Person in history
C. J. Stroud
C. J. Stroud, American football player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 2001 · October 3
- Age this year
- 25No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 25th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Coleridge Bernard "C. J." Stroud IV is an American professional football quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). Stroud played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he holds several 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. He was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2021 and 2022, and was subsequently selected by the Houston Texans second overall in the 2023 NFL draft.
Early life
Early life Stroud was born on October 3, 2001, in Rancho Cucamonga, California , the youngest of four children. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2014, Stroud joined Snoop Dogg 's Snoop Youth Football League aged 12 and played as a quarterback in the league for two years. [ 3 ] In 2016, his father, Coleridge Bernard Stroud III, received a 38-years-to-life sentence after pleading guilty to kidnapping, carjacking and robbery in connection with a drug-related incident under California's three-strikes law . [
Why this date
C. J. Stroud appears on our October 3 calendar for 2001 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 2001.
- September 15Championship Auto Racing Teams
- September 17New York Stock Exchange
- September 18Anthrax
- September 17George W. Bush
- November 1Turkey
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 2001Anthony VolpeApril 28
- 2001Chosen JacobsJuly 1
- 2001Hamiso Tabuai-FidowSeptember 5
- 2001Kate DouglassNovember 17
- 2001Kim Sin-jinJuly 13
- 2001Brian BranchOctober 22
- 2001Franz WagnerAugust 27
- 2001Breece HallMay 31
Sources
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“C. J. Stroud”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/c-j-stroud, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about C. J. Stroud
When was C. J. Stroud born?
October 3 2001.
How old would C. J. Stroud be today?
25 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on October 3?
Artem Zub, Bang Chan, CJ Abrams and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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