Who is JP Staples?
James Pearson “JP” Staples is an American man from Plano, Texas, United States. He is Albert James “Jay” Staples Jr. and Bethany “Beth” Bailey Staples‘ son.
Jay’s sister Monica Staples Meyer is married to Brad Meyer. On January 29, 1981, Jay and Monica’s father Albert James “AJ” Staples Sr. died in Dallas, Texas at age 37.
JP is 6’1″ tall. His registered weight is 185 pounds.
When JP was in high school, he played football. Both he and his younger brother Bryce Wilson Staples attended Plano West Senior High School in Plano and the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, USA.
“This guy needed little to no direction, a total natural in front of the camera!” Texan photographer Courtney “Coco” Paige captioned a photo of JP that she took in 2021 when he was a senior high school student. “Such a privilege to get to capture @jpstaples_ senior year.”
After graduating from Plano West Senior High School, JP entered the University of Mississippi to pursue a bachelor’s degree in real estate and finance. Here are 15 more things about him:
- He was born in 2003.
- On January 3, 2005, his great-grandfather Dr. James Reley Staples died in Dallas at age 84.
- On June 9, 2013, his great-grandmother Elaine Mayberry Staples died in Lake Elsinore, California, USA at age 89.
- From 2019 to 2021, he was a member of the Plano West Senior High School’s varsity football team.
- On June 22, 2020, his grandmother Janice Staples died in Dallas at age 76.
- In May 2021, he graduated from Plano West Senior High School.
- On June 2, 2021, his cousin Lindsey Meyer married Miles Ndubuisi Onyegbule, who is Nigerian.
- On June 9, 2021, his father’s company Jaybird Investments, which is based in Plano, was incorporated.
- In August 2021, he entered the University of Mississippi and joined the university’s fraternity Phi Delta Theta.
- In May 2023, his younger brother Bryce graduated from Plano West Senior High School.
- On May 2, 2024, during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Mississippi, he was caught on camera jumping up and down and hooting like a monkey toward graduate student Jaylin R. Smith, who is black. The video went viral on social media.
- On May 3, 2024, he deleted all of his social media accounts and Phi Delta Theta terminated his membership.
- On May 4, 2024, “That Danesh Guy” Danesh Noshirvan revealed his identity on social media.
- On May 5, 2024, the University of Mississippi’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter called for his expulsion.
- On May 7, 2024, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that his behavior was “just racist”.
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