He played college football at Chattanooga and was selected by the Patriots in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft.

[3] Strange briefly attended Air Force during the Basic Cadet Training period before transferring to Chattanooga and redshirting his freshman season.

[5] Strange started all 11 games at left guard during his redshirt sophomore and was named second-team All-Southern Conference (SoCon).

[6] Strange started four of five possible games at left guard and won the Jacobs Blocking Award as the best blocker in the SoCon during redshirt senior season, which was shortened and played in the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Week 15 against the Kansas City Chiefs, Strange suffered a torn patellar tendon in his left knee, ending his season.