Marcus Stroud

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
225
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Prosper, Texas
High School:
Prosper

At Princeton — 2015: recorded 15 tackles while playing at the edge rush position … recorded a sack and two tackles at Brown … had three tackles apiece in home wins over Columbia and Colgate, as well as season finale at Dartmouth. 2014: earned starting outside linebacker position … recorded 19 tackles, including eight solo stops, and four tackles for loss … recorded first career sack in road win at Cornell … had six tackles at Colgate and five in Ivy-opening win at Columbia … had at least one tackle for loss in wins over Davidson, Columbia and Cornell. 2013: added depth at the linebacker position during Princeton's Ivy League championship season. 2012: moved into linebacker rotation early and made one tackle before suffering season-ending injury … made one solo tackle at Columbia.

At Prosper — earned all-state honors as a defensive end/outside linebacker ... selected to the All-Dallas Fort-Worth Team ... two-time all-district honoree ... all-county selection ... recorded 139 tackles and 16 sacks over the last two seasons ... added 38 tackles for loss and 32 quarterback pressures ... lead team to district titles and two area finals ... two-time football captain ... also competed in weightlifting ... four-year class president ... two-time academic all-district ... academic all-state ... two-time recipient of the President's Community Service Award ... National Honor Society member ... three-year lead teen attorney for Collin County teen court ... Fox Sports Hometown Hero.

Personal — born Oct. 8, 1993 ... son of Marcus and Lisa Stroud ... father played in the NFL between 1992-1996 for the Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints ... father is now a personal trainer; mother is a sales executive ... has an older brother Quashane and two younger brothers, Timothy and Matthew ... enjoys music, movies and traveling ... may study Political Science at Princeton.

Year	Tackles (s/a)	TFL	Sks	FF/FR	INT	BrUp
2012	1 (1/0)	0	0	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	19 (8/11)	4-6	1-1	0	0	0
2015	15 (9/6)	1.5-13	1-8	0	0	1
Totals	35 (18/17)	5.5-19	2-9	0	0	1