Pro. Brandon Stokley

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The son of a former UL football coach is leading his team to face Ragin' Cajun for life Brandon Stokley.

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Looks like the son of the former UL coach is winning the early battle.

Patriots 7
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Looks like the son of the former UL coach is winning the battle late.

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I just did a search on stokley and came across this thread by pirogue. Can you imagine the UL hype if Stokley had gone with Jake to the Panthers?

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Stokley plays in Colts' AFC Championship loss

Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Brandon Stokley played in Sunday's AFC Championship game at New England. The Patriots won the game 24-14 and advanced to Super Bowl XXXVIII.

Stokley was questionable after missing Wednesday's workout because of an undisclosed illness to his infant son, however, he did fly with the team Saturday afternoon.

The fifth-year pro out of Louisiana-Lafayette had three catches for 22 yards. In three playoff games this year, he had 11 catches for 223 yards with three touchdown receptions.

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Colts wide receiver says 6-week-old Cameron could leave hospital soon.

Indianapolis Colts receiver Brandon Stokley is upbeat and optimistic his 6-week-old son, Cameron, could be discharged in a day or two from St. Vincent Children's Hospital after a two-week bout with bacterial meningitis.

"He's doing real good," Stokley said Monday of his son's hospital stay, which sparked national speculation about the receiver's availability for the Colts' 24-14 loss at New England in the AFC Championship game on Jan. 18. "(Today) is supposed to be his last day for antibiotics. Hopefully we can get him completely off oxygen, too.

"It's getting better. Maybe in the next day or two, we can take him home."

After days of deliberation, and with the support of family, friends and the community, Stokley played in the AFC title game and caught three passes for 22 yards.

Since then, Cameron has been removed from intensive care, is awake and alert and requires just "a little" oxygen when he sleeps, Stokley said. To be released, Cameron must be oxygen-free for at least 12 hours with strong vital-sign readings, his father said. A recent CAT scan also showed progress, he said.

Stokley and his wife, Lana, rushed their first child to the emergency room Jan. 13 with what was diagnosed as a more serious form of meningitis, an infection of the fluid of the spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain, according to the Centers for Disease Control Web site. Cameron was born through induced labor Dec. 15.

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This is GREAT news. I am sure he is not completly out of the woods yet but it is great for all involved.

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LOUISIANA La. — Brandon Stokley didn’t get back to the Super Bowl in his first year with the Indianapolis Colts, but he’s feeling super these days just the same.

Stokley and his wife Lana were able to bring their son Cameron home from the hospital last week, two weeks after a harrowing episode with meningitis for the child.

“When you bring your child to the hospital, thinking he’s got a cold, and you find out he has something that could be life-threatening, it’s a scary thing,” Stokley said. “It’s frightening.”

Stokley and the Colts were coming off a 38-31 road victory at Kansas City and had just begun to game plan for the AFC Championship Game at New England when the Stokley household was turned upside down.

Cameron was diagnosed quickly, however, and treatment soon had a positive effect.

His father was able to rejoin the team’s practices and head to chilly New England for the contest.

Stokley managed three catches against the rugged Patriots defense in a 24-14 loss, absorbing what he called “the hardest hits I’ve had all year” before turning his attention back to his son’s health.

Finally, doctors felt secure enough to let the child go home last Tuesday.

“He had to be off oxygen completely before they would let him come home,” Stokley said. “We hope to come home in a month or so. Cameron has his 8-week shots in a couple of weeks, and then we’ll look at coming back.

“We don’t want to fly. Lana’s paranoid about germs on a plane, so we’ll pack up the car and drive. I’ll get plenty of coffee, and I’m good to go.”

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LAFAYETTE — The last place Brandon Stokley figured to see snow was the Deep South, especially after spending last football season in Indiana, but that’s what he encountered last weekend.

The Indianapolis Colts wide receiver, his wife Lana and infant son Cameron drove back to Lafayette to enjoy Mardi Gras with family, and they figured they had left the white stuff behind.

“We got held up by a snow storm in north Mississippi,” Stokley said. “I had to go about 30 miles an hour. We had driven from Indiana, through Missouri, Illinois and then had snow in Mississippi.”

The former UL Lafayette star was on the golf course Friday, enjoying mild weather after spending some cold days in Indianapolis waiting for Cameron’s bout with meningitis to clear.

Since the Colts season ended, Stokley agreed to restructure his contract so the club will absorb a smaller salary cap figure.

The team lowered Stokley’s 2004 cap figure by about $860,000 by giving him a $970,600 signing bonus and lowering his base pay to $535,000.

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Peyton Manning and Brett Favre threw touchdown pass after touchdown pass, moving the ball as if the defenses were little more than speed bumps.

The dizzying array of offense produced nine touchdowns and no interceptions. Midway through the fourth quarter, Favre mounted another drive, hoping to throw for another score. . . .

Receivers on both sides also had career days.

Reggie Wayne caught 11 passes for 184 yards, both career-highs, and one TD. Brandon Stokley caught eight passes for a career-high 110 yards and two TDs. . . .

Manning opened the game with a 36-yard TD pass to Wayne, a 28-yard score to Marvin Harrison and a 34-yard score to Stokley.

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