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99 Davon Strickland

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 263
  • Position Defensive Line
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Hollywood, Fla.
  • High School South Broward HS

Biography

HONORS
  • Graduated in Summer 2022 w/ degree in Marine Biology
  • 2022 All-CUSA Preseason First Team (Athlon)
  • 2022 All-CUSA Preseason First Team (Phil Steele)
  • 2021 Conference USA Honorable Mention Team
  • 2020 Conference USA Honorable Mention Team
  • 2020 Phil Steele All-Conference USA Third Team (DL)
 
CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 8 at Marshall (10/30/21)
Tackles for Loss: 2.5 at Texas State (9/18/21)
Sacks: 1 (6x), last vs. Old Dominion (11/6/21)
 
2021: Started all 12 games as the Panthers’ unquestioned leader on the defensive front… is team’s top returning tackler after recording 53 stops (third-most on the squad)… tabbed a team-best six tackles for loss (-23)… recorded a team-high three sacks… blocked a kick and had a quarterback hurry… registered multiple stops in 11-of-12 games… tabbed five stops in the season-finale at Southern Mississippi (11/27)… recorded six tackles, including a pair of sacks at North Texas (11/20)… made eight stops at Marshall (10/30)… tabbed six tackles along with a sack vs. Charlotte (10/8)… logged seven stops, 2.5 TFLs and a sack vs. Texas State (9/11).

2020: Played and started in all five of FIU's game at defensive tackle... Named to the All-Conference USA Honorable Mention Team after his play in 2020... Earned 15 tackles on the year, with 10 being solos... Earned a team-high 4.0 tackles for loss and three sacks... Earned three tackles in each of FIU's five games, while tallying at least one sack in three of FIU's five games.

2019: Played in the first four games before suffering a season-ending injury... Redshirted.

2018: Appeared in 11 games for FIU, seeing most of his action on special teams… Strickland recorded two total tackles during the season, including one solo tackle and one assisted... His tackles came against Middle Tennessee (10/13) and FAU (11/3)

PREP CAREER: Played football at South Broward HS... Played defensive end and offensive tackle... Ranked as the No. 168 player in state of Florida... Played in the 2017 Broward vs. Dade All-Star Game.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 72

    2018Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 263 lbs
    72
  • 99

    2019Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 263 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 263 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 263 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 263 lbs
    99