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UTEP Miners

UTEP Miners

2017 Football Roster

Michael Reese
Michael Reese
Michael Reese
Michael Reese

58 Tanner Stallings

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sterling, Kan.
  • Prev School Hutchinson CC
  • Letters 1

Biography

2017 (SENIOR): Played in 10 games, making a pair of starts at the center position (vs. Arizona, vs. LA Tech) … offensive line allowed zero sacks against WKU and UTSA … O-line allowed 1.0 sack at no. 7 Oklahoma and at North Texas … running game hit 100 yards or more in seven contests while rushing touchdowns were scored in the first six games of the season … Miners rushed for season-high two touchdowns against UTSA … Miners gained a season-high 410 yards of total offense and rushed for season-most 164 yards with a score against LA Tech in which Joshua Fields hit a career-high 137 yards.

2016 (JUNIOR): Started final seven contests at the center position … efforts on offensive line helped Miners average 185.5 rushing yards per game and score 20 rushing touchdowns, while aiding Aaron Jones to rush for a single-season program-record 1,773 yards … the offensive line yielded 22 sacks (1.83 per game), ranking in the top half of Conference USA … closed the campaign with a season-high 555 yards of total offense, while rushing for a season-best 384 yards (most since 1983) and four scores during a season-finale victory against North Texas … produced 323 yards rushing against Houston Baptist and followed with 237 rushing yards at Florida Atlantic.

PRIOR TO UTEP: Played in nine games during the 2015 season … garnered NJCAA Offensive Player of the Week and Jayhawk Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors for leading the Blue Dragons to a 49-14 victory over Garden City … part of the offensive unit that paved the way for 493 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns against Garden State … the Blue Dragons ranked fourth in NJCAA in rushing yards (2,693) and fifth in rushing touchdowns (32) … rushing offense totaled seven 200-plus yard games, including three 300-plus yard games during the season … named to the 2015 KJCCC Football All-Conference second team … the unit concluded the season ranking first in the conference in rushing yards per game (257.6), yards per rush (5.5) and rushing first downs (81) … played in six games as a freshman … helped the Blue Dragons secure the 2014 Jayhawk Conference title and guided the team to a 52-7 victory over Hudson Valley in the Salt City Bowl … the team concluded the season ranked second in rushing attempts (583), third in rushing yards (3,289) and rushing first downs (145) and fourth in rushing touchdowns (38) … the rushing offense notched 10 games with 200-plus yards and six with 300-plus yards … played three seasons of varsity football as a defensive and offensive tackle for Sterling High School … as a senior the offensive unit posted six showings of 200-plus yards on the ground, including a 428-yard performance against Ellinwood … named 2013 Capital-Journal All-Class honorable mention … garnered 2014 Hutchinson News Academic honors with a 3.85 GPA.

PERSONAL: Full name is Tanner Colyn Stallings … son of Richard and Sharon Stallings … has one sister … father played football at Long Beach CC, Long Beach State and Sterling College … mother played soccer and softball at Sterling College … born in Atchison, Kansas … multidisciplinary studies major.
 

Statistics

Season:
2017

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 58

    2016Junior

    OL
    6'4" 300 lbs
    58
  • 58

    2017Senior

    OL
    6'2" 295 lbs
    58