Draft Note by John Paulsen
Stroud suffered a sophomore slump in 2024, finishing as the QB19 with the No. 27 per-game average among quarterbacks. As a rookie, he finished QB12 and had the No. 11 per-game average. It’s pretty common for quarterbacks who thrive as rookies to have a subpar second season now that the rest of the league has plenty of film to figure them out. The Texans lost Stefon Diggs and Tank Dell is unlikely to contribute in 2025, but they did trade for Christian Kirk and added both Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel in the Draft, so Stroud should have enough weapons to throw to, especially with Nico Collins emerging as a star receiver.
C.J. Stroud
- QB
- , Houston Texans
- 24
- 218 lbs
- 6' 3"
- Ohio State
- 124
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Stroud suffered a sophomore slump in 2024, finishing as the QB19 with the No. 27 per-game average among quarterbacks. As a rookie, he finished QB12 and had the No. 11 per-game average. It’s pretty common for quarterbacks who thrive as rookies to have a subpar second season now that the rest of the league has plenty of film to figure them out. The Texans lost Stefon Diggs and Tank Dell is unlikely to contribute in 2025, but they did trade for Christian Kirk and added both Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel in the Draft, so Stroud should have enough weapons to throw to, especially with Nico Collins emerging as a star receiver.
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2025 Strength of Schedule - HOU
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 @LAR | 31 TB | 32 @JAX | 17 TEN | 23 @BAL | BYE | 13 @SEA | 6 SF | 19 DEN | 32 JAX | 17 @TEN | 14 BUF | 25 @IND | 8 @KC | 11 ARI | 22 LV | 10 @LAC | 25 IND |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
| Wk | Opp | Comp | Att | PaYds | PaTD | Int | YPA | YPR | RuAtt | Yds | TD | Fum | YPC | Pts | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @IND | 24 | 32 | 234 | 2 | 0 | 7.31 | 9.75 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3.25 | 18.7 | 79/79 | 100.0% |
| 2 | CHI | 23 | 36 | 260 | 1 | 0 | 7.22 | 11.30 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.00 | 14.3 | 62/62 | 100.0% |
| 3 | @MIN | 20 | 31 | 215 | 1 | 2 | 6.94 | 10.75 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 9.8 | 54/67 | 80.6% |
| 4 | JAX | 27 | 40 | 345 | 2 | 0 | 8.62 | 12.78 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5.67 | 23.5 | 75/75 | 100.0% |
| 5 | BUF | 28 | 38 | 331 | 1 | 1 | 8.71 | 11.82 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 15.9 | 68/68 | 100.0% |
| 6 | @NE | 20 | 31 | 192 | 3 | 1 | 6.19 | 9.60 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 | 18.4 | 63/66 | 95.5% |
| 7 | @GB | 10 | 21 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 4.10 | 8.60 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3.80 | 5.3 | 64/64 | 100.0% |
| 8 | IND | 25 | 37 | 285 | 1 | 0 | 7.70 | 11.40 | 1 | -10 | 0 | 1 | -10.00 | 12.4 | 71/71 | 100.0% |
| 9 | @NYJ | 11 | 30 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 6.37 | 17.36 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 7.38 | 11.5 | 79/79 | 100.0% |
| 10 | DET | 19 | 33 | 232 | 1 | 2 | 7.03 | 12.21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 9.8 | 68/68 | 100.0% |
| 11 | @DAL | 23 | 34 | 257 | 0 | 1 | 7.56 | 11.17 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8.67 | 10.9 | 64/64 | 100.0% |
| 12 | TEN | 20 | 33 | 247 | 2 | 2 | 7.48 | 12.35 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 15.7 | 56/56 | 100.0% |
| 13 | @JAX | 22 | 34 | 242 | 1 | 0 | 7.12 | 11.00 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 | 14.4 | 63/63 | 100.0% |
| 14 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | MIA | 18 | 26 | 131 | 2 | 0 | 5.04 | 7.28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 11.6 | 50/50 | 100.0% |
| 16 | @KC | 23 | 39 | 244 | 2 | 2 | 6.26 | 10.61 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 11.50 | 16.1 | 59/59 | 100.0% |
| 17 | BAL | 17 | 31 | 185 | 0 | 1 | 5.97 | 10.88 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 6.1 | 49/56 | 87.5% |
| 18 | @TEN | 6 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 8.33 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | 11/60 | 18.3% |
| Per game | 19.76 | 31.29 | 219.24 | 1.18 | 0.71 | 7.01 | 11.09 | 3.06 | 13.71 | 0 | 0.24 | 4.48 | 12.96 | 60.88/65.12 | 93.05% | |
| Totals | 336 | 532 | 3727 | 20 | 12 | 7.01 | 11.09 | 52 | 233 | 0 | 4 | 4.48 | 220.38 | 1035/1107 | 93.05% | |
