Loren Strickland
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Carpentersville, Illinois, U.S.
| No. 24 – Detroit Lions | |||||
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| Position | Safety | ||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||
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| Born | May 31, 2000 Carpentersville, Illinois, U.S. | ||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||
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| High school | Jacobs (Algonquin, Illinois) | ||||
| College | Indianapolis (2018–2021) Ball State (2022–2023) | ||||
| NFL draft | 2024: undrafted | ||||
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Loren Strickland (born May 31, 2000) is an American professional football safety for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Indianapolis Greyhounds and Ball State Cardinals and signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2024.
Strickland was born on May 31, 2000, in Carpentersville, Illinois.[1] He attended Jacobs High School in Algonquin, where he won 10 varsity letters in three sports – track and field, football and wrestling.[2] In football, he played as a running back, linebacker and safety, being selected first-team all-conference and all-area.[3] He graduated from Jacobs in 2018 and committed to play college football for the NCAA Division II Indianapolis Greyhounds (UIndy).[4]
College career
Strickland redshirted as a freshman at Indianapolis in 2018, then won a starting job as a redshirt freshman in 2019.[2] He started the final 10 games of the 2019 season and was named first-team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) after totaling 46 tackles and four pass breakups.[2] He appeared in one game during the COVID-19-shortened 2020–21 season and served as a team captain in 2021, recording 33 tackles and a team-leading 10 pass breakups.[2] He received a finance degree from UIndy in December 2021.[5] Strickland transferred to the Ball State Cardinals, playing 12 games as a backup in the 2022 season while making 19 tackles.[3] As a senior in 2023, he appeared in all 12 games, five as a starter, and made 31 tackles with two tackles-for-loss (TFLs).[3]