Education
A native of the Cincinnati suburb of Milford, Strief attended Milford High School and earned All-Midwest Region honors with the Eagles football team Strief attended Northwestern University in Chicago and redshirted his first year.
A native of the Cincinnati suburb of Milford, Strief attended Milford High School and earned All-Midwest Region honors with the Eagles football team Strief attended Northwestern University in Chicago and redshirted his first year.
Besides football he also earned varsity letters in basketball and track and field He was also an honor student. In January 2009 Milford High announced to it would retire Strief"s number 63 jersey (which he also wore in college), only the second jersey to be retired by Milford.
By his junior season he became starting right tackle for Wildcats and started in 40 straight games under Mike Dunbar, who was the Wildcats" offensive coordinator.
NFLDraftScout.com described him as a "hard worker who has no problems digesting a complicated playbook." He graduated with a degree in communication studies and sociology in 2005. New Orleans Saints
He was drafted by the Saints in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
(He also shared in the same award as a backup in 2009)
Strief re-signed with the Saints on a five year extension during free agency in 2014. This is the second time he has been resigned in free agency.
Strief was elected as the Saints" representative to the National Football League Players Association Board of Player Representatives for the 2014 season.
He has also served as an offensive team captain since the 2012 season.