Aid is on its way to defend the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Jordan Strachan, who finished tied for first place in the country with 10.5 sacks this season, will transfer from the state of Georgia. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound external linebacker also had 41 tackles in total in 2020. He entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on Tuesday.
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– Jordan Strachan (@ jstrachan_7) January 13, 2021
Strachan recorded a layoff in seven of Georgia’s ten games in the past. His 2019 campaign was interrupted by a knee injury sustained in the Georgia state’s victory in Tennessee.
As a redshirt freshman in 2018, Strachan played in every game, four of which he started. He scored 36 tackles that season. Since the NCAA did not count 2020 against any player, Strachan could potentially have three years to play three seasons, if he eventually applied for a red medical shirt.
Leaving Camden County High School in Kingsland, Georgia, Strachan was a two-star recruit with no offers. This includes the state of Georgia, where he originally joined the team as a replacement.
On the Georgia state website …
ACADEMIC HONORS
• Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll, 2019-20
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, fall 2018; Fall 2019; Spring 2020
ATHLETIC HONORS
• 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (third team)
• Defensive player of the week’s solar belt (November 2, 2020)
IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA: All-Sun Belt Conference outside the linebacker who led the nation in sacks in 2020 … He returned to the team after suffering a knee injury at the end of the season in the 2019 opening game in Tennessee … He entered the program as a walk- freshman on in 2017 and took off a year in a red shirt, during which he switched from security to external linebacker.
2020: Selection of the All-Sun Belt Conference of the third team … Tied first in FBS with a GSU record of 10.5 sacks … The average of 1.05 sacks per game is No. 7 in FBS (No. 4 between players with at least six games) … He also set the school record with 14.0 tackles per defeat (1.4 per game / second in the Sun Belt) … tied at the leadership of the Sun Belt with two fumble recoveries and the second with three forced fumbles … Part of a Georgia state defense that set a school record of 35 bags (3.5 pg / No. 7 in FBS) … Named for the Burlsworth Trophy.
Defensive player of the week for the Sun Belt for the victory in Tróia. He made three tackles for loss, including 2.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble. I took a strip-sack and recovered on Troy’s 8-yard line to mount a tank destroyer. He returned his other 63-yard fumble recovery … Had a strip-sack, forcing a fumble that GSU recovered, with two minutes left against Georgia Southern to help seal the victory … He made another big game in Arkansas with a sack and forced to disturb that teammate Blake Carroll picked up and returned 74 yards for a touchdown … had two sacks and three tackles for defeat in South Alabama, as the GSU defense allowed only 14 points and 324 total yards … ended the season with 1.5 sacks vs. WKU at LendingTree Victory in the bowl.
2018: He played in every game and played four games as an external linebacker, sharing position with senior Michael Shaw … He made 36 tackles this season … He recovered a fumble in the season’s opening win over Kennesaw State and then broke a pass on next game at NC State … five tackles against Western Michigan.
HIGH SCHOOL: Outstanding defender of South Georgia’s prep force, Camden County … First All-Region 1-AAAAAAA team in Georgia’s highest ranking as senior.
FOLKS: The full name is Jordan DeSean Strachan (pronounced last name STRAHN) … Born on November 26, 1998.