Stephen Craig Conley is a former American football player, who played both running back and linebacker.
[2] Until his junior year at Kansas he shared a backfield with future Hall of Famer John Riggins.
[1][6] Conley was on the Bengals' taxi squad for the first 6 games of the 1972 season but got a break in late October when the Bengals traded away two running backs, Fred Willis and Paul Robinson, to the Houston Oilers in exchange for wide receiver Charlie Joiner and linebacker Ron Pritchard.
[6][7][8] The Bengals activated Conley as a backup running back for their October 29 game against the Oilers.
[5] A few days after the game the Bengals picked up running back Reece Morrison on waivers and waived Conley.
[11] The Cardinals signed Conley a few days later, primarily to play on special teams, but also a little bit at linebacker.
[21] Conley briefly joined the Chicago Fire of the WFL but before the season started in July 1974 he was waived and signed by the Birmingham Americans as a tight end and linebacker.