UIndy Athletics

QUICK HITS
Award-winning safety and special-teams terror became the first-ever UIndy graduate to make an NFL 53-man roster, earning a spot with the Detroit Lions in 2024 ... played four seasons (including one redshirt) as a hard-hitting safety for the Hounds ...  named first team all-conference as a redshirt-freshman in 2019 ... voted team captain for the 2021 season.

AWARDS
2019 All-GLVC First Team
2019 UIndy Defensive Most Valuable Freshman
3x Academic All-GLVC

2021
Team captain ... racked up 33 tackles and a team-high 10 pass break-ups before injury cut short his season in game No. 8 ... notched a career-high nine total tackles versus Ohio Dominican (9/25) ... earned a bachelor's degree in finance in the spring of 2022.

2020-21
Saw time in one game in the abbreviated spring season, amassing five tackles in the GLVC Championship game versus Truman ... Academic All-GLVC honoree.
 
2019
Picked up All-GLVC First Team accolades as a redshirt freshman … cracked the starting lineup in week two, starting each of the last 10 games at safety … helped UIndy to an NCAA playoff ... compiled 46 tackles and four pass break-ups on the year … amassed a season-high eight tackles at McKendree (9/21) … had a 40-yard interception return for a TD at Lindenwood (11/2) … credited with seven stops in the playoff game at Central Missouri (11/23) … garnered inclusive in the team's One-Play Warrior Club nod, a point-based honor that measures production on special teams ... grabbed second straight Academic All-GLVC honors.
 
2018
Redshirt season ... Academic All-GLVC honoree.

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned 10 varsity letters in track (4), football (3) and wrestling (3) ... three-time sectional qualifier and 2017 regional champ as a wrestler ... also excelled in track & field, qualifying for the state meet in both the long jump and 4 x 200 meter relay ... Academic All-State recipient.

PERSONAL
Younger brother of former UIndy football standout and All-GLVC performer John Strickland.