“I’ve Been Through Hell and Back:” C.J. Stroud’s Roller-Coaster Upbringing Taught Him How to “Scratch and Claw Through Life”
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Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud had to “scratch and claw through life,” growing up with tough experiences in Los Angeles, and he's eternally grateful for the lessons it taught him.
  • goldspikesv9@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    “I can’t explain it. But I get chills whenever I’m competing. I get a grit to me,” Stroud says. “I’m angry – I’m not angry, but it’s like, I’m at your neck. I don’t care who looking or who watching. I’m not (gonna) be disrespectful to nobody. I’m gonna be a good teammate, but I’m a competitor. When you go through those things, it makes you scratch and claw.”

    This dude is sick man, I’m rooting for him.

  • KevWill@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I read that thinking I was going to see a story about adversity. The article is light on information other than his father went to jail. Sure that sucks, but Stroud otherwise seemed to have a fine life. He had an iphone and Beats.

  • bcnoexceptions@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Now that the Texans drafted him, I would say he could be “from Texas”, but I would not consider him “a short man from Texas”.

  • BenadrylBeer@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    There was a show called Elite 11 and he was like one of the best dudes on there. Older seasons on YouTube it’s pretty cool! They have Justin Fields and Trevor Lawrence and many more competing on there

  • CivilBird@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If CJ Stroud goes on to be a top QB in the league, the NFL is going to change soooo much. I can’t count the number of times I see a rookie struggling and people respond with “no good QB is ever good their first year”. The leash will get a lot shorter for players down the road. It’s going to be tougher to justify keeping a struggling rookie by comparing his stats to Peyton Manning’s rookie stats.

    • AH_BioTwist@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This is a on going trend with qbs like Herbert and josh Rosen for teams insta moving on from the qb year1

    • VersusCA@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I don’t think this will pan out because there’s literally just not enough quality QBs available to churn through one every single year if they aren’t immediately good. The NFL is already tough to watch with close to 20 teams having below average or outright bad QB play this year. And each draft only has at most 3 or 4 of the kinds of QBs that can start week 1 without everyone calling you crazy.

    • Fnkt_io@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’m already seeing the absurd revisionist history that the Texans were somehow an absolute powerhouse of a team that just needed a QB.