Many college programs were pushed away from him, because he played fullback and linebacker at Shaw High School in East Cleveland, never settling on either position.

Against Pitt, he intercepted Dan Marino to set up a Mountaineer field goal and blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown.

Talley's five tackles-for-a-loss against Penn State stand as a single-game record and his personal-best 15 tackles against Boston College won Sports Illustrated Player of the Week honors.

On November 4, 1990, playing against the Cleveland Browns in his hometown, Talley returned an interception for his first career touchdown.

If you look back in the early days we won a lot of games with special teams and him kicking field goals.

Thurman dropped some balls and Jim threw interceptions, but nobody realizes that here is a guy that made major contributions to what this organization was about.

[sic][6]He now lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Janine, who is a popular social media user, and their two kids.

[11] On July 3, 2021 Wheeling, WV newspaper The Intelligencer published that Talley's number would be retired at the Mountaineers' Home Game of October 2, 2021, [1].