NFL analyst gives Ohio State’s Ryan Day credit for how C.J. Stroud has hit the ground running
Despite not being the first quarterback selected last NFL Draft, C.J. Stroud came into the league and was the Rookie of the Year over Bryce Young. Stroud entered the NFL and led the Houston Texans back to the playoffs and put up numbers in that process. Stroud threw for 4,108 yards and had 23 passing […]
Despite not being the first quarterback selected last NFL Draft, C.J. Stroud came into the league and was the Rookie of the Year over Bryce Young.
Stroud entered the NFL and led the Houston Texans back to the playoffs and put up numbers in that process. Stroud threw for 4,108 yards and had 23 passing touchdowns with just five interceptions.
Entering his second season, one NFL analyst believes that much of his early success has to do with his time at Ohio State.
“When you hear your young quarterback to be capable of that, I think that’s when you walk away and be like, ‘Oh we can give him more’,” explained Dan Orlovsky on a recent airing of The Pat Mcafee Show. “I was thinking about it this morning. C.J. in part had that l year last year, at least in my belief because of the way Ryan Day coaches those quarterbacks at Ohio State.”
Stroud was excellent over his two seasons at Ohio State and working alongside Ryan Day, who comes from the NFL was good preparation. The sophisticated parts of NFL calls were not foreign to Stroud and he was able to learn things quickly on the fly as a rookie.
“They huddle, they have long play calls, C.J. has got to make sure that there is different levels to his communication in the huddle. I think that was really like a huge foundation for him and his success.”
During his two seasons starting in Columbus, Stroud Stroud completed 69.3% of his passes for 8,123 yards, 85 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. Additionally, he racked up accolades of second and third-team All-American honors. In both seasons, Stroud finished as a Heisman finalist.
As McAfee pointed out, Stroud often gives credit to Day and Ohio State for the role they played in his development. Perhaps they’re doing something right in Columbus when it comes to the quarterback position. If his first year in the NFL was a measuring stick for where his career is going to go, Stroud has a very bright future as perhaps one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.
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