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QB CJ Stroud (All B1G, 2022 B1G QB of the Year, All-American, NFL OROY, Houston Texans)

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QBs C.J. Stroud, Jack Miller
Technically the list is six Buckeyes since the freshmen quarterbacks are lumped together here, just like their careers will forever be inevitably intertwined after arriving at the same time to play a position where only one guy can play. Camp started with legitimate expectations that either C.J. Stroud or Jack Miller could potentially rise up and become the backup passer depending on how quickly their knowledge of the playbook caught up with their natural gifts throwing the football. Everybody lost key development time this spring, and missing some practices isn’t a big deal in the grand scheme of things right now. But from a purely football perspective, the lost camp might have impacted Stroud and Miller more than anybody else on the roster.

 
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Austin Ward: C.J. Stroud turns in best passing performance
There wasn’t going to be much to prove for Justin Fields to do this weekend, so the Heisman Trophy favorite would probably have been limited to a series or two. The Buckeyes would have been much more interested in seeing what backups Gunnar Hoak, C.J. Stroud and Jack Miller could do in the setting — particularly when it comes to the true freshmen. The sample size was admittedly small on the opening day of camp, but Stroud really caught the eye with his ability to deliver the football, flashes of athleticism and confidence leading the attack. All of that figured to grow during the next month, and while Hoak is a veteran and Miller surely would have had his bright days as well, the pick here is that Stroud eventually becomes the backup for the Buckeyes.
 
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SKULL SESSION: CHASE YOUNG MIGHT NOT BE DONE GROWING, OHIO STATE IS THE BEST AT DEVELOPING THREE-STAR TALENT, AND CJ STROUD TOPS A 2023 MOCK DRAFT

A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE. Folks, some online seer has glimpsed the future and brought us news, both bad and good.

The bad news is, in the year 2023, Dwayne Haskins proves to be a bust. I know, it's a truly sad turn of events that's hard to swallow. But the good news is, C.J. Stroud replaces him with the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.

1. Washington Redskins: C.J. Stroud, QB, Ohio State
- 2020 NFL Mock Draft Pick (as of 4/15): Chase Young, DE/OLB
- 2021 NFL Mock Draft Pick (as of 4/16): Justyn Ross, WR
- 2022 NFL Mock Draft Pick (as of 4/17): Derek Stingley, CB

Dwayne Haskins improved every game he started in his rookie campaign. However, given the chaos in Washington, it wouldn't be surprising if he ended up being a bust. The Redskins could be in the market for a new franchise quarterback in 2023.

Stroud will spend the 2020 season as an understudy to Justin Fields before being expected to take over Ryan Day's offense in 2021. Whereas Fields, a likely high first-round pick in his own right, is more of a pure dual-threat quarterback, Stroud is more of passer who can use his feet to make plays outside the pocket. Stroud became one of the most coveted quarterbacks in the 2020 recruiting class behind arm strength and accuracy that should rate out on the elite level. He will throw some of the smoothest passes in college football and can comfortable make all the throws needed to be great in the NFL.

Paris Johnson Jr. also slips all the way to No. 15, becoming an absolute steal for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Truth be told, I hate mock drafts. Yesterday, I felt dirty compiling a list of mock drafts a year out. Mock drafting 2023 is like a blind fellow shooting a bb gun with a curved barrel at a target 75 feet away.

But it is excellent content!



Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...e-best-at-developing-three-star-talent-and-cj

Re: Mock drafting 2023 is like a blind fellow shooting a bb gun with a curved barrel at a target 75 feet away.

Yeah, that's true too......:nod:
 
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CJ Stroud (FR): A late riser in the recruiting process, Stroud went from a three-star prospect to a borderline five-star quarterback, earning Elite 11 MVP honors along the way. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Rancho Cucamonga, California, product was ranked as the No. 41 overall prospect and the second-best pro-style quarterback in his class. Stroud picked Ohio State over Georgia, Michigan, Oregon and others, joining Miller as the second four-star quarterback in the class.
 
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C.J. Stroud remembers when he was an underdog, before even Ohio State knew who he was.

The early-enrollee quarterback for the Buckeyes was a late-arrival to the pedestal of four- and five-star prospects. At this time last year, he finally crept into the top 600 players nationally, but was nowhere near a five-star product. Then the Elite 11 camp happened.

Stroud won the event, drawing plenty of attention from around the country and giving him a massive ratings bump. Stroud finished as a five-star prospect and one of the top-rated players in Ohio State’s 2020 class.

But he won’t forget the time when he was underrated as a prospect.

“I’ve always, in a sense, been the underdog,” Stroud said in February. “I like that feeling. That just brings the dog out in me. I’ve been through a lot in my life and a lot of hardships. But I feel like if I can get through things, I can get through anything with God by my side.

