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.
Ran into one of the đs of the DE position and the NFL @michaelstrahan! OV starting off with a đ„!! #BleeDblue pic.twitter.com/GBWq5Fv1i6
— RJ Boyd (@rjboyd56) June 7, 2024
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.