Jason Strasser

Height:
6-3
Weight:
170
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Toledo, Ohio
High School:
St. Francis

Will be the place-kicker this year after enjoying the best season of his career last year...could also do some of the kicking off...should be one of the top place-kickers in the MAC this season...is a soccer-style kicker...

Weight Room: bench (195), squat (405), hang clean (185)...

1998: was fourth in the country (Div. I-A) in percentage converting 11-of-12 field goals for a 91.6 percentage...led the team in scoring adding 31 PATs (in 32 tries) for 64 points...was eighth in the MAC in scoring and fourth in field goals per game...only miss was a 27-yarder into a stiff wind against Kent...had at least one field goal in every game except Missouri, Ohio, and Kent...had a long of 43 yards in the Penn State game...

1997: was the place-kicker all season...hit eight-of-13 field goal tries and 23-of-24 PATs to lead the team with 47 points...hit six of his first seven field goals before missing four of his last six...did not attempt a field goal for five games in the middle of the season...hit a pair of 45-yarders in the Ohio State game...did not attempt a field goal at home...

1996: took over the place-kicking duties for the season in the second game of the year...did not make the travel roster for the season opener at Alabama, but was the place-kicker in each of the other 10 games...was second on the team with 39 points converting seven-of-11 field goals and 18-of-19 extra points...had his season long of 45 yards in the Kent game...hit two-of-five attempts in the Western Michigan game, including his other over 40 yards (42 yards)...three of his misses were from 41 yards or more...also had a pair of field goals in the Temple contest...one of five "true" freshmen to earn a letter...

St. Francis H.S.: earned three letters for Coach Dick Cromwell mostly as the place-kicker...was a second-team All-City league selection his senior season helping St. Francis to the Div. I regional finals and the City League title...was also an honorable mention all-district pick his senior year...kicked a school record 47-yard field goal as a senior against St. Ignatius...as a junior earned first-team All-City, first-team all-district, and second-team all-state honors...had 11 field goals in his three seasons and over 100 points...

Personal: a finance major with a 3.16 GPA...1998 honorable mention academic All-MAC....son of Jim and Pat Strasser...born Sept. 2, 1977.