The Ohio State football family is mourning the loss of one of its own Thursday.
Former receiver and local television personality, Dimitrious Stanley, passed away after a four-year battle with prostate cancer.
Stanley came to OSU out of Columbus suburb Worthington, Ohio,
and was the team’s leading receiver on the 1996 Rose Bowl-winning team that finished No. 2 in the polls.
He played for the Buckeyes from 1993 to 1996 and was a four-year letter winner.
Stanley led the Buckeyes in receiving in that 1996 season with 43 receptions for 829 yards and eight touchdowns.
He was an honorable mention all-Big Ten Conference selection ,
and was twice named Big Ten player of the week that year.
For his career, Stanley had 63 receptions for 1,136 yards, an 18.0 yards-per-catch average (seventh-best at Ohio State),
and he scored 13 touchdowns. He graduated from Ohio State in 2001 with his degree in communications ,
and was a frequent co-host on The Football Fever, the college football show on local ABC affiliate WSYX.
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