UTAH: UCLA graduate transfer walked on at Utah in the summer of 2019. 2019: Kicked off in all 14 games … 41 touchbacks in 85 kickoffs (60.4 avg.) … 1-of-2 in field goals (make of 41, miss of 25), both against BYU.
PRIOR TO UTAH: Played in five games over three seasons at UCLA as both a kicker and punter (2016-18) … punted three times against Stanford in 2018, averaging 36.3 yards (long of 42 yards) … did not see action in 2017 … played in four games in 2016 as a sophomore, going 1-of-2 in field goals (long of 39 yards) and 9-of-9 in extra point attempts … did not see action in 2015 … five-time member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll … two-time first-team all-league at Piedmont HS … 2014 second-team All-East Bay … 7-of-10 in field goals and averaged 51.4 yards per kickoff as a senior (47 kickoffs for 2,416 yards) … eight punts, averaging 32.5 yards per punt with two punts inside the 20-yard line in 2014 … Cal-Hi Sports Northern California Special Teams Player of the Week in Nov. 2018 after going 7-for-7 in extra points and hitting a 31-yard field goal in the CIF NCS Division IV playoffs … also played soccer, earning first-team all-league honors in 2014.
Personal: Son of Michael and Jane Strauch … sister Caroline is a freshman softball player at Chapman University … full name is Andrew Joseph Strauch … master's in real estate development.