[5] In 2017, led by coach Patrick Merrill, he won the Minto Cup for the Six Nations Arrows and earned MVP honors in the championship game.

[6][7][8] Playing at OCC, Staats had back-to-back breakout seasons in 2017 and 2018, where he totaled 156 points and helped the team go undefeated, winning the NJCAA national championship and earning All-America honors in both years.

[9] Rather than continuing his collegiate career and transferring to an NCAA program, Staats decided instead to become declare himself for the 2018 NLL Entry Draft.

He scored 79 points and led the team to its second playoff birth, where the Seals lost 2 games to 1 in the Western Conference Final to the Colorado Mammoth.

[14] In the 2024 season, Staats scored a career high 102 points, which helped send the Seals to their fourth playoff run.

In 2015, Staats competed in the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in the Onondaga Nation in the United States, south of Syracuse, New York.

[20] In July 2018, Staats competed in the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship in Netanya, Israel, again playing for the Haudenosaunee National team.

[25] Because of the low pay issued to professional lacrosse players, Staats supplements his income by being a part-time firefighter.