Western Carolina University

PRONUNCIATION: MIKAI (muh-KYE) Stanley

2021 (Freshman): Played in six of WCU's games, each coming as a reserve on offense and on special teams ... Recorded 21 rushing yards on six carries ... Rushed five times for a season-high 17 yards at #4 Oklahoma (Sept. 11), the second-most yards on the ground for the Catamounts against the Big XII member.

2020-21 (Freshman): Saw action in all nine games with one start at running back … Rushed for 222 yards on 45 carries on the season with two touchdowns, adding three receptions for 16 yards … Recorded 238 all-purpose yards … Made his WCU debut at Liberty (Nov. 14), rushing twice for six yards … Made his first collegiate start at North Carolina (Dec. 5), rushing a career-high 11 times for 46 yards … Scored his first touchdown on a five-yard rush against VMI (March 6) … Posted a career-best 65 rushing yards on eight carries against The Citadel (March 13), scoring his second TD on the ground on an 18-yard second quarter run.

Prior to Western Carolina: Rushed for 1,340 yards and 18 touchdowns on just 139 carries (9.6 yds/carry) posting a total of 19 TDs as a senior … Collected first-team StarNews All-Area and was named the StarNews All-Area Offensive Player of the Year … Also dubbed first-team All-Mideastern Conference and the conference’s offensive player of the year … Earned WECT Athlete of the Week plaudits after rushing for 100 yards and a score in a win over Eastern Wayne High … Was the only back to eclipse the 100-yard rushing mark against West Brunswick High all season in 2019 … As a junior, was a first-team all-conference and first-team all-area selection … High school was Dillan Dimock … Also played high school basketball earning second-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and first-team plaudits as a junior.

Personal: Is the son of LaTonia and Andrew Stanley … Has a younger sibling, Brianna … His mother, LaTonia, played basketball at UNC Wilmington (1996-2000).