He was ranked third by 247Sports.com. In his school, he finished his career with 27 interceptions, opening the eyes of many scouts. On Monday, Derek Stingley Jr. will start for No. During his high school career he had 27 career interceptions. 247Sports ranks Ja'Marr Chase, Derek Stingley Jr. as Top 5 players in 2020. ET, ESPN/ESPN App). His father, Derek, played professionally in the Arena Football League. Both Derek Stingley Jr. and his father continued to play football after the tragic accident.

The LSU Tigers won the national championship in 2019 with a wealth of talent on both sides of the ball, with quarterback Joe Burrow taking a good bit of the spotlight.

Derek Stingley Sr., joins Off The Bench to discuss his son Derek Stingley Jr.’s preparation heading into the 2020 season. Darryl Floyd Stingley (September 18, 1951 – April 5, 2007) was an American professional football player, a wide receiver whose career was ended at age 26 by an on-field spinal cord injury.He played his entire five-year career with the New England Patriots of the National Football League, and died from heart disease and pneumonia complicated by quadriplegia.

Share this article share tweet text email link Bryan Manning. He was also named Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior.Stingley Jr. remained in his home state after high school. Although he was young when his grandfather died, Stingley Jr. knows what happened to him on the field. Darryl Stingley died in 2007 when his grandson Derek Stingley Jr. was 5 years old. Darryl Stingley lived until he was 55, dying in 2007 from complications that were a result of being a quadriplegic. 3 Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T (8 p.m.

That won’t make him shy away from the sport he loves.

His grandfather, Darryl, played college football at Purdue University before playing five years in the NFL as a wide receiver for the Derek Stingley, Jr. attended The Dunham School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As a senior, he was named the Louisiana Gatorade Football Player of the Year. He finished his career with 2,450 combined yards rushing, receiving, and returning both punts and kickoffs. He was a starting cornerback on Derek Stingley Jr. is following the steps of his father and grandfather in the football world. Jack Tatum's vicious hit on Darryl Stingley in 1978 left Stingley paralyzed.

He had over 500 combined yards rushing, receiving and returning both punt and kickoffs in 1973 and 1975. That won’t make him shy away from the sport he loves. defensive back Derek Stingley Jr., considered by Rivals.com to be the top recruit in the 2019 class, committed to LSU via YouTube on Wednesday. Both Derek Stingley Jr. and his father continued to play football after the tragic accident.

Dunham (Baton Rouge, La.) He committed to Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college football.

He’s humble and seems to live by the line that the name on the back of the football jersey is more important than the name on the front of it. “I don’t think my family is worried about me having an injury like my grandpa,” said Derek Jr., in Like his grandfather, Derek Stingley Jr. is a family-first man. No penalty was called on the play.The incident became a symbol of violence in football. 1 LSU against No. Stingley Jr. attended The Dunham School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He ran for a 23-yard touchdown in Although controversial, the hit was not against NFL rules at the time, as it was not helmet-to-helmet contact (it was a shoulder-to-helmet contact). LSU standout cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. is one of 50 players from across the country named to the 2020 Paul Hornung Award Watch List, the Louisville Sports Commission announced on Thursday. He was left a quadriplegic. "A settlement was reached with the NFL, under which the Patriots agreed to pay for all of Stingley's medical expenses for the rest of his life as well as his and his children's education.On May 9, 1992, having completed his remaining 24 credit hours through a correspondence course program, Darryl Stingley received his bachelor of physical education from Purdue University.