Fresno State Athletics
2017 Football Roster
Roster
Robert Stanley
- Position:
- ILB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Las Vegas, Nev.
- High School:
- Bishop Gorman HS
Last updated: Jan. 31, 2018
2017 (Senior): Started all 14 games at defensive end after making the move from linebacker during fall camp … led the Bulldogs in 2017 with 11.5 tackles for loss (single season career-best) ... ranked tied for the seventh-most TFLs in the Mountain West … second on the team with a single season career-best five sacks (for a loss of 32 yards) … totaled 35 tackles (25 solo) for the year ... notched at least 0.5 TFLs in 10 of 14 games ... recorded three stops and 1.5 tackles for loss at No. 6 Washington on Sept. 16 ... recovered first career fumble on Oct. 7 at San Jose State … posted a single game career-high 3.0 TFLs and first career sack at San Diego State in a season-high five-tackle performance on Oct. 21 … forced first career fumble on Oct. 28 vs. UNLV ... made three tackles and a sack against BYU on Nov. 4 … picked up a sack at Hawai’i on Nov. 11 … made the game-sealing tackle at Wyoming on Nov. 11 with a fourth-down stop under a minute remaining, tackling the quarterback at the line of scrimmage for no gain ... matched season-best of five tackles on senior day versus No. 23 Boise State on Nov. 25 ... recorded 1.0 sacks in back-to-back games to close out the season (MW Championship/Hawai’i Bowl).
2016 (Junior): Started nine games and played in 10 – missed two games to a knee injury … tallied 54 tackles on the year, the sixth-most on the team, as well as first career tackles for a loss (3.0) … had two games with double-digit tackles – a then-career high 11 tackles vs. Air Force on Oct. 28, followed by a career-high 12 tackles in the season finale vs. San Jose State on Nov. 26 … posted first career tackle for a loss (1.0) and seven tackles on Sept. 24 vs. Tulsa … tallied a career-high 1.5 tackles for a loss against Air Force on Oct. 28 … blocked a punt in the season-opener at Nebraska on Sept. 3 that led to seven points for the Bulldogs on the ensuing possession – first career punt block and first Bulldog punt block since on Nov. 8, 2014 vs. San Jose State – also credited with a 15-yard punt return on the play.
2015 (Sophomore): Played in nine games and made one start at inside linebacker in week 11 at BYU ... was injured in the BYU game, which caused him to miss the regular season finale against Colorado State ... had 10 tackles on the season and one pass breakup ... recorded a season-high seven tackles in the Hawai`i game when five of those seven stops were solo efforts.
2014 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action.
2013 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Hails from national powerhouse Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas ... helped lead the Gaels to their fourth consecutive state championship in 2012 ... posted 45 tackles, 5.5 sacks, had one interception, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery as a senior ... also played tight end where he caught seven passes for 82 yards and two touchdowns ... posted eight tackles against Our Lady of Good Consel High School in Maryland and seven against Bergen Catholic of New Jersey - both prep teams that each finished the season nationally ranked ... also played basketball at Bishop Gorman.
Personal: Born in Los Angeles, Calif. ... son of Juli and Ron Stanley ... father is a pilot ... has two older brothers, Ronnie and Jaron, and three sisters, Raychel (younger), Danielle (older) and LaTonya (older) ... his older brother Ronnie was a 2015 consensus All-America offensive lineman at Notre Dame and the No. 6 overall pick of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens ... Robert was the first Las Vegas prospect to come to Fresno State since linebacker Ben Jacobs (Silverado HS), who was a two-time All-WAC selection for the Bulldogs and had 387 tackles in his career that ended in 2010 ... business management major at Fresno State.
