Former Ohio football star, the leading receiver on the 1996 Rose Bowl champion team, has died Thursday at the age of 48 after a four-year long battle with cancer.
The school confirmed his death on its official website.
“The Ohio State football program is mourning the loss of Dimitrious Stanley, the leading receiver on the 1996 Rose Bowl champion team, who has passed away after a nearly four-year battle with prostate cancer,” the site wrote.
“A four-year letterman – 1993-96 – and a member of the 1993 and 1996 Big Ten championship teams coached by John Cooper, Stanley played in 45 games and started 13 times. He started all 12 games in 1996 when Ohio State was 11-1 and finished No. 2 in the nation following the Rose Bowl win over Arizona State.”
As Fox News further reported:
Stanley started all 12 games of that 1996 season in which the Buckeyes won the Rose Bowl over Arizona State.
He was a member of both Big Ten champion teams in his freshman year in 1993 and his senior year in 1996.
In his 45 games as a Buckeye, Stanley caught 63 passes for 1,136 yards and 13 touchdowns. He broke out his senior year, leading Ohio State with 829 yards on 43 receptions, eight of them for scores.
In that Rose Bowl, he had a 72-yard touchdown and three catches during the game-winning drive. His 18 yards per reception remain the seventh-best mark in school history.
Stanley leaves behind a wife and young daughter.
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