QB · Houston Texans · #7

C.J. Stroud

QB1

College: Ohio State
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 218 lb
Experience: 4th season

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Season

EPA / play

+0.14▲ 0.02 vs '25

8th of 23 QBs

CPOE

+2.3▲ 2.0 vs '25

7th of 23 QBs

Yards / attempt

7.56▲ 0.37 vs '25

8th of 23 QBs

INT rate

0.4%▼ 1.5 vs '25

2nd of 23 QBs · 1 INT / 247 att

Rushing

80 yds+0.47 EPA/CAR

18 car · 4.44 y/c · 1 td

Ranks compare against the 23 qualifying quarterbacks on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

EPA per dropback by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Dropbacks+37.2

Designed runs+1.7

Net+38.9

Best game · Wk 4 vs DAL

21/31

Cmp/Att

347

Pass yds

2 / 0

TD / INT

+15.9

Pass EPA

+0.48

EPA/play

Rush yds

2026 game log

	Passing											Rushing
Game	Completions / attemptsCompletions and attempts.	Completion %Completions divided by attempts.	Passing yardsPassing yards (sack yardage not subtracted).	Yards per attemptPassing yards divided by attempts.	Passing touchdownsTouchdown passes.	InterceptionsPasses intercepted.	Sacks takenTimes sacked.	Adjusted net yards per attempt(Passing yards + 20 × TD − 45 × INT − sack yards) ÷ (attempts + sacks). Rewards touchdowns, punishes interceptions and sacks.	Passing EPAExpected points added on dropbacks, including sacks and scrambles.	EPA per dropbackExpected points added per dropback. Zero is an average play; +0.20 is elite.	Completion % over expectedCompletion percentage minus the expected completion percentage for the same throws, given depth, location and pressure. In percentage points.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	Rushing EPAExpected points added on carries (quarterback scrambles included).	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.
Wk 1 vs BUFL	26/38	68.4	274	7.21	2	0	3	7.24	+4.1	+0.10	+3.2	2	15	7.50	0	+1.5	+0.73
Wk 2 vs CINL	30/55	54.5	353	6.42	0	0	4	5.32	−3.6	−0.06	−8.4	3	29	9.67	0	+2.2	+0.75
Wk 3 @ INDL	16/27	59.3	167	6.19	1	0	3	5.77	−1.3	−0.04	+0.2	2	10	5.00	0	+2.2	+1.10
Wk 4 vs DALL	21/31	67.7	347	11.19	2	0	2	11.36	+15.9	+0.48	+15.1	2	12	6.00	0	+0.9	+0.46
Wk 5 @ TENW	26/34	76.5	261	7.68	1	0	2	7.50	+10.5	+0.29	+10.0	6	5	0.83	1	−0.4	−0.06
Wk 6 @ JAXW	24/34	70.6	312	9.18	3	1	0	9.62	+13.1	+0.37	+11.5	1	5	5.00	0	−0.8	−0.81
Wk 7 vs NYGL	17/28	60.7	153	5.46	2	0	1	6.66	−1.5	−0.05	−9.1	2	4	2.00	0	+2.8	+1.38
Season	160/247	64.8	1,867	7.56	11	1	15	7.44	+37.2	+0.14	+2.3	18	80	4.44	1	+8.4	+0.47

How he compares

2026 quarterbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

Rookie deal · signed 2023 with Texans

$36.3Mover 4 years

Avg. per year: $9.1M
Guaranteed: $36.3M 100%
2026 cap hit: $11.5M 3.7% of the cap
Signed: 2023
Runs through: 2026

2023

2024

2025

2026 · now

Year 4 of 4

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall		Passing										Rushing
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	Completions / attemptsCompletions and attempts.	Completion %Completions divided by attempts.	Yards per attemptPassing yards divided by attempts.	Adjusted net yards per attempt(Passing yards + 20 × TD − 45 × INT − sack yards) ÷ (attempts + sacks). Rewards touchdowns, punishes interceptions and sacks.	Passing touchdownsTouchdown passes.	InterceptionsPasses intercepted.	Sacks takenTimes sacked.	Passing EPAExpected points added on dropbacks, including sacks and scrambles.	EPA per dropbackExpected points added per dropback. Zero is an average play; +0.20 is elite.	Completion % over expectedCompletion percentage minus the expected completion percentage for the same throws, given depth, location and pressure. In percentage points.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	Rushing EPAExpected points added on carries (quarterback scrambles included).	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.
2026	7	+38.9	160/247	64.8	7.56	7.44	11	1	15	+37.2	+0.14	+2.3	18	4.44	1	+8.4	+0.47
2025	14	+56.8	273/423	64.5	7.19	6.44	19	8	23	+55.4	+0.12	+0.4	48	4.35	1	+15.0	+0.31
2024	17	−21.0	336/532	63.2	7.01	5.44	20	12	52	−4.4	−0.01	−1.7	52	4.48	0	−7.2	−0.14
2023	15	+61.4	319/499	63.9	8.23	7.47	23	5	38	+63.1	+0.11	+0.2	39	4.28	3	+6.1	+0.16
Career	53	+136.0	1088/1701	64.0	7.49	6.57	73	26	128	+151.3	+0.08	−0.1	157	4.39	5	+22.3	+0.14