#55

Jason Strowbridge

Former defensive lineman at North Carolina. 2019: 3 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.

DL · North Carolina · Sr. · #55

6′5″ · 285 lb · Deerfield Beach, FL

Miami — drafted 2020, Rd 5, Pick 9, #154 overall

The story

Former defensive lineman at North Carolina. 2019: 3 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.

Drafted round 5 by the Miami in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Carolina, 12 sacks — drafted at #154 overall by Miami.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Drafted by Miamiround 5, pick 154

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

North Carolina

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #154

Miami · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2018

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

2019

Mack Brown

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Larry Fedora → Mack Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 7th NFL season

#154Rd 5 · Pick 9

MiamiEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016North Carolina8-5HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2017North Carolina3-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2018North Carolina2-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2019North Carolina7-6HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Strength: sacks (86th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#192 / 2688 · 91st pct

Sacks#322 / 2688 · 86th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#415 / 2688 · 84th pct

6.5

Tackles#792 / 2688 · 70th pct

Solo tackles#816 / 2688 · 69th pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.0
Road5g	4.4	0.4	0.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	0.5	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	0.7	0.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	North Carolina	45	27	6.5	3.0	1	--	--
2018	North Carolina	36	18	7.5	5.5	1	--	--
2017	North Carolina	34	12	5.5	1.0	1	--	--
2016	North Carolina	12	5	2.5	2.0	--	--	--
Career		127	62	22.0	11.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019

W 28–25

vs Miami

5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With S. Howell — 274 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.9 · -9 rush yds (11 car) · D. Brown — 18 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.3

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-20vs South Carolina	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 28-25vs Miami	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-21vs Clemson	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 38-22@ Georgia Tech	3	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 8	L 41-43@ Virginia Tech	9	5	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 20-17vs Duke	10	6	2.5	1.5	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 10	L 31-38vs Virginia	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-34@ Pittsburgh	6	6	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 56-7vs Mercer	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 41-10@ NC State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 55-13@ Temple	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		45	27	6.5	3.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2020

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays