September 20, 2024

C.J. Stroud has spent two years mastering the roller coaster of being Ohio State football’s QB1


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kim Stroud doesn’t have a ton of great memories from her son’s first season as an Ohio State football player in 2020. She sent her oldest child across the country to play quarterback for the Buckeyes, understanding he’d spend his first year sitting behind Justin Fields. Playing time would be sparse, even moreso during a global pandemic. That’s why she didn’t attend any regular-season games. She watched her son’s first college touchdown on television — a 48-yard sprint in an already decided game against Michigan State — a moment she’s since framed in her living room. “When they put him in, I was so excited,” she told cleveland.com. “But when he kept it and ran, as he was running I was just screaming like, ‘Oh my God, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.’ Then when he actually scored it, I just screamed and was so excited…

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