For a 22-year-old, CJ Stroud has plenty of pressure on his shoulders. The California native was the No. 2 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft , landing him a spot on the Houston Texans as their Quarterback. Stroud had a history-making rookie season in the league after playing for Ohio State , where he was listed as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy in two consecutive seasons. Like many great athletes , CJ Stroud’s parents are partially to thank for his success, though the roles they’ve played in the young athlete’s life are very different. “My life has been like a roller coaster. It’s been up and down. I’ve been through hell and back. I’ve been through so much in my life. I had to grow up early. I had to grow up really fast,” Stroud once said of his tumultuous past. His father, Coleridge Bernard Stroud III, was incarcerated when his son was just 13, amid an emotional divorce from the NFLer’s mom, Kimberly Stroud, in 2012. The couple was married in 1997 and welcomed four children – Isaiah,...