Houston Texans QBs Davis Mills (No. 10), C.J. Stroud (No. 7), and QB coach Jerrod Johnson (right) at mandatory minicamp at Houston Methodist Training Center. (Photo by Brian Barefield/Texans Wire)
Jerrod Johnson’s playing career was ending, and the son of a former high school football coach was transitioning into the family business.
He was helping at the Elite 11 – a competition for the nation’s top high school quarterbacks—when he came across a 17-year-old, three-star recruit eager to learn and improve.
The kid was C.J. Stroud.
Johnson, who enters his second season as Houston Texans quarterbacks coach, recalled the experience as a guest on The Athletic’s ‘Playcallers’ podcast.
Jerrod Johnson had a front-row seat to watch C.J. Stroud blossom in the NFL.
What moment did he know the No. 2 overall pick would be special?
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“Even at 17 when he came in, I don’t think he had much formal quarterback training (and) he wasn’t the highest-rated kid there for a week,” Johnson said. “But he just bought into our entire process. He stayed after, he asked questions, and he was just an eager 17-year-old who just wanted to get somewhere, wanted to chase his dreams, and he felt there was a lot of information there throughout that camp.”
Stroud went on to win MVP of the camp and soon after received a scholarship to Ohio State. Over his two seasons as the Buckeyes’ starter, he’d become one of the nation’s most prolific passers, leading to the Texans drafting him second overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.
“To meet him again as a young man, I do think us having a respect for each other and the time we met when we both were younger kind of broke the ice for us,” Johnson…
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Publish date : 2024-08-09 16:34:23
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