Duke football recruit runs into Michael Strahan on his official visit

Duke football hosted a dozen high school recruits for official visits this weekend, and one of them ran into a Pro Football Hall of Famer.

If Duke football recruits weren’t expecting to see a Pro Football Hall of Famer during an official visit, they were pleasantly surprised this weekend.

RJ Boyd, a three-star 2025 running back from Georgia, shared that he ran into former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan on Friday.

Strahan, who also attended a Duke men’s basketball game during the 2023-24 season, has a daughter attending the university. Another one of his daughters received treatment for a brain tumor at Duke University Medical Center.

Across his 15-year NFL career with the Giants, Strahan finished with 141.5 career sacks, four First-Team All-Pro nominations, and a Defensive Player of the Year award. He won the latter in 2001 when he set an NFL single-season record with 22.5 sacks.

Boyd announced his official visit with the Duke football program earlier in the day on Friday, one of a handful of offensive prospects in town for the weekend. He seemed pretty thrilled to cross paths with Strahan.

Duke head coach Manny Diaz landed two 2025 commitments and a transfer over the past seven days, including two running backs. We’ll see if Strahan helps him land any more.