Jaelen Strong
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 25, 1994 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Philadelphia (PA) West Catholic | ||||||||
| College: | Arizona State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2015 / Round: 3 / Pick: 70 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 7, 2016 | |||||||||
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Jaelen Strong (born January 25, 1994[1]) is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He played college football at Arizona State.
Early years
Strong's father, John Rankin, played college basketball at Drexel and died of leukemia in 2003 when Strong was 9.[2][3] Strong attended West Catholic Preparatory High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he played football and ran track. As a junior, he caught 24 passes for 385 yards with four touchdowns. As a senior, he had 17 receptions for 318 yards and four touchdowns. He had scholarship offers from Eastern Michigan, Villanova and VMI before opting to attend Pierce College.[4] In track & field, Strong posted personal-bests of 6.42 meters (20-11.5) in the long jump and 12.42 meters (40-6.5) in the triple jump.[5]
College career
Strong attended Los Angeles Pierce College for two years before transferring to Arizona State University.[6] At Pierce in 2012, he had 67 receptions for 1,263 yards and 15 touchdowns in 10 games. In his first season at Arizona State in 2013, he had 75 receptions for 1,122 yards and seven touchdowns.[7][8] In 2014, he had 82 receptions for 1,165 yards and 10 touchdowns.
After his junior season, Strong entered the 2015 NFL Draft.[9][10]
Professional career
Coming in to the draft, Strong was ranked by some analysts as a late first-round prospect.[11][12] He had been criticized for his lack of vertical speed, but surprised many with a 4.44 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine.[13] His vertical jump of 42 inches was the 4th best among wide receivers over the past ten years.[13]
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 2 in | 217 lb | 32 1⁄2 in | 9 in | 4.44 s | 1.57 s | 2.59 s | 4.19 s | 7.33 s | 42 in | 10 ft 3 in | 14 reps | ||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine | |||||||||||||||||||
Strong was selected by the Houston Texans with the 70th overall pick in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft. The Texans traded with the New York Jets for the pick, giving away their own third round pick (82nd overall, Jets picked Lorenzo Mauldin), their fifth round pick (152nd overall, Jets picked Jarvis Harrison), a seventh round pick via the Cleveland Browns (229th overall, Jets traded pick to Jacksonville Jaguars), and wide receiver DeVier Posey.[14] Against the Indianapolis Colts on 8 October 2015, he made his first two career receptions, both for touchdowns; the first was on a 42-yard Hail Mary pass to end the first half.[15]
On February 28, 2016, Strong was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona for marijuana possession. He was later released from jail.[16]
References
- ↑ The 2015 NFL Draft Age Database
- ↑ Jaelen Strong, son of ex-Drexel star, finds success at Arizona St.
- ↑ ASU football’s Jaelen Strong happy after long road to Tempe
- ↑ http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=207911647
- ↑ http://pa.milesplit.com/athletes/614629-jaelen-rankin-strong/feed#.VJ653P84CA
- ↑ Strong as advertised in ASU debut but wants more
- ↑ ASU wide receiver Jaelen Strong's game has improved 'everywhere'
- ↑ ASU football WR Jaelen Strong comes back stronger
- ↑ ASU's Jaelen Strong enters draft
- ↑ ASU receiver Jaelen Strong declares for the NFL draft
- ↑ Casserly, Charley (2015-04-27). "Mock Draft 3.0: Two CBs go in top 14". NFL.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
- ↑ Baldinger, Brian (2015-04-24). "Mock Draft 3.0: Eagles deal up for Mariota". NFL.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
- 1 2 Zimmerman, Kevin (2015-02-21). "Jaelen Strong makes scouts look silly in NFL combine". FOX Sports Arizona. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
- ↑ Sidhu, Deepi (2015-05-01). "Texans trade again, draft WR Jaelen Strong in 3rd round". HoustonTexans.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
- ↑ Hasselback leads Colts CBSSports, Retrieved 9 October 2015
- ↑ Ganguli, Terry (29 February 2016). "Texans WR Jaelen Strong arrested for marijuana possession, released". ESPN. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
