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Justin Strong, Oregon State Beavers safety, on camping, Earl Thomas and Jim Thorpe Award: Odds and Ends

CORVALLIS -- Justin Strong was one of the breakout players for Oregon State last season, tallying 56 tackles (including five for loss), one sack, one forced fumble and three pass breakups as the Beavers' nickelback.

Entering 2015, Strong will slide into a starting role and is expected to be one of the leaders of a largely overhauled defense.

Now, he's the latest subject of Odds and Ends.

What first introduced me to football was ... I have five older brothers, so I'd be in the front yard and we had the little bags and we would run through the bags and they'd hit us and we just got tough.