© Provided by Buckeyes Now on FanNation C.J. Stroud is leaving Columbus, but the number that made him a staple of Ohio State football is headed to Houston. The Houston Texans announced that Stroud would wear No. 7 for his upcoming rookie season. Longtime kicker Ka?imi Fairbairn released the number for Stroud to claim after being selected second overall in last month’s draft. Stroud, a two-time Heisman finalist and 2022 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, still must earn the starting job over both Davis Mills and veteran Case Keenum, but the expectation is that he’ll develop into Houston’s future franchise quarterback. The Texans were in need of a new long-term gunslinger after Pro Bowl quarterback Deshaun Watson was traded to the Cleveland Browns prior to the start of the 2022 campaign. “Throughout the entire [draft] process, you just continue to grow more and more in love with the…
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