[John Haddow]

Luke was told by doctors that his knee would never fully recover and that his ankle injury was also very damaging. You have to remember that he had six surgeries just in high school. I played golf with Lavell Edwards this June in Richmond, VA and he told me that Luke Staley was the finest athlete that he ever recruited but that his body could just not stand up to the punishment. Lavell said that Luke could have been as good a RB as anyone in the pros had he been fully healthy. He had that rare combination of size and speed, plus he had the ability to kick it into a higher gear once he got open.

I know he took a lot of ribbing from the small minds on the Ute board for selling cell phones while he finished his degree but my hat is off to him for coming back and graduating.