PRIOR TO TUFTS: Attended Falmouth High School in Maine, where he competed in football and lacrosse for the Navigators...A two-year football captain, he excelled as a tight end and defensive end, earning First Team All-Conference honors at both positions as well as All-State recognition at defensive end...He was also named the Maine Sports Illustrated Defensive Player of the Year after a standout senior season in which he recorded 41 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and a touchdown...He helped lead Falmouth to an undefeated 11-0 season and the first state championship in school history...In the classroom, he graduated Magna Cum Laude and received the Falmouth Compass Award.

PERSONAL: Parents Jennifer and Jeffrey Bush...has two siblings, Cooper and Macy...economics major...chose Tufts because "I loved the football atmosphere and the academics Tufts had to offer."