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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Last year at this time, C.J. Stroud was an unknown, untested redshirt freshman who still hadn’t thrown a pass in a college football game. Stroud was named the starting quarterback late in the 2021 preseason, having wrested the job from another heralded freshman. The gig brought with it outsized expectations: win every game and be even better than the last guy, Justin Fields, who was now in the NFL. This year, as he prepares to lead the No. 2 Buckeyes against No. 5 Notre Dame in the season opener on Saturday, Coleridge Bernard Stroud IV is a boss. A Heisman Trophy finalist last season, Stroud is already getting rich from NIL money, and he’s projected to be a first-round NFL draft pick in 2023. Quite a whirlwind for the 20-year-old from Rancho Cucamonga, California. “If I blink my eyes, (it’s) like I was just in high…
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