C.J. Stroud: QB · Ohio State · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
C.J. Stroud
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Third year in the Ohio State quarterback room. On tape: 367 passing yards and 9 rushing yards against Toledo, Week 3, 2022.
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
43.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 31.7% conversion-per-dropback — 23.5% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (10.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Los Angeles Times Nov 1
Eleven Warriors Oct 29Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ohio State | 258 | 389 | 66.3% | 3,688 | 9.5 | 41 | 6 | 177.7 | 96 |
| 2021 | Ohio State | 317 | 441 | 71.9% | 4,435 | 10.1 | 44 | 6 | 186.6 | 96 |
| 2020 | Ohio State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 575 | 830 | 69.3% | 8,123 | 9.8 | 85 | 12 | 182.4 | 96 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ohio State | 47 | 108 | 2.3 | 0 | 44 |
| 2021 | Ohio State | 32 | −20 | −0.6 | 0 | 15 |
| 2020 | Ohio State | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 1 | 48 |
| Career | 80 | 136 | 1.7 | 1 | 48 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-10vs No. 5 Notre Dame | 24/34 | 223 | 2 | 0 | 6.6 | 89.5 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 45-12vs Arkansas State | 16/24 | 351 | 4 | 0 | 14.6 | 93.7 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | W 77-21vs Toledo | 22/27 | 367 | 5 | 0 | 13.6 | 99.4 | Season-high 367 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 52-21vs Wisconsin | 17/27 | 281 | 5 | 1 | 10.4 | 98.9 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | W 49-10vs Rutgers | 13/22 | 154 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 78.0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-20@ Michigan State | 21/26 | 361 | 6 | 1 | 13.9 | 97.9 | 6 TD passes |
| Wk 8 | W 54-10vs Iowa | 20/30 | 286 | 4 | 1 | 9.5 | 65.6 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | W 44-31@ No. 13 Penn State | 26/33 | 354 | 1 | 0 | 10.7 | 93.6 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-7@ Northwestern | 10/26 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 59.3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 56-14vs Indiana | 17/28 | 297 | 5 | 0 | 10.6 | 83.1 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | W 43-30@ Maryland | 18/30 | 241 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 77.5 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-45vs No. 3 Michigan | 31/48 | 349 | 2 | 2 | 7.3 | 68.6 | |
 Bowl | L 41-42vs No. 1 Georgia | 23/34 | 348 | 4 | 0 | 10.2 | — | |
| Total | 258/389 | 3688 | 41 | 6 | 9.5 | — |
Bowl · 2022
L 41-42
vs Georgia · neutral site
348 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · 34 rush yds (12 car)
With J. Mirco — 43.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 50 long · X. Johnson — 3 rec · 43 yds · 1 TD · 28 rush yds (6 car)
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 377 passing plays (247 completions) against the box score's 389 attempts (258 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
10.382 of 206 QBsSack rate
3.0%26 of 206 QBsRarely sacked (26 of 206 QBs) and still 2 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 66.3% completion on 389 attempts · 56 deep completions averaging 32.7 yds.
3 seasons under Ryan Day — 29-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 288 | 3.6 | 9.9 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 258 | 2.0 | 8.9 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 298 | 4.0 | 10.9 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 267 | 2.2 | 8.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Pass share
47.3%
409 pass / 455 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
A finalist for the position's national player-of-the-year award.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #3 at the position.
Career, closed
Gone at #2 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio State, 8,123 passing yards — drafted at #2 overall by the Houston Texans.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ryan Day.
Next stop · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 4th NFL season
Houston TexansEntering 4th NFL season
