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2023 Football Roster

67 Chad Strickland

  • Position Offensive Line
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 315
  • Class Senior
  • Major Ex Sci: Pre-Physical Therapy
  • Hometown Salem, Ala.
  • Highschool Smiths Station

Biography

2023 - 1st Team All-Big South-OVC (Offensive Line)
2023 - All-Big South-OVC Academic Selection
2022 - 2nd Team All-OVC (Offensive Line)
2019 - 2nd Team Freshman All-American (Offensive Line)

2023 (GRADUATE):
Started all 10 games during the 2023 season at the left tackle position missing game with McNeese due to injury... named first team All-Big South/OVC Football Association selection at offensive tackle... Academic All-Big South/OVC Football Association... finalist for Doris Robinson Award awarded to the top FCS academic football player... semifinalisf for William V. Campbell Award... blocked for an offensive unit that had two individual 200-plus yard rushing performances during the season... offensive ranked 25th in the FCS in passing offense and third in the Big South/OVC in total offense at 373 yards per game... team captain... Academic All-District as selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA)... 

2022 (JUNIOR): Played in eight games during the 2022 season making eight starts to open the season at left tackle... named second team All-Ohio Valley Conference on the offensive line... helped block for an offensive line that generated two 400-plus yard games of total offense during the season... Academic All-District as selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA)... 

2021 (SOPHOMORE): Played in ten games on the offensive line making ten starts at left tackle... blocked for an offensive unit that averaged 285.5 yards per game on offense... 

2020 (SOPHOMORE): Started all six games during the 2020 season played in the spring of 2021... made six starts at left tackle and was part of an offensive line that paved the way for 20 points per game and 320.5 yards of total offense per game... OVC Academic Medal of Honor

2019 (FRESHMAN): Played in ten games on the offensive line making ten starts at left tackle... missed two games late in the season at Tennessee State and against Southeast Missouri due to injury... was a member of offensive unit that had five true freshman on the line for several series during the season... named a second team Freshman All-American by Phil Steele.com... 

HIGH SCHOOL: Played offensive tackle for coach Mike Glisson at Smiths Station HS… recorded 41 pancake blocks helping team score 22 or more points in five games as the program posted its first winning season since 2015… was the Alabama Class 7A State Champion in the shot put… holds a 3.95 G.P.A… team captain…

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 67

    2019Freshman

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 280 lbs
    67
  • 67

    2020Sophomore

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 280 lbs
    67
  • 67

    2021Sophomore

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 280 lbs
    67
  • 67

    2022Junior

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 295 lbs
    67
  • 67

    2023Senior

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 315 lbs
    67
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