Michael Strauss

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-3
Weight:
211
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Key Biscayne, Fla.
High School:
Gulliver Prep

Career Highlights
• School record holder in completions, attempts, yards and touchdowns for a season
• Holds the single-game school record in attempts, completions, yards and touchdowns

2014
• Earned All-CAA third team honors
• Started all 10 games played
• Led the team with 2876 yards off 240-of-362 passes with 22 touchdowns, while picking up his first rushing touchdown of his career
• Averaged 287.6 passing yards per game
• Led the squad with 402 yards off of 25-of-53 passes with two touchdowns in his final game of his career at Coast Carolina
• Threw for 272 yards off 22-of-32 passes and four touchdowns in the playoff win against Morgan State
• Completed 29-of-40 passes for 291 yards and two touchdowns to be named Capital Cup MVP in the win at William & Mary
• Collected 225 yards on 17-of-34 with three touchdowns against James Madison
• Threw for 277 yards on 26-of-36 and three touchdowns in the win at Albany
• Recorded his first rushing touchdown of his career to go along with his 34-of-47 passes for 323 yards and two touchdowns at Liberty
• Threw for a game-high 344 yards off 27-of-35 against No. 7 New Hampshire
• Went 17-of-26 for 217 yards and three touchdowns in the win over Hampton
• Threw for 266 yards on 24-of-36 passing at Virginia
• Named CAA Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Morehead State
• Threw 17-of-23 for 259 yards and three touchdowns in the season opener against Morehead State
• Walter Payton Award Watch List
• Preseason All-CAA Second-Team by College Sports Madness
• Preseason All-CAA by Beyond Sports Network
• Named to the CFPA FCS Quarterbacks Award Watch List

2013
• VaSID All-State Second Team
• Third-Team All-CAA
• Third-Team All-CAA by College Sports Madness
• CAA All-Academic Team
• Set or tied 14 school records
• Started all 12 games
• Had a break through season rewriting Richmond's record book, completing 333-of-509 passes with just eight interceptions for 3,808 yards and 26 touchdowns
• Threw 22-of-37 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown in the win against William & Mary
• Earned The Sports Network FCS National Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance at Delaware
• Named CAA Offensive Player of the Week for the second-straight week after the Delaware victory
• Had a career day at Delaware, throwing 35-of-46 passes for 543 yards with five touchdowns to set the single-game school record in yards
• Named CAA Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Stony Brook
• Went 28-of-38 for 360 yards and five touchdowns in the come-back win at Stony Brook
• Threw for 300 yards on 25-of-39 passing with a touchdown in the win against Albany
• Completed 28-of-38 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for a season-high 12 yards off 10 attempts against No. 6 Towson
• Threw 23-of-44 for 255 yards and a touchdown at Rhode Island
• Set the school record in attempts and completions against James Madison, going 41-of-64 for 423 yards and two touchdowns
• Reset his then career high in total yards with 333 as he went 31-of-45 with two touchdowns and three interceptions against Maine
• Completed 20-of-34 passes for 210 yards and one touchdown in the 30-21 win over Liberty
• Went 28-for-43 for a then career-high 305 yards and a touchdown at Gardner-Webb
• Set a career high in attempts and a then-career high total yards, while tying his career high in completions going 29-of-45 for 300 yards and two touchdowns at NC State
• Completed 23-of-36 passes for 265 yards and three touchdowns with a career-long 59 yards in the season opener against VMI

2012
• 2012 CAA Football All-Academic Team
• Appeared in 10 games, starting the last four
• Posted a 4-0 record as a starter
• Completed 125-of-194 passes for 1,169 yards, nine touchdowns and two interceptions
• Completed 64.4 percent of his passes
• In first career start, completed 27-of-43 passes for 271 yards and four touchdowns to lead Spiders to 35-29 win over No. 2 James Madison
• Completed 17-of-25 passes for 199 yards and two touchdowns in win over Rhode Island
• Threw for 222 yards and a score in Capital Cup win at William & Mary
• Made his collegiate debut against former team, throwing a 3-yard touchdown pass to Kendall Gaskins on his first attempt
• Went 7-for-8 for 60 yards and a TD against the Cavaliers
• Threw for 267 yards on 25-of-41 passing in victory of Delaware
• Completed 5-of-12 passes for 42 yards and a touchdown at No. 12/13 New Hampshire
• Completed 5-of-7 passes for 46 yards in victory over VMI
• Against Georgia State, completed 5-of-7 passes for 31 yards
• In win over Gardner-Webb, went 4-of-8 for 22 yards
• Completed his only pass of the game against No. 4 Old Dominion for nine yards

2011
• Transferred to Richmond for the 2012 spring semester after not seeing action as a redshirt freshman with the Cavaliers in the fall
• Will have three years of athletic eligibility remaining

2010 (at Virginia)
• Redshirted

High School
• Threw for 2,714 yards and 28 touchdowns his senior season to become Gulliver Prep's all-time yards (6,650) and touchdowns (62) leader
• Named a Class 2A All-State first-team and Miami Herald first-team All-Dade County 3A-1B selection as a senior in 2009
• Ranked the nation's No. 42 quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com and No. 74 by ESPN.com
• Completed 195-of-298 attempts for 3,193 yards and 32 touchdowns as a junior en route to leading the team to the 2008 state championship, where he was named the State Finals' Offensive MVP
• Selected first-team All-Dad County 3A-1B in 2008

Personal
• Son of Richard and Maria Strauss