CJ Stroud Becomes the First Texans QB to Win Offensive Rookie of the Year, Gives Credit to Jesus for Historic Season

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Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud put his faith first yet again after a historic win off the football field.

On Thursday, Stroud was named The Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year at the 2023 NFL Honors in Las Vegas, becoming the first Texans signal-caller to take home the trophy.

Despite the fact the team has indeed spent many a draft pick on the sport’s most important position — quarterback David Carr was the franchise’s first-ever pick at the No. 1 slot of the 2002 draft and was a bust — the 2023 No. 2 draft pick Stroud has blossomed into a leader on and off the field, with the statistics to go with it.

“Stroud, who garnered 48 of 50 first-place votes, took home 246 points from voters, ahead of Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua (154, two first-place votes) and Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta (40),” NFL.com reported.

“Stroud didn’t play like a rookie, barely making mistakes and navigating a banged-up offensive line for parts of the season. Despite injuries to his blockers and receivers, the rookie just plugged along, dicing up defenses as if he were a 10-year pro,” the report said.

“The 22-year-old Stroud led the NFL with a 23-5 pass TD-INT ratio, the youngest player in NFL history to do so. He was the first rookie to lead the NFL in interception percentage (1.0) since Paul Governali with the 1946 [Boston] Yanks.”

He also was the first rookie QB to lead his team to a division title since the Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott in 2016 and the only rookie in the modern NFL era, which began when the NFL and rival AFL merged in 1970, to lead a team from worst to first in its division.

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