97  Alex Stover
	Class: Junior Hometown: Gretna, Neb. High School: Gretna Height / Weight: 6-3 / 287 Position: Defensive Tackle

UW This Season: Alex Stover is hoping that the 2010 season will bring him better luck than he experienced in 2009. Stover dealt with a chronic groin pull throughout the 2009 season that limited him to only five games. He didn't compete during 2010 spring drills to give his groin a chance to heal for the start of fall camp. Stover is listed as the projected starter at left defensive tackle entering fall camp.

2009: Stover made as big a move up the Wyoming depth chart as any player during `09 spring practice. He came out of spring as the projected starter at noseguard. Stover started the first two games of the season versus Weber State and Texas, but then suffered a severe groin injury and missed the next five games. He returned to play at Utah, but reinjured the groin which forced him to miss the next three contests. Stover made it back for the regular-season finale at Colorado State, and recorded two tackles in the 17-16 win over the Rams. Just when it looked like he had gotten past the injury, Stover injured the groin again in the New Mexico Bowl. For the second consecutive season, he was named to the Mountain West Conference All-Academic team.

2008: Stover played in nine games as a redshirt freshman. He was credited with three tackles, including one sack. He may have been a redshirt freshman in `08 but physically you wouldn't have known it. At 6-3, 265 pounds he already had the physical size to compete at the NCAA level. Stover was listed No. 4 at defensive tackle coming out of spring. He was named to the Academic All-Conference team for the first time in his college career.

2007: Redshirted.

High School: Stover was named to both the All-Nebraska Team for all classifications and the All-State Class B Team by the Omaha World-Herald following his senior season of 2006. In addition, he was an All-District and All-Conference selection as both an offensive and defensive lineman at Gretna High School in Gretna, Neb. Rivals.com ranked Stover as the No. 8 overall recruit in the state of Nebraska in its Nebraska Top 10 Prospects as of February 2007. Rivals.com described Stover as a "high motor player, who may be Class B's top overall player." As a junior and senior, his Gretna High team posted identical 8-3 records both seasons and advanced to the semifinals of the state playoffs both years. Stover was a National Honor Society member his sophomore, junior and senior years of high school. He was also recruited by Colorado State, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and Ohio. He was coached in high school by head football coach Jim Ryan.

Personal: Born Aug. 12, 1988, he is the son of Cindy and Craig Stover. His mother is a college professor. His dad is in law enforcement. Stover is majoring in criminal justice at Wyoming.