CJ Stroud Injury Update: Texans QB To Miss Sunday Tie Against Browns
The Houston Texans announced Friday that quarterback C.J. Stroud has been ruled out of Sunday’s game against Cleveland. Stroud suffered a concussion in the team’s 30-6 Week 14 loss to the New York Jets and remained in the protocol after missing Week 15 against the Tennessee Titans.
When Texans coach DeMeco Ryans was asked earlier this week whether Stroud’s injury could end his season, he said, “No.”
Quarterback Case Keenum started in place of Stroud, who didn’t practice Wednesday, during the Texans’ 19-16 overtime win against the Titans on Sunday.
Coleridge Bernard “C. J.” Stroud IV (born October 3, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State, where he holds many school records, including most passing yards in a single game with 573, as well as being the first player to throw for six touchdowns three times.
On September 10, 2023, Stroud made his NFL debut in Week 1 against the Baltimore Ravens, where he threw for 242 yards in the 25–9 loss. During Week 2 against the Indianapolis Colts, Stroud threw his first two NFL touchdowns, one to Nico Collins and the other to Tank Dell, and finished with 384 passing yards in the 20–31 loss.
Stroud’s 384 yards are the second-most in a single game by a Texans rookie quarterback. The following week, against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Stroud finished 20-of-30 for 280 yards with two touchdowns as the Texans won 37–17.
He also joined Cam Newton and Justin Herbert as the only players in NFL history to put up at least 900 passing yards in their first three games. Stroud was named the Offensive Rookie of the Month for September, finishing the month with 78 completions on 121 attempts with 906 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions.
The streak ended the following week against the New Orleans Saints at 191 attempts; Saints linebacker Zack Baun intercepted the pass but had the ball punched out by wide receiver Nico Collins with offensive lineman Tytus Howard recovering the ball for the Texans.
In Week 8, Stroud faced his friend and fellow top draft pick Bryce Young for the first time in the NFL. The game also marked just the third time in NFL history a quarterback has thrown for at least 470 yards and five touchdowns with no interceptions, joining Y.A. Tittle and Ben Roethlisberger.
Ten days after being injured, C.J. Stroud remains in the concussion protocol, Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans said Wednesday. While Ryans said “no” when asked if the injury could end Stroud’s season, the Texans’ quarterback didn’t practice Wednesday and is expected to miss his second consecutive game this weekend.
