Michael Strahan

Michael Strahan

Strahan in 2022
No. 92
Position:	Defensive end
Personal information
Born:	(1971-11-21) November 21, 1971 (age 53) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school:	Westbury (Houston, Texas)
College:	Texas Southern (1989–1992)
NFL draft:	1993 / round: 2 / pick: 40
Career history
New York Giants (1993–2007)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XLII) NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2001) 4× First-team All-Pro (1997, 1998, 2001, 2003) 2× Second-team All-Pro (2002, 2005) 7× Pro Bowl (1997–1999, 2001–2003, 2005) 2× NFL sacks leader (2001, 2003) NFL forced fumbles co-leader (2001) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team New York Giants Ring of Honor New York Giants No. 92 retired NFL record Sacks in a season: 22.5 (tied with T. J. Watt)
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles: 854 Sacks: 141.5 Forced fumbles: 24 Fumble recoveries: 15 Interceptions: 4 Defensive touchdowns: 3 Stats at Pro Football Reference
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Michael Anthony Strahan (/ˈstreɪhæn/ STRAY-han; born November 21, 1971)^[1] is an American television host, journalist, and former professional football player. He played his entire 15-year professional career as a defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). A dominant pass rusher, Strahan is currently tied with T. J. Watt for the record of most NFL single-season quarterback sacks and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XLII over the New England Patriots in his final season in 2007.

Since retiring from the NFL, he has become a media personality. He appears as a football analyst on Fox NFL Sunday, and served as a co-host of ABC's Good Morning America as well as Live! with Kelly and Michael with Kelly Ripa from 2012 to 2016, for which he won two Daytime Emmy Awards. He has also made guest appearances on game shows and other programs. In 2014, he became a regular contributor on Good Morning America, and in 2016 the network announced that Strahan would be leaving Live! to join GMA full-time. He also hosts the current incarnation of the Pyramid game show for ABC.

Strahan was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2021, he flew into space on Blue Origin NS-19's suborbital space flight.