Garrett Stafford

Height:
6-5
Weight:
301
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
High School:
Memorial

Tulsa — A three-year letterwinner and two-year starter . . . made the move from left tackle to left guard in spring drills . . . enrolled at Tulsa in January 2011 after graduating early from Memorial High School . . . has played in 32 career games with 26 starts . . . has started 26 consecutive games . . . was named to the 2015 preseason watch lists for the Outland Trophy and the Rotary Lombardi Award . . . was recognized as a recipient of the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and National Football Foundation Oklahoma Chapter Scholar-Athlete Award . . . 2014 – Started all 12 games at left tackle . . . was named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District VII team . . . graded over 80-percent in all 12 games and 90-percent in the final six contests . . . graded 93-percent on 98 plays in the season opener against Tulane . . . graded 92-percent on 97 plays vs. Texas State . . . played 70 plays and graded 87-percent at Colorado State . . . graded 91-percent on 78 plays vs. USF . . . played 91 snaps at Memphis and graded 92 percent . . . was on the field for 76 snaps and graded 92-percent against SMU . . . graded 95-percent on 57 snaps at UCF . . . played 77 snaps and graded 93-percent at Houston . . . 2013 – Started all 12 games at left tackle . . . graded over 80-percent in all 12 games . . . graded 94-percent on 63 plays at UTEP . . . played a season-high 93 snaps against Rice . . . had a grade of 91-percent against both Iowa State and Marshall . . . 2012 – Played in eight games and had two starts . . . saw action against Tulane, Nicholls State, Marshall, Houston, UCF twice, SMU and Iowa State . . . played 50 snaps in his first three games played . . . saw his first collegiate action against Tulane, playing 24 snaps . . . also played 25 snaps vs. Nicholls State . . . played just one snap against Marshall and UCF . . . saw extensive playing time at SMU due to an injury to Brian DeShane in the second quarter and played 74 plays . . . made his first collegiate start in the C-USA Championship game against UCF, and was in the starting lineup for the AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Iowa State . . . 2011 – Was one of several freshmen to sit out the season due to red-shirt status.

High School — Was a three-year letterwinner and started at Memorial High School . . . started at both offensive tackle and nose guard in each of his three years . . . was a second-team all-state selection by the Tulsa World his senior season . . . earned Tulsa World first-team all-metro honors as a senior . . . was the state of Oklahoma’s fourth-best offensive line prospect heading into the season according to the Tulsa World . . . was credited with 118 pancake blocks in his career, along with 55 tackles and 10 TFLs . . . had 54 pancake blocks and 19 tackles as a senior . . . competed at the U.S. Army All-American Combine in January 2010 . . . was nominated for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl . . . high school coach was Tony Daniels.

Personal — Favorite TV show is “Family Guy” . . . lists “Smarter Than a Fifth Grader” as the TV game show he could win . . . if he could play a role in any movie, it would be as Thor in The Avengers . . . his biggest sports thrill was starting as a red-shirt freshman in the C-USA Championship Game and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl . . . made the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll in his first three seasons . . . has two older sisters . . . father is John Stafford, and stepmother is Annette . . . mother is Kelley Stafford . . . already earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, and is working on his master’s degree also in electrical engineering . . . was born July 22, 1993.