Michael Strachan’s wild journey: From The Bahamas to Division II to the Colts – The Athletic

Colleges werent exactly tripping over one another trying to sign Michael Strachan as a football recruit out of Liberty Christian Academy in Virginia during the spring of 2016.

Search his name on any of the major recruiting sites and see what you come up with.

Well wait

It was hard to blame those schools. Here was Strachan, an interesting recruit good size, good speed but one with many questions. Among them: How quickly could this native of The Bahamas with limited experience in the game develop? And would he manage to qualify academically given the challenges with meeting core-class requirements and the minimum SAT score after changing countries in the middle of high school?

Coming from The Bahamas, I didnt know what the ACT and SAT even were, Strachan said. So, I was a bit late in the process. And most of the schools werent willing to be patient with me.

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Michael Strachan's wild journey: From The Bahamas to Division II to the Colts - The Athletic