Damani Staley

LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • Columbia, SC, USA

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Damani Staley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29 disruption score.

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Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

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Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams: 1
Unique Seasons: 5
Program Path: South Carolina
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: Missouri

Player Story

Damani Staley built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Columbia, SC wearing No. 30, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Damani Staley's career was his defensive...

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Class 2024 · Rating 0.8828

Southfield · Southfield, MI

Committed To: Kansas
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2024

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Latest team and position: South Carolina · LB
Career Tackles: 161
Tracked sample: 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
Best season: 2021 Postseason · South Carolina
Top game: Missouri
Recruit profile: 3-star · Southfield · Kansas
High school pipeline: Southfield · 32 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 30 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank: 63 tackles · LB 215th (top 18%) · SEC 47th (top 8%) · National 361st (top 7%)

Damani Staley played LB for South Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Damani Staley recorded 161 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with South Carolina.

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