Career
He was a silver medalist at the Pan American Games in 1991, and a bronze medalist at the United States National Championships in 1989 and 1990. He set his personal best of 8.50 metres on July 7, 1991 at a meet in Rhede, Germany. Starks" career came to a shocking end when he suffered a compound fracture to his right leg during a jump at the 1992 New York Games.
Starks is a 1985 graduate of Jonesboro-Hodge High School in Jonesboro, Louisiana.
Starks was coached by Dan Pfaff, who also coached Donovan Bailey and Obadele Thompson among others