Brian Popp

Photo by: Pete Madia/Pitt Athletics

Position:
LB
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Height:
6-null
Weight:
225
Hometown:
Loveland, Ohio
High School:
Loveland

2017: Played in all 12 games in special teams capacities to earn his first letter…had nine tackles on the season…had a career-high four stops in Pitt’s 24-14 victory over No. 2 Miami.

2016: Played in one game (Virginia Tech).

2015: Did not play in any games.

2014: Joined team as a training camp walk-on and redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: An all-state linebacker as a senior for Ohio Division II champion Loveland...helped the Tigers to a 15-0 record and first state title in school history...two-time first team All-Eastern Cincinnati Conference (ECC)...Associated Press Division II All-Ohio (second team)...All-TriStateFootball.com (second team)...three-time ECC All-Academic selection...played under Coach Fred Cranford...High Honors graduate.

PERSONAL: Brian Alexander Popp, born 9/19/95, is the son of Dave and Deb Popp...has two brothers...father played offensive tackle at Eastern Illinois University and was a seventh-round NFL Draft pick of the New York Giants in 1989...majoring in business information systems, finance and marketing.