C.J. Stroud Felt 'Disrespected' By Ohio State After Signing of Quinn Ewers

It apparently wasn't all sunshine and rainbows for C..J. Stroud with the Ohio State Buckeyes
C.J. Stroud Felt 'Disrespected' By Ohio State After Signing of Quinn Ewers
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C.J. Stroud will end up going down as one of the best quarterbacks to ever do it for the Ohio State Buckeyes, finishing his career as a two-time Heisman finalist, and nearly leading the Buckeyes to a national title appearance in his final season. 

However, it apparently wasn't all sunshine and rainbows for Stroud in Columbus, and at one point, he even felt disrespected by the program after the signing of a certain player.

That player, being current Texas Longhorns starting quarterback Quinn Ewers, who at the time of his singing was the No. 1 overall player in the country and was brought in by the Buckeyes to presumably be the quarterback of the future. 

"Justin (Fields) was the starter, and I was the backup," Stroud said in a pre-draft interview with Uninterrupted’s The Shop, "The next year they brought somebody else in, Quinn Ewers the Texas quarterback, who was the No. 1 player I think ever ranked in high school. They brought him like the weekend of fall camp, which is training camp which is training camp for us, and I kind of felt disrespected. I didn't like that."

But why didn't he like it? After all quarterbacks are signed year after year by every college program, and more often than not, in consecutive classes. 

According to Stroud, it was because he wasn't aware that it was happening until the day of. 

"They told me the day he came," Stroud said. "I kind of think everything that I have gotten in my life has been earned, never given, and I pride myself on that. I think that's kind of why I have a chip on my shoulder a little bit. That's kind of why I have that dog in me. I mean they brought in a guy two weeks before our first game, and I thought I was the guy."

Ultimately, Stroud held on to the starting job. while Ewers, would leave Columbus and move on to Texas. And the rest of course is history. Stroud would go on to be picked No. 2 overall by the Houston Texans last month, where the next step of his career is set to begin. 

But at the end of the day, Stroud realizes that the college game, just like the NFL is a business, and that it helped shape him into who he is now. 

"That just shows you man, its a business at the end of the day," Stroud said. "And now, I'm doing it for myself. I know the business that I’m in, that it is, in a sense, cutthroat."

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Matt Galatzan is the Publisher of LonghornsCountry.com, AllAggies.com, and the Managing Editor of BuckeyesNow.com and TheGroveReport.com He is also the Editor-In-Chief of RamDigest.com and TexansDaily.com. Galatzan graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry under Mike Fisher at DallasBasketball.com in 2014, which at the time was part of the 247Sports network. He also spent two years covering the SMU Mustangs for PonyStampede.com on the 247Sports network. When DallasBasketball.com and CowboysCountry.com moved over to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, Galatzan followed suit, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of LonghornsCountry.com and AllAggies.com a year later. Through the years, Galatzan has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, former Longhorns players Dan Neil and Phil Dawson, and many other recruits, and current/former players for each of the teams he has covered. Galatzan is also a full-time employee in the digital media department for Audacy and KRLD FM's 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, which is the official radio home of the Dallas Cowboys. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan For any inquiries, please email matt.galatzan@gmail.com