C.J. Stroud has learned to embrace the spotlight entering his second season as Ohio State’s starting quarterback, and it showed during Wednesday‘s Big Ten Media Days.
“To be able to touch so many people, inspire others, I think that's definitely the most exciting part of my life,” Stroud said. “All the football stuff is cool and stuff, but seeing kids come up to me and tell me that they want to be like me, it’s very amazing for me.
“When you come to a place like Ohio State, you have millions of fans, millions of people who love Ohio State, love the Buckeyes, now you're leading them in a sense as well,” Stroud said. “So I definitely feel that and I respect that responsibility and I try to do my best to be the best I can be.” Stroud is far from the only Buckeye who will be in the national spotlight this season. Smith-Njigba is also drawing national preseason attention as a projected top-two candidate for this year’s Biletnikoff Award, and he was also at Big Ten Media Days on Wednesday. Stroud and Smith-Njigba are close friends who have spent much of the offseason traveling together, so they’ve helped each other navigate their rise to fame over the past year.
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