University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Edmund Stansbury - #15
Outside Linebacker
6-2, 240, Fr.**
El Paso, TX
Irvin HS
UCLA -- Ed is a talented young player who made the transition from quarterback to outside linebacker during Spring drills ... Made considerable improvement during the four-week session ... Enters Fall camp listed No. 3 on the right side but should earn some playing time ... Also figures to make a contribution on special teams. 1997 -- Practiced and traveled to all of the games as the team's third quarterback but did not see game action ... Has four seasons of eligibility remaining.
HIGH SCHOOL -- Earned four letters in football for coach Tony Shaw at Irvin High School in El Paso, TX ... Selected to PrepStar Dream team (No. 4 quarterback and No. 1 in the Big 12 region) ... Student Sports Senior All-American ... Rated 13th best offensive prospect nationally by the National Recruiting Advisor ... Ranked No. 14 offensive player in the nation by ESPN Sportszone, No. 8 offensive player by Bill Buchalter, No. 12 offensive player by G & W Recruiting Report and No. 13 offensive player by Joe Terranova ... Schutt/Scholastic Coach All-American and Cornwell Top 100 ... USA Today honorable mention All-American ... Selected second-team Class 5A All-State ... District 1-5A Most Valuable Player ... El Paso Herald Most Valuable Player ... Named All-City Most Valuable Player as a senior in 1996 ... As a senior, he completed 145 of 275 passes for 2,503 yards and 27 touchdowns ... Also rushed for over 200 yards ... As a junior, he passed for 1,509 yards and 15 touchdowns and rushed for over 1,000 yards and 17 touchdowns ... His career stats total 359-769 passes for 5,595 yards and 49 touchdowns ... Named All-District punter as a sophomore ... Also earned four letters in track and field for coach Kenny Owens ... State champion in the discus as a sophomore and runner-up as a junior ... Played on the basketball team for three years for coach David Castillo.
PERSONAL -- Full Name: Edmund Elisala Stansbury ... Parents: Edmund and Seta Stansbury ... Born: May 3, 1979 in Maryland ... Has two brothers, Hal, a fullback at Texas-El Paso and Don ... Lists Steve McNair of the Houston Oilers as one of his favorite players ... English is his favorite class ... Would like to work in the communications field following his playing days.