Former linebacker at Wake Forest. 2019: 69 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.
6′3″ · 235 lb · Palm Harbor, FL
The story
Former linebacker at Wake Forest. 2019: 69 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.
Justin Strnad
He has spent four seasons in the Wake Forest linebacker corps. The receipt on tape: 15 tackles, 1 sacks against North Carolina, Week 3, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Wake Forest, 244 tackles — drafted at #178 overall by Denver.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dave Clawson.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
DenverEntering 7th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 30-22 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (88th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (85th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2019 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 9.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Road2g | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 10.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 69 | 38 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 105 | 65 | 8.5 | 1.5 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 51 | 32 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | -- |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 19 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 244 | 147 | 22.5 | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2019
W 24–18
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-35vs Utah State | 12 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-21@ Rice | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-18vs North Carolina | 15 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 49-7vs Elon | 6 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24@ Boston College | 13 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 59-62vs Louisville | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 22-20vs Florida State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 38 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 |
Player DNA