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2021 FCS Jersey Countdown: 20 — The Best Player Who Wears No. 20 Is SDSU’s Pierre Strong Jr.

Sam Herder by Sam Herder
August 11, 2021
SDSU's Pierre Strong Jr.

SDSU Athletics

Welcome to the 2021 FCS Jersey Countdown.

Leading up to Week 0 games on Aug. 28, HERO Sports is going to name the best returning FCS player by jersey number, 99-0. Due to rosters being updated at different times for teams across the country and to keep things consistent, jersey numbers are based on the 2020 fall-2021 spring season.

The 99-0 countdown central page can be found here.

Note: Jersey numbers are based on 2020 fall-2021 spring rosters.

20: Pierre Strong Jr., RB (Sr.) — South Dakota State

Strong is the total package — size (5-foot-11, 205 pounds), speed, vision, cutting ability, patience, power, elusiveness, etc.

He immediately became one of the top FCS running backs as a redshirt freshman in the second half of 2018 when he got more carries. Strong rushed for more than 100 yards in five of the final six games and scored all 11 of his rushing TDs in those contests.

He finished 2018 with 1,116 yards, averaging 9.5 yards per attempt. Strong was named the MVFC Freshman of the Year and earned HERO Sports Freshman All-America honors.

Pierre Strong Jr. was phenomenal for the Jackrabbits on Saturday. He rushed for 253 yards and three TDs on just 17 carries in a 49-27 win against South Dakota. pic.twitter.com/lE6WzBE5uv

— Valley Football (@ValleyFootball) November 18, 2018

In 2019, he was named to three different All-American teams — HERO Sports Second Team, AP Third Team, and Phil Steele Third Team.

Strong ran for 1,018 yards and eight TDs, averaging 7.1 yards a carry. Against Minnesota in the season-opener, he totaled 159 all-purpose yards (53 on the ground, 59 receiving, and 47 on kick returns).

Feels like South Dakota State RB Pierre Strong breaks at least one tackle every time he gets a carry—always finds a nice cutback lane too. Turns a negative play into a 30+ yard run here. pic.twitter.com/XCh3UtzpKS

— Bobby Football (@Rob__Paul) June 20, 2021

During SDSU’s run to the national title game in the spring of 2021, Strong ran for 707 yards and three TDs in nine games. For the second-straight season, he was named to the All-MVFC First Team.

Nationally, Strong garnered First Team All-American honors from HERO Sports, the AFCA, and Phil Steele. He finished tied for eighth in voting for the Walter Payton Award, given to the top FCS offensive player.

On the first play from scrimmage, Pierre Strong Jr. takes it 30 yards!#GoJacks | #BringTheBlue pic.twitter.com/Vdy0PIVsAc

— SDSU Football (@GoJacksFB) March 13, 2021

Strong’s 2,841 career rushing yards rank eighth in SDSU history. He enters this fall a HERO Sports Preseason First Team All-American and the No. 1-ranked returning running back.

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