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'''CJ Stroud''' is a phenomenal young [[NFL]] [[QB]] who shattered many records in 2023 and early 2024 (playoffs) as a rookie, playing for the [[Houston Texans]] while outspokenly [[evangelism|evangelizing]] for [[Jesus Christ]].  Previously, as a star college player at [[Ohio State]], he was photographed kneeling in prayer on the field.<ref>https://www.cleveland.com/buckeye-talk-podcast/2022/04/cj-stroud-spent-two-years-mastering-the-roller-coaster-that-is-being-ohio-state-footballs-qb1.html</ref>

'''CJ Stroud''' is a phenomenal young [[NFL]] [[QB]] who shattered many records in 2023 and early 2024 (playoffs) as a rookie, playing for the [[Houston Texans]] while outspokenly [[evangelism|evangelizing]] for [[Jesus Christ]].  Previously, as a star college player at [[Ohio State]], he was photographed kneeling in prayer on the field.<ref>https://www.cleveland.com/buckeye-talk-podcast/2022/04/cj-stroud-spent-two-years-mastering-the-roller-coaster-that-is-being-ohio-state-footballs-qb1.html</ref>

He grew up in a family impoverished by the lifetime incarceration of his father under [[California]]'s brutal Three Strikes and You're Out Law.<ref>https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/3strikes.html</ref>  CJ's home with his mother and siblings was a cramped apartment above a storage facility, and was reportedly even homeless for a time.

He grew up in a family impoverished by the lifetime incarceration of his father under [[California]]'s brutal Three Strikes and You're Out Law.<ref>https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/3strikes.html</ref>  CJ's home with his mother and siblings was a cramped apartment above a storage facility, and was reportedly even homeless for a time. CJ was quoted as saying about his father:

When CJ earned money under the [[NIL]] program as a college star at Ohio State, he bought his mother a three-bedroom home.  He was subsequently picked as the #2 overall choice in the 2022 draft.

When CJ earned money under the [[NIL]] program as a college star at Ohio State, he bought his mother a four-bedroom home.<ref name="EssentiallySports"/> He was subsequently picked as the #2 overall choice in the 2022 draft.

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