2019 Football Roster
Roster
Strickland, Kyle

Jersey Number 35
Kyle Strickland
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 186
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Roswell, Ga.
- High School:
- Roswell
Bio
Career Overview: Reserve cornerback … Mainstay on the kickoff coverage team ... In 40 games over four seasons, has collected 13 tackles, including seven on special teams ... Joined the Orange in 2016 and redshirted.
Senior Year (2020): Appeared in 10 games as a key special teamer and reserve defensive back, before missing the last game due to injury … Made six tackles on the season … Had a tackle in the season opener at North Carolina … Made one tackle at Clemson (10/24) … Had a season-high two solo tackles vs. Wake Forest (10/31).
Junior Year (2019): Appeared in 11 games as a member of the kickoff team ... Also played sparingly on defense ... Tied his career high with two tackles versus Holy Cross (9/28) ... Had one tackle against Pittsburgh (10/18) ... ACC Honor Roll selection ... Member of the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls.
Sophomore Year (2018): Appeared in all 13 games as part of the kickoff team ... Key performer for a unit that led the ACC in kickoff return yardage defense (18.3 ypr) ... Tallied one tackle at Clemson (9/29).
Freshman Year (2017): Played in six games as a member of the kickoff coverage team … Posted three tackles ... Made his Syracuse debut in the season opener versus Central Connecticut State (9/1) and recorded two tackles ... Credited with one tackle at Miami (10/21).
2016: Redshirted ... Member of the 2017 Spring SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
High School: Four-year wide receiver for head coach John Ford ... Helped the Hornets to a 14-1 record as a senior and an appearance in the OHSA 6A state championship game ... Invited to play in the 2015 Chamber Bowl All-Star Game.
Personal: Kyle Lawrence Strickland ... Born on April 3, 1998 in New York City ... Son of Fela Strickland, Mark Marshall and Ty Smith ... Two brothers, one sister ... Cousin, Rod Strickland, played in the NBA from 1988-2005 most notably with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Washington Bullets/Wizards ... Brother, Cameron Marshall, was an outfielder for the Davidson University baseball team from 2014-17 ... Earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising … Pursuing a master’s degree in marketing.
Senior Year (2020): Appeared in 10 games as a key special teamer and reserve defensive back, before missing the last game due to injury … Made six tackles on the season … Had a tackle in the season opener at North Carolina … Made one tackle at Clemson (10/24) … Had a season-high two solo tackles vs. Wake Forest (10/31).
Junior Year (2019): Appeared in 11 games as a member of the kickoff team ... Also played sparingly on defense ... Tied his career high with two tackles versus Holy Cross (9/28) ... Had one tackle against Pittsburgh (10/18) ... ACC Honor Roll selection ... Member of the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls.
Sophomore Year (2018): Appeared in all 13 games as part of the kickoff team ... Key performer for a unit that led the ACC in kickoff return yardage defense (18.3 ypr) ... Tallied one tackle at Clemson (9/29).
Freshman Year (2017): Played in six games as a member of the kickoff coverage team … Posted three tackles ... Made his Syracuse debut in the season opener versus Central Connecticut State (9/1) and recorded two tackles ... Credited with one tackle at Miami (10/21).
2016: Redshirted ... Member of the 2017 Spring SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
High School: Four-year wide receiver for head coach John Ford ... Helped the Hornets to a 14-1 record as a senior and an appearance in the OHSA 6A state championship game ... Invited to play in the 2015 Chamber Bowl All-Star Game.
Personal: Kyle Lawrence Strickland ... Born on April 3, 1998 in New York City ... Son of Fela Strickland, Mark Marshall and Ty Smith ... Two brothers, one sister ... Cousin, Rod Strickland, played in the NBA from 1988-2005 most notably with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Washington Bullets/Wizards ... Brother, Cameron Marshall, was an outfielder for the Davidson University baseball team from 2014-17 ... Earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising … Pursuing a master’s degree in marketing.
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