His mother talked in an interview with WSYX in October 2022 about she and other team moms support their sons. Like when he was growing up and coaches provided support as father figures, Stroud and his mother have embraced the Ohio State Buckeyes as another part of their family. #ncaafootball #ohiostatebuckeyes #thejourney SUBSCRIBE to Big Ten Network on YouTube for the latest highlights and videos: btn.com/youtubesubscribe Watch live Big Ten games wherever you… "The Journey" profiles how football helped the Buckeye star persevere. Stroud's path to record-setting QB didn't come without hardship. Stroud Has 2 Older Brothers & an Older SisterĬJ Stroud's Path To Becoming a Record-Setting Quarterback | Ohio State Football | The Journey His name is Coleridge, but we all know him as C.J. Stroud told The Lantern in December 2021, “She did her best to try to keep me away from a lof of different negative things.” He said his mother, “tried to keep me in sports and tried to have coaches around like father figures,”ģ. There were times where I couldn’t pay for certain equipment that he needed, but they would give C.J. Because he was so talented, there were so many people that kind of rallied around him and kept him involved. Kim Stroud told the newspaper in September 2022, “We had a lot of support from a lot of different coaches on travel-ball teams. Money really isn’t an object to me because it can be gone in the blink of an eye, which I think is a positive.” But now it teaches me that money really doesn’t matter.
Stroud told the Columbus Dispatch, “It sucked. According to SI, Stroud’s family was financially ruined by his father’s issues and were homeless at one point while Stroud was in high school. ĬJ Stroud gives his mom credit for keeping their family and his life together. Stroud's mother I caught up with Ohio State QB1 CJ Stroud's mom, Kim, who talks about her family's reaction to CJ being named a Heisman Finalist for the second straight season, the Buckeyes in the College Football Playoffs, and more. Stroud Credits His Mother With Keeping Their Family TogetherĮxclusive interview with C.J. Like man, how could you leave me like that?”Ģ. I just look at the things my dad did that were positive, but for a while, I wasn’t like that. Stroud told SI, “My pops, he was my best friend, to have your best friend be snatched like that, it was tough. At that time, that’s when I knew he forgave his dad.” Stroud said he has had a “roller coaster” of a life and has been to “hell and back,” SI wrote.Ĭ.J. is sitting there disappointed in the car, and his dad calls and they talked. Stroud’s mother told SI, “He’s so proud of C.J.
Stroud has not seen his father since about 2014, but they talk on the phone and he plans to visit him after the college football season ends, SI reported. Stroud’s father is fighting to get out of prison early, but as of now, he will not be eligible for parole until 2040, when he is 70, according to prison records.
In an appeal filed in 2018, the elder Stroud, who was a pastor, said had returned to an addiction to drugs that had sent him to prison earlier in his life. He pleaded guilty in 2015 to charges of kidnapping, robbery, carjacking and misdemeanor sexual battery in San Diego. He is incarcerated at Folsom State Prison, records show. Stroud’s dad, Coleridge Bernard Stroud III, is currently serving a sentence of 38 years to life in prison in California. A post shared by CJ Stroud to Sports Illustrated and court records, C.J.
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