to do with his drafting and his early release. How many black Doak winners would (or have been) treated that way by the NFL?
i hate to say it but i think your right how many times ive hard people say that the big fast white guys almost always get put at line backer instead of running back, one of the few exceptions was Jacob hester for LSU in 2007 and what did he do? Only rush for like 140 yards on Ohio States #1 defense and rush for over a 1000 yards in the SEC without lossing a single fumble. The sigma against white running backs is the same stigma against black coachs both are wrong and need to be corrected.
Well...he was really fragile. And after playing in the NFL for 10 years...I don't think they cared one bit about his skin color. His 40 time was ridiculous. This kid could run! But he was so fragile that it scared everyone off.
a couple actually. Greg Lewis won the award, was drafted by the broncos in the late 5th round then cut after 1 season. Trevor Cobb went undrafted, signed with the bears then got cut before the end of the season. I just think Luke staley (like many great college players) wasn't cut out for the nfl. I just think you're a little bit racist
Lewis was treated better than Staley. 5th round draft to 7th and actually allowed to roster for a season. Cobb is the only one who was treated worse than Staley. 1 black winner out of 16 treated worse than Staley (the only white winner until this week) was by the NFL and I'm supposed to believe it was coincidence? No way did Luke Staley get anything approaching fair treatment. Let's see what happens to Gerhart in the combine, draft and first season. I just think you're a little bit ignorant.
The NFL hasnt let a white guy be a starting running back in 25 years. Are you telling me that in a nation of 250 million, in 25 years, there wasnt a single white guy good enough to be a pro running back?
Theres something else at work. Just like blacks werent allowed play QB in the 50s and 60s, whites are shunned as Running backs nowadays. Its racism in both cases and needs to be recognised as such.
haha ok. but you got your facts all messed up. Nick Goings (white) was the panthers staring RB in 2004 and most FB are white. but hey, what ever makes you fell better. c ya
Nick goings is a light skinned black. Also, im talking about running backs, not full backs. White running backs are always switched to fullback, cant have a white guy running the ball, that would upset (black) locker room chemistry.
Nick Goings was and always has been a fullback. He only started 8 games in 2004 at the Halfback spot because DeShaun Foster was hurt the better part of the year and Carolina really had nobody to back him up because I think "He Hate Me", who was really just a return man, was hurt quite a bit that year too. Probably the reason we couldn't return to the playoffs.
haha, quit dick riding luke staley you faggot! thens didnt plan out the way he wanted, big deal, get over it! haha, sounds like you just need an excuse for why he sucked in the nfl
His knees were destroyed - multiple surgeries that didn't go well on each knee. He had a fairly minor injury with the Lions in the preseason in 2002 and when team doctors saw what a mess his knees were, they advised against letting him play in the NFL.
BTW - his low draft status (7th round) was ENTIRELY a function of his knee problems/injuries, not his ability. If people thought he could have stayed healthy, he would've been a first rounder...
dude was the best running back byu has ever had. Nobody comes close. Watching him from the 5th row as he waltzed into the endzone to go up against utah that year was one of the best moments of my college football watching career.
Basically he got injured and they gave up on him, if they were ever going to give him a shot to begin with. (7th round pick - unlikely)
I don't pretend to know what the NFL criteria for good running backs is, but I'm just glad he played for BYU when he did. To be honest, most of the football I watch is college and of that, about 75% is BYU. NFL lost my interest a long time ago.
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Stupid luke staley, what were you thinking trying to play running back in the nfl, dont you know that youre white and therefore are incapable of being a good running back?
NOBODY WAS HAVING A MAN CRUSH ON ANYONE!
thesuperbeast46 1 month ago
most of these runs came when Crowton came on the scene, and he was a more developed player NOT BECAUSE the scheduling, and to think because the rest of the team had high calibre players staley was just get ball and run. You obviously never carried a football more than once in your lifetime because its never the same that is pure athleticism to make those runs you ignorant prick
88lostprophets88 1 month ago
BTW - Stayley got cut but the Lions. (SGC)
jscorn 2 months ago
Enough with the Luke Staley man-crush! He is the most overrated BYU RB of all time. His speed was pretty good and he had good hands, but when I watch the highlights I notice he never jukes anyone. He has no lateral movement. The blocking is amazing. He benefited greatly from Doman being an option threat. He also had a great season against one of the worst schedules of all time. Jamal Willis, Brian Mckenzie, and Ronney Jenkins were all better and would have easily put up better numbers
icetre4 3 months ago
Jenkins was small. He never did anything beyond kick returner in the NFL. Willis was tall and not that fast but a good receiver out of the back field. I don't remember any breakaway plays like Staley had. Don't remember much about McKenzie. Why didn't you mention Lakei Heimuli and Pete Van Valkenberg for completeness. BYU backs always have flaws. The more well-rounded backs go to places like Ohio State, USC, Alabama, etc.
Gamebox27 2 months ago
Cool video but where is the sound?
scott84067r 4 months ago
@scott84067r WMG happened.
