2015 Football Roster
Michael Stannard
- Position:
- OL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 290
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Columbia, Mo.
- HS:
- Rock Bridge HS
- Prev School:
- Rock Bridge HS
At Memphis: Has played in 23 career games as an offensive lineman and special teams performer … Redshirted second year in program.
Honors (Academic/Athletic): Named to the inaugural American Athletic Conference All-Academic Football Team following the 2013 season ... Earned Tiger 3.0 list recognition for the Fall 2012 semester.
2014 (Redshirt Sophomore): Came back from a redshirt year in 2013 to play in 12 games as a third-year player for the Tigers … Saw action in 10 games at right guard, starting six games and accounting for 315 plays as an offensive lineman … Also played in two other games solely on special teams en route to participating in all 13 games of the Tigers’ American Athletic Conference championship season in 2014 … First career start came in a 63-0 shutout of Austin Peay in which Memphis had 545 yards of offense including a season-high 303 rushing yards … Was in on 41 offensive plays in the Tigers’ road game at UCLA as the Tigers rolled up 469 yards of total offense including 305 passing … Blocked for quarterback Paxton Lynch who earned American Athletic Conference and Tennessee Sports Writers Association Offensive Player of the Week honors following the game … Memphis would produce 300+ yards of offense in every win including 400+ yards seven times and 500+ yards three times … Memphis’ offense accounted for 54 touchdowns, part of a school-record 58-touchdown season … Blocked for a team which shattered the school, season scoring record with 471 points which broke the old mark of 430 points (2004) … Played 27 offensive snaps against SMU in third career start as the Tigers notched 582 yards of total offense … Memphis had a season-high 352 passing yards against the Mustangs … SMU game represented the first of four straight starts at right guard … Played all but four offensive snaps at right guard in homecoming win over Tulsa … Credited with 68 offensive plays in the victory over the Golden Hurricane … Played 58 of 68 offensive plays at guard at Temple as the Tigers posted a 16-13 victory to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2008 … Played 41 offensive snaps against Tulane.
2013 (Sophomore): After seeing playing time as a true freshman redshirted the 2013 season.
2012 (Freshman): Saw action as a true freshman primarily on special teams as a true freshman ... Saw playing time in 11 games ... Made collegiate playing debut against Middle Tennessee ... Played six offensive plays against Duke.
At Rock Bridge High School: Played for Coach A.J. Otodile at Rock Bridge High School ... Lettered two seasons on the offensive line ... Posted 30 pancake blocks in his career ... Did not allow a sack in 2011 ... Named the Bruins Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior ... Also earned all-district and all-area honors in 2011 ... Had a stellar game against Riverview Gardens, posting five pancake blocks ... Named to the 2011 Missouri Football Coaches Association Class 6 Academic All-State Team ... Helped the Bruins to a 7-4 overall record, their first playoff appearance since 2005 and a No. 9 ranking in The Columbia Tribune's final prep poll ... A Columbia Tribune Central Missouri All-District pick as a senior ... Also a member of Rock Bridge's Bruins wrestling team ... Active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).
Personal: Son of Jim and Carolyn Stannard ... Born July 12, 1993 in Fayetteville, N.C. ... Human and Health Performance / Exercise and Sport Science major.