“These last six months have been crazy. I went from being a two-star nothing to now… The stars, really, when I got my fifth star, I knew it mattered because it’s cool. But it doesn’t matter because look how the media portrayed me back then. I was still good and I played well and I had the skills and attributes to play at a high level, but nobody thought I could.”
 
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SKULL SESSION: CJ STROUD ATTRACTED ATTENTION AS ELITE 11 MVP, GENE SMITH STILL WANTS 50,000 IN THE HORSESHOE, AND EZEKIEL ELLIOTT OWNS MICHIGAN

ZERO TO HERO. At this time last year, I'd never heard the name "C.J. Stroud" in my life, but his meteoric rise had already begun, and he was about to show the world what he can do at the Elite 11.

Thankfully, Ryan Day had already taken an interest, and the event turned out to be a solid trial run, with Stroud teamed up with a ton of Buckeye commits.

CJ Stroud’s trajectory to become a heavily-recruited quarterback prospect who eventually committed to Ohio State doesn’t follow the typical path. Unlike many in his class, Stroud wasn’t well known or highly thought of throughout high school. In fact, nearly a year and a half ago, Stroud was a three-star prospect and ranked 860th nationally by the 247Sports Composite.

But then Stroud was invited to the Elite 11 camp in 2019, where he took home the Most Valuable Player trophy. He received the same honor at The Opening Finals that summer. It was because of these camps that attention around Stroud began to grow and the quarterback started to receive offers from top schools, including the Buckeyes.

“Coach Day texted me that day before The Opening, before I won it,” Stroud remembered in February. “He told me they were interested in me. He told me to keep my leadership up. I was with the Ohio State guys at The Opening. That was my first contact with Ohio State.”

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“These last six months have been crazy,” Stroud admitted upon enrolling early at Ohio State. “I went from being a two-star nothing to now -- the stars, really, when I got my fifth star, I knew it mattered because it’s cool. But it doesn’t matter because look how the media portrayed me back then. I was still good and I played well and I had the skills and attributes to play at a high level, but nobody thought I could.”

If Stroud inherits the Buckeye quarterback throne from Justin Fields – which is a big "if," y'all know Jack Miller ain't a slouch – it'll be passing the crown from one five-star Elite 11 MVP to another five-star Elite 11 MVP.

Let's see if Kyle McCord can keep that MVP tradition alive this summer.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...-smith-still-wants-50000-in-the-horseshoe-and
 
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Remember our QB depth chart just a short time ago? Mathew Baldwin and Tate Martel. Baldwin is done playing football. Martel? Will never play QB anywhere and is he even on the Miami team still? We now haveFields a 5 star, Stroud a 5 sta, Jack Miller a 4 star and another 5 star coming in next year. Amazing!
 
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QB CJ Stroud
No two Buckeyes missed out on more precious spring practice time than C.J. Stroud and Jack Miller, the freshmen blue-chip quarterbacks who enrolled in January. Both were expecting to have 15 practices workouts in the spring. They each got three practices, no spring game and then were sent home to learn the complex offense remotely. Both Stroud, a former five-star, and Miller, a four-star, are smart. They still have plenty of time to prove themselves. Fall camp could be the perfect opportunity for one of them to emerge as the heir-apparent to Justin Fields after he leaves for the NFL. First, they need fall camp to start on time.
 
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Just sayin': I'm kind of surprised they gave C.J. Stroud #7 the same number that Kamryn Babb has, i.e. 2 offensive players (who could potentially be on the field at the same time) have the same number.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
So they can play in what, 3 games this year and still red shirt? Is that right, with the 10-game season?
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I think it’s still up to 4 games for a redshirt year. It used to be up to 30% of a team’s games, rounded up, and they had to be in the first half of the season. In 2018, when the NCAA made the change to allow any games during the season to be used toward a redshirt, they specified it with 4 games, rather than a percentage of games played.
 
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BB73 said:
I think it’s still up to 4 games for a redshirt year. It used to be up to 30% of a team’s games, rounded up, and they had to be in the first half of the season. In 2018, when the NCAA made the change to allow any games during the season to be used toward a redshirt, they specified it with 4 games, rather than a percentage of games played.
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Thanks for the clarification. I thought they just changed the percentage; glad to be wrong. Guys will get to play in nearly half the season, against better opponents.
 
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BB73 said:
I think it’s still up to 4 games for a redshirt year. It used to be up to 30% of a team’s games, rounded up, and they had to be in the first half of the season. In 2018, when the NCAA made the change to allow any games during the season to be used toward a redshirt, they specified it with 4 games, rather than a percentage of games played.
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Glad to hear that clarification. Especially since there are lots of situations where no one knows if there's a ccg or bowl until it's too late to add another game of action
 
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