Brandon Stokley
Stokley with the Broncos in 2007
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 23, 1976 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Blacksburg, Virginia | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | University of Southwestern Louisiana | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1999 / Round: 4 / Pick: 105 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 397 |
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| Receiving yards: | 5,339 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 39 |
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Brandon Ray Stokley (born June 23, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana–Lafayette.
Stokley also played for the Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks, New York Giants, and Denver Broncos.
His father, Nelson Stokley, played college football at LSU and was the head coach of the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns from 1986 to 1998. Brandon played wide receiver under his father from 1994 to 1997, with Jake Delhomme as quarterback through the 1996 season.
While in college, Stokely met his future wife, Lana, a two-time All-America left fielder in softball who led Southwestern Louisiana to two College World Series. They have two sons.
Stokley attended Comeaux High School (Lafayette, Louisiana) and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football Stokley won All-District 3-A honors, All-Parish honors, All-Acadiana honors, and All-State Class 5-A honors. In basketball, Stokley averaged 14 points a game and won All-District honors. In baseball, he won All-District honors.
Stokley was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens out of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then named the University of Southwestern Louisiana, in the fourth round (105th pick overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft. Stokley won a championship ring in Super Bowl XXXV (2001) as a member of the Ravens. In the game, he caught 3 passes for 52 yards, including the first touchdown of the game—a 38-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.
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