Stanley attended Shawnee Heights High School in Tecumseh, Kansas, where he played football, basketball and athletics.
As a sophomore, he caught 58 passes for 712 yards and six touchdowns for the Red Ravens, earning first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference honors.
He was expected to redshirt early in the year, but ultimately appeared in ten games (starting nine) and recording 324 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
For his final year of college, he transferred to Louisiana Tech in 2019, where he was an integral part of the Bulldogs offense with 649 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
[7] However, Stanley signed a contract with the Panthers Wrocław from the European League of Football (ELF) in March 2022.
[9] For the 2023 ELF season, Stanley joined the Hamburg Sea Devils, where he continued to shine, securing 67 receptions for 924 yards and 9 touchdowns across 14 games.