C.J. Stroud NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

C.J. Stroud is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Stroud in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Stroud's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

C.J. Stroud

QBHOU#7ACT

C.J. Stroud

1× Pro Bowl1st youngest · 3,000 Passing Yards 1st youngest · 4,000 Passing Yards Top 24% all-time QBsReliable Starter📉 Fades · -14% playoffs

Height6'3"

Weight218 lb

BornOct 3, 2001

Age24

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2023

Draft2023 · Rd 1, Pick 2 · HOU

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

43rdPlayoff Passing Yards·1,438 yds 57thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·6

1x

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A quarterback with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 81 · #1413 · High-Value

Worth 81 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 31% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

36

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+27

Avg surplus

peak +37

3 seasons × ~27 surplus ≈ VORP 81

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Receiving									Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2023	—	HOU	15	—	319	499	63.9%	4,108	23	5	4.6	1.0	8.2	8.7	4.6	100.8	38	39	157	3	4.0	7.7	17	43.6	1	1	1	0	0	100.0%	0.0	0.0	—	0	968	98.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	—	HOU	17	—	336	532	63.2%	3,727	20	12	3.8	2.3	7.0	6.7	1.7	87.0	52	52	233	0	4.5	0.0	14	26.9	2	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	1,035	93.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	—	HOU	14	—	273	423	64.5%	3,041	19	8	4.5	1.9	7.2	7.2	2.4	92.9	23	48	209	1	4.4	2.1	20	41.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	868	91.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	46	—	928	1,454	63.8%	10,876	62	25	4.3	1.7	7.5	7.6	2.5	93.5	113	139	599	4	4.3	2.9	51	36.7	3	2	1	0	0	50.0%	0.0	0.0	—	0	2,871	94.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%

Career EPA48.9·52 passing · -1 rushing · -2 receiving·24.5/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2023	22	HOU	15	15*	319	499	63.9%	4,108	23	5	4.6	1.0	8.2	8.7	4.6	100.8	38	14.7
2024	23	HOU	17	16*	336	532	63.2%	3,727	20	12	3.8	2.3	7.0	6.7	1.7	87.0	52	10.8
2025	24	HOU	14	13*	273	423	64.5%	3,041	19	8	4.5	1.9	7.2	7.2	2.4	92.9	23	10.2
Career			46	44*	928	1,454	63.8%	10,876	62	25	4.3	1.7	7.5	—	—	93.5	113	35.7

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2023	22	HOU	15	15*	39	157	3	4.0	7.7	17	43.6	1
2024	23	HOU	17	16*	52	233	0	4.5	0.0	14	26.9	2
2025	24	HOU	14	13*	48	209	1	4.4	2.1	20	41.7	0
Career			46	44*	139	599	4	4.3	—	51	—	3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2023	22	HOU	15	15*	1	1	0	0	100.0%	0.0	0.0	—	0
2024	23	HOU	17	16*	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0
Career			32	31*	2	1	0	0	50.0%	0.0	0.0	—	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2023	22	HOU	15	15*	968	98.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	23	HOU	17	16*	1,035	93.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	24	HOU	14	13*	868	91.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			46	44*	2,871	—	—	—	—	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2023	22	—	—	15*	64.8	6.0	-0.9	4,481	-1
2024	23	—	—	16*	-13.1	-7.2	-0.7	4,424	10
Career				31*	—	—	—	8,905	9

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Passing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	OnTgt%	Bad%	Prss	Prss%	Hrry	Hits	Bltz	PktTime	Throwaway	Batted	Scrm
2023	22	HOU	—	15*	74.8	19.9	123	22.0	47	38	126	2.5	16	9	—
2024	23	HOU	—	16*	73.3	18.7	174	28.0	66	56	154	2.5	22	8	37
2025	24	HOU	—	13*	74.6	17.6	101	21.4	43	35	132	2.4	22	10	25
Career				44*	—	—	398	—	156	129	412	—	60	27	62

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2023	22	HOU	15	15*	147	3.8	20	0.5	2	19.5	17
2024	23	HOU	17	16*	190	3.7	43	0.8	3	17.3	14
2025	24	HOU	14	13*	182	3.8	27	0.6	0	—	18
Career			46	44*	519	—	90	—	5	—	49

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2023	22	HOU	15	15*	-1.0	-1.0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	79.2
2024	23	HOU	17	16*	10.0	—	—	0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Career			32	31*	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

63

Sustained

career value

×.6

63

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 63 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 44.8

Availability 18.2

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)

2023bestavg 63elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

15

Depth

of 100

Reached 12% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

12% of the all-time Passing Yards leader12

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

24.46 EPA/season over 2 seasons58

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Quarterbacks · proprietary · 2012+

44

Solid

SIS

EPA / snap:0.024See leaderboard →

EPA/snap0.024Snap share95.8%Off snaps2,003VolatileCV 1.38

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within quarterbacks, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 29. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Passer Rating: 93.5 regular season → 80.6 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-14%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Passing

Cmp117Att194Cmp%60.3%Yds1,438TD6Int6TD%3.1Int%3.1Y/A7.4AdjY/A6.6TD:INT1.0Rate80.6Sk17

Rushing

Att19Yds105Y/A5.51D71D%36.8

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA12.3Rush EPA5.3Pass AirYd1,014

College Stats

Ohio StateImported college table

College Passing

Season	School	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
2020	Ohio State	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	—	—	0.0	—	—	0.0	—
2021	Ohio State	317	441	71.9%	4,435	44	6	10.0	1.4	10.1	11.4	7.3	131.5	—
2022	Ohio State	258	389	66.3%	3,688	41	6	10.5	1.5	9.5	10.9	6.8	125.6	—
Career		575	830	69.3%	8,123	85	12	10.2	1.4	9.8	11.2	7.1	128.7	0

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2020	Ohio State	1	48	1	48.0	100.0	—	—	—
2021	Ohio State	32	20	0	0.6	0.0	—	—	—
2022	Ohio State	47	108	0	2.3	0.0	—	—	—
Career		80	176	1	2.2	1.3	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2023 Draft Class· this player went #2

#1Bryce YoungQB #3Will Anderson Jr.DE #4Anthony RichardsonQB #5Devon WitherspoonCB #6Paris Johnson Jr.OT #7Tyree WilsonDE #8Bijan RobinsonRB #9Jalen CarterDT #10Darnell WrightOT #11Peter SkoronskiOT #12Jahmyr GibbsRB #13Lukas Van NessLB #14Broderick JonesOT #15Will McDonald IVDE #16Emmanuel ForbesCB #17Christian GonzalezCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

C.J. inherited the Houston Texans QB room from Davis Mills (2021–2025), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

David Carr 2002–2006Matt Schaub 2007–2013Case Keenum 2013–2023Deshaun Watson 2017–2020Davis Mills 2021–2025C.J. Stroud 2023–2025

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide .

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Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2023draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 1, Pick 2

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 218 lb

Frame

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	HOU	1	W2Questionable· right ShoulderW15Doubtful· ConcussionW16Out· Concussion

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →

54

peak 63

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2023

B2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.

90%

20232025

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity.

Era Translator

Pass Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
2023	4,108	273.9	4,563+455	268.4
2024	3,727	219.2	3,726-1	219.2
2025	3,041	217.2	3,693+652	217.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

81 career value over replacement — #1413 all-time of 4,642. 27/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #2 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2023 · -7.8 vs expected KV-H

54actual

61.8 expected · Δ−7.8

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