Gamebox27 4 months ago
He isnt slow by any means. But top end to me is top 5% of backs
burner27 9 months ago
number one football player that went to my high school, tualatin high. We have his jersey in out weightroom.
alonzo1995 11 months ago
He did not continue to play in the NFL because of his knee
captnsexy45 1 year ago
he went to my high school!
TheTallshorty 1 year ago
luke staley was so talented but he made the biggest dumbass decisions. he is only self appreciating and not shy at all. DESERET NEWS IS LYING STUPID SONS OF BITCHS. he was only self appreciating. stopped going to the nfl. WHat a fucking joke
ROB6ZOMBIE666 1 year ago
Luke Staley, like all white running backs in the last 10 years, got screwed over by the NFL cos the stupid (white) coaches cant comprehend a white man being a good athlete. Luckily Toby Gerhart is starting to change that.
50 years ago nobody wanted a black QB, that was the same bullshit stereotyping.
chris371 1 year ago
@chris371 Toby Gerhart?...Peyton Hillis is the name you're looking for...he's the one changing the stereotype
Pulguita225 9 months ago
Great White Hope. Luke Staley was the truth and he would have been a good NFL player if his knees were healthy. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS REVERSE RACISM IN THE NFL. Luke Staley probably just decided not to aggressively pursue an NFL career because he did not want to risk further damage to his knees.
jobester84 1 year ago
He also ran too upright for the NFL, as a BYU grad, BYU doesn't produce good NFL backs. Staley and Brown, now Unga all had good college careers, but they lacked the top end speed and durability to play halfback in the pros. Staley was faster than Unga or Brown, but not durable enough.
burner27 1 year ago
@burner27 staley ran a 4.42 40.........not sure how thats not top end speed
crazeddkidd 1 year ago
@crazeddkidd because top end speed is 4.3-4.2. and staley ran a 4.5 at the combine.
burner27 1 year ago
@burner27 rarely does someone run a 4.2 at the combine, and only a handful of 4.3's 4.5 is good for a rb, but Staley ran a 4.4 which is pretty elite.
dwid1984 9 months ago 2
LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! That is all. Lol somebody "disliked' this video-obviously a ute fan...they are still sore about that one as well ;)
byuftbl 1 year ago
Staley should have been a star in the NFL but the Caste system rarely allows a White athlete to play skill positions, unfortunately. If a coach and scouts believe, subconsciously or not that a black athlete is superior than a White athlete can't do anything to overcome that perception.
Jrebelboy 1 year ago
are you kidding??? racism?? dude the nfl is a business all they care about is winning. Winning = more money,more bonuses,job security, and more fans jumping on the band wagon... everyone likes a winner right?? they will always put the best person in that position... the only white I think as of right now that will tear it up is.......Gerhart...
sugarbooger111 2 years ago
I dunno, Gerhart isn't nearly as fast as Staley was.
He'll make a very good NFL running back, though.
KingmanIII 2 years ago
He had the same knee injury as Willis Mcgahee. Except Mcgahee actually got a shot after he recovered.
Staley was cut. A white guy just aint worth a roster spot apparently, even if he is a doak walker award winner.
murat8080 2 years ago 4
@murat8080 he also broke his leg his junior year.
burner27 1 year ago
@murat8080 A white guy is always worth a roster spot no matter what you liar
ROB6ZOMBIE666 1 year ago
Luke wasn't doping, just as Jake Sharp isn't doping. You really think his fragility affected him that much? It certainly didn't keep him from leading the nation in YPC and total TDs in 2001. He won the Doak Walker Award after running for 1,596 yards in 11 games. The injury excuse is lame at best. It was his skin color and nothing more. Plenty of black athletes came into the NFL with a history of injuries and they were given years to develop. The injury argument doesn't hold any water at all.
TraderJack641 2 years ago
His skin color? He had many knee problems throughout his college career, and his knee got jacked a few months before the draft. Not to mention the guy clearly was doping
mooseclamps 2 years ago
Doping seems to be an NFL requirement since the 80s. What's your point?
Gamebox27 2 years ago
@Gamebox27 go look at the video where are they now Luke Staley, he looks the same as he did in college, i doubt he was doping,
dwid1984 9 months ago
mooseclamps..
Care to back that up? What evidence do you have that he was doping? If you don't have any and it's just some stupid opinion you have shut your jackass mouth.
FierceArc 2 years ago
An account from another player. Yeah I know that isn't concrete evidence, but you seriously have to be stupid to think a guy can recover from that many knee injuries and come back and win the Doak Walker award without roids
mooseclamps 2 years ago
@mooseclamps Prove it.
3255NY 1 year ago
@mooseclamps Hardesty had many knee problems his entire career, never a season like Staley ,2nd round, is scheduled to get half the carries despite Hillis rushing for 1k last year proving he could be a great feature back.
dwid1984 9 months ago
@dwid1984
I agree that he deserved a more legit shot at the NFL than he was given, but Staley had knee problems for far longer than one season; he underwent something like five surgeries throughout high school. He really should've used his senior season to prove that he could stay healthy (the broken leg he suffered against MSU was very unfortunate).
