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Josh Strickland

Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Winston-Salem, NC

High School:
Forsyth Country Day

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 200

Position:
FS

Birthdate:
11/28/1990

Major:
Communication

04/13/2012

Player Blog: Saturday's Spring Game

Read Josh Strickland's account of the final scrimmage of the spring

10/29/2011

Wake Forest football at North Carolina, 2011

Wake Forest football at North Carolina, 2011

2011 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Broke leg during fall camp and missed first six games of season ... returned to travel squad mid-season ... ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Dean's List scholar.

2010 (Redshirt Freshman):
Earned his first varsity letter as a redshirt freshman ... Saw considerable action at safety in the season finale at Vanderbilt (Nov. 27) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2009 (True Freshman):
Redshirted the season after walking on to the team during the preseason ... Shifted from wide receiver to safety during spring practice.

High School:
A 2009 graduate of Forsyth Country Day where he played football for coaches Mark Moroz and Rusty LaRue ... Also ran sprints on the track squad and participated in basketball ... Four-year letterman in football ... Football team captain and MVP as a senior ... Named All-Forsyth County and was named to the NCISAA Shrine Bowl team ... All-state sprinter in 2007 ... Two-time conference champion in the 100 meters and second in the 200 ... National Honor Society member.

Personal:
Majoring in communication with a minor in journalism ... Son of Jimmy and Julianna Strickland ... Father is a Wake Forest graduate ... Born Nov. 28, 1990 in Raleigh.