Second team All-State selection at Tuscarora High School ... two-way tackle who also earned All-Area and all-conference honors for Coach Dean Swink ... team captain of the Titans ... made 75 tackles with six sacks as a senior ... honorable mention All-State selection as a junior ... selected to play in the Crab Bowl All-Star Game ... honorable mention All-Monocacy Valley League wrestler ... also played lacrosse for the Titans.

PERSONAL: Parents are both Towson graduates ... father, Bill Stup, played football for the Tigers from 1985 to 1988 and was a team captain as a senior ... older brother, Billy, played football for the Tigers from 2008 to 2011 ... lists parents as the people he admires most ... has spent a lot of time working on grandparents’ farm ... very active in church activities ... has three brothers ... older brother, Bobby, plays football at Colgate ... devoted fan of the Baltimore Ravens ... lists Ray Rice as his favorite NFL player ... lists “Gladiator” as his favorite movie ... favorite meal is fried chicken .. has an uncle who played football at Virginia Tech ... has another uncle who played football at Shepherd College ... mother is an occupational therapist ... father owns a business ... son of Bill and Lori Stup ... born on August 23, 1994 in Havre deGrace, Md.