KingmanIII 7 months ago
i hope you said that jokingly because if your serious that is extremely racist and offensive
64bsl 2 years ago
Luke didn't have enough injury problems in college to warrant being picked in the 7th round. I mean, he won the Doak Walker Award for crying out loud. His skin color clearly had a lot to do with his drafting and his early release. How many black Doak winners would (or have been) treated that way by the NFL?
TraderJack641 2 years ago
i hate to say it but i think your right how many times ive hard people say that the big fast white guys almost always get put at line backer instead of running back, one of the few exceptions was Jacob hester for LSU in 2007 and what did he do? Only rush for like 140 yards on Ohio States #1 defense and rush for over a 1000 yards in the SEC without lossing a single fumble. The sigma against white running backs is the same stigma against black coachs both are wrong and need to be corrected.
64bsl 2 years ago 3
@64bsl nothing wrong with the stigma against black coaches
SuperBlaze46 1 year ago
Well...he was really fragile. And after playing in the NFL for 10 years...I don't think they cared one bit about his skin color. His 40 time was ridiculous. This kid could run! But he was so fragile that it scared everyone off.
3255NY 2 years ago
a couple actually. Greg Lewis won the award, was drafted by the broncos in the late 5th round then cut after 1 season. Trevor Cobb went undrafted, signed with the bears then got cut before the end of the season. I just think Luke staley (like many great college players) wasn't cut out for the nfl. I just think you're a little bit racist
JerZkyd 2 years ago
Lewis was treated better than Staley. 5th round draft to 7th and actually allowed to roster for a season. Cobb is the only one who was treated worse than Staley. 1 black winner out of 16 treated worse than Staley (the only white winner until this week) was by the NFL and I'm supposed to believe it was coincidence? No way did Luke Staley get anything approaching fair treatment. Let's see what happens to Gerhart in the combine, draft and first season. I just think you're a little bit ignorant.
TraderJack641 2 years ago
well at least he got a chance. sometimes things just dont go your way. you cant honestly think the nfl is racist towards white people?
JerZkyd 2 years ago
The NFL hasnt let a white guy be a starting running back in 25 years. Are you telling me that in a nation of 250 million, in 25 years, there wasnt a single white guy good enough to be a pro running back?
Theres something else at work. Just like blacks werent allowed play QB in the 50s and 60s, whites are shunned as Running backs nowadays. Its racism in both cases and needs to be recognised as such.
Have a good day!
murat8080 2 years ago 2
haha ok. but you got your facts all messed up. Nick Goings (white) was the panthers staring RB in 2004 and most FB are white. but hey, what ever makes you fell better. c ya
JerZkyd 2 years ago
Nick goings is a light skinned black. Also, im talking about running backs, not full backs. White running backs are always switched to fullback, cant have a white guy running the ball, that would upset (black) locker room chemistry.
murat8080 2 years ago
@murat8080 hey, are u also traderjack641?
JerZkyd 2 years ago
You're right about that. I was so tired of hearing Jacob Hester being called a fullback, when he was a halfback pretty much his whole career at LSU.
GhostDistortion 2 years ago
Nick Goings was and always has been a fullback. He only started 8 games in 2004 at the Halfback spot because DeShaun Foster was hurt the better part of the year and Carolina really had nobody to back him up because I think "He Hate Me", who was really just a return man, was hurt quite a bit that year too. Probably the reason we couldn't return to the playoffs.
GhostDistortion 2 years ago
@murat8080 this is true but keep in mind it is the white guys who run the league not letting them get their shot
elijc2007 2 years ago
haha, quit dick riding luke staley you faggot! thens didnt plan out the way he wanted, big deal, get over it! haha, sounds like you just need an excuse for why he sucked in the nfl
SteveFromBostonright 2 years ago 2
His knees were destroyed - multiple surgeries that didn't go well on each knee. He had a fairly minor injury with the Lions in the preseason in 2002 and when team doctors saw what a mess his knees were, they advised against letting him play in the NFL.
BTW - his low draft status (7th round) was ENTIRELY a function of his knee problems/injuries, not his ability. If people thought he could have stayed healthy, he would've been a first rounder...
Statman1966 2 years ago
Stayley was great! P.S. to make this video perfect, get a beeter picture!
claybar9 2 years ago
forgot bout this guy, what happen to him. freakin beast
UmataUsi 2 years ago
dude was the best running back byu has ever had. Nobody comes close. Watching him from the 5th row as he waltzed into the endzone to go up against utah that year was one of the best moments of my college football watching career.
ctwm2004 2 years ago
If he would have stayed healthy, Luke would have been a star in the NFL. His teammates all talked about what an athletic freak he was.
jjwvedder 2 years ago
What Ever happend to this guy in the NFL?
Crapencris61 2 years ago
Basically he got injured and they gave up on him, if they were ever going to give him a shot to begin with. (7th round pick - unlikely)
I don't pretend to know what the NFL criteria for good running backs is, but I'm just glad he played for BYU when he did. To be honest, most of the football I watch is college and of that, about 75% is BYU. NFL lost my interest a long time ago.
Gamebox27 2 years ago
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Stupid luke staley, what were you thinking trying to play running back in the nfl, dont you know that youre white and therefore are incapable of being a good running back?
chris371 3 years ago