Early Life and College
Stuckey was born in Daleville, Alabama on October 22, 1975. Stuckey was raised in public housing by his single mother who was addicted to crack cocaine and received welfare and food stamps. He never knew his father.
Stuckey played high school football at Daleville High School, then matriculated at Vanderbilt University, majoring in Cognitive Studies before transferring to Troy University where he majored in Marketing and Business Administration.
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