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

it'll be interesting to see who comes in to spell Fields.

Baring any unforeseen injuries to any QB in 2020, I'm predicting that it will be an "or" between Miller and Stroud for the QB2 (or QB3 if Hoak is QB2) spot and neither plays in more than 4 games to preserve their red-shirt status. Also, that way there is no pre-established "pecking order" and allows for a "real open QB1 completion" for the 2021 season, etc.
 
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Coach Mick gonna be happy to know his workouts haven’t been hard? I’m guessing Mr. Stroud will be adding “yet” to that statement.
 
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For CJ Stroud, Being a Buckeye is An Answered Prayer

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A year ago, Ohio State freshman quarterback CJ Stroud never expected to be playing his college ball this far east of the Mississippi River.

In fact, it wasn’t until the summer before his senior season that Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day even came calling.

Or texting, rather.

“Coach Day. They texted me. He was the first person who contacted me from Ohio State,” Stroud said earlier this winter. “I had never talked to Ohio State or even thought about going here. I was like whatever happens, happens. It was right before The Opening. I had a lot of Pac-12 and Big 12 schools, but didn’t have any Big Ten at the time.”

A native Californian, Stroud hadn’t quite yet blown up as a national recruit when Day texted him, but he soon would. Stroud ended up winning the MVP honors as the best overall quarterback at the 2019 Elite 11 Finals.

He then followed that performance up with a senior season where he threw for 3,878 yards and 47 touchdowns in 13 games. Stroud ended up as a 5-star prospect in the recruiting rankings and the No. 2 pocket passer in the 2020 class.

After keeping an eye on his first few games, Ohio State decided to offer Stroud. He ended up taking four official visits, stopping at Georgia, Oregon, and Michigan before finally finding the time to swing by OSU.

Before any of those visits took place, however, that original text from Ryan Day made as much impact as any visit.

“I got on my knees and prayed, man. I just knew my life changed at that moment,” Stroud said. “I snapped on my knees and prayed. I knew God had a plan for my life. My life story, I’m not going to go into it. I’ve been through a lot of things and had a lot of hardships. But God has always availed me. He’s made me strong in those situations.”

In that text, Day told Stroud that they were interested in him and would be recruiting him moving forward. Day also told him to continue working on his leadership. And based on the feedback that the Ohio State head coach received from the future Buckeyes at The Opening, Stroud did exactly that.

Stroud took Day’s advice seriously because he understood the position he was now in. His future may or may not have been at Ohio State, but serious, big-time doors were now opening for him and he was determined not to have those doors closed any time soon.

“When Coach Day texted me, I felt that,” he said. “I was like, ‘This is a sign.'”

Then came the first visit.

“At first, I really didn’t understand the Ohio State offer, to be honest,” Stroud said. “I thought it was going to be another USC or UCLA. But when I got here for my first unofficial visit for the Michigan State game and going into the stadium, I could see the tradition and the people outside and the walk into the old basketball arena with the chants and the motivational speeches.”

Entire article: https://theozone.net/2020/03/cj-stroud-ohio-state-football-opportunity-buckeyes-prayer/
 
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SKULL SESSION: JAMESON WILLIAMS TALKS IMPROVEMENT, C.J. STROUD SHOWS OFF HIS LEADERSHIP AT ELITE 11, AND KYLE YOUNG FINDS A PURPOSE AT OHIO STATE

STROUD HOLDS COURT.
If you had any reason to doubt CJ Stroud's leadership or intangibles, this fantastic off-the-cuff speech to some Elite 11 campers should ease all your concerns because I'd follow that human into an inferno tomorrow.



Let's recap: he got denied a chance at the Elite 11 finals twice, kept working, got a last-minute call on the last day offering him an invite, he promised the dude he was going to win the camp's MVP and then he went and won the MVP. That's uncontainable swagger, but he packages it unbelievable humbleness.

Also, that now gives Ohio State two (2) Elite 11 MVPs on the same roster, which seems exceedingly better than having no Elite 11 MVPs on your roster, like every school that isn't Oklahoma (shouts to Spencer Rattler).

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...off-his-leadership-at-elite-11-and-kyle-young
 
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QUARTERBACKS CJ STROUD AND JACK MILLER
The headline is a lie. There are more than 10 players on this list.

The reason why? Some of the freshmen didn’t get a chance to separate from each other.

This spring would have been the first opportunity for both Stroud and Miller to go through practices with Ryan Day and Corey Dennis, and it also would’ve given them a chance to finally compete against each other. Justin Fields, back for his second season as a starter, certainly would have benefited from a full slate of spring practices. But the two quarterbacks most harmed by the cancellation are Stroud and Miller, the four-star freshman signal-callers who both enrolled early to try to get a jump on the battle to replace Fields in 2021.

 
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