C.J. Stroud
- QB
- HOU (2026)
- Ohio State
- Drafted 2023, round 1, pick 2 by HOU
2025 regular season
14 games for HOU. Data as of 9 October 2026.
- Pass attempts
- 423
- Completion %
- 64.5%
- Passing yards
- 3,041
- Passing touchdowns
- 19
- Interceptions thrown
- 8
- Yards per attempt
- 7.19
- Adjusted net yards per attempt (ANY/A)
- 7.29
- Passer rating
- 92.9
- EPA per dropback
- +0.138
- Dropback success rate
- 46.4%
- Completion % over expected (CPOE)
- +0.4
- Sack rate
- 5.2%
- Carries
- 48
- Rushing yards
- 209
- Rushing touchdowns
- 1
- EPA per rush
- +0.705
All metrics
| Metric | Value | How it is calculated |
|---|---|---|
| Completions | 273 | completions (season total) |
| Sacks taken | 23 | sacks_suffered (season total) |
| Passing air yards | 3,405 | passing_air_yards (season total) |
| Passing first downs | 136 | passing_first_downs (season total) |
| Total passing EPA | +47.7 | sum of EPA on the player's pass plays (nflverse passing_epa) |
| Touchdown rate | 4.5% | 100 x passing_tds / attempts |
| Interception rate | 1.9% | 100 x passing_interceptions / attempts |
| Passing air conversion ratio (PACR) | 0.893 | passing_yards / passing_air_yards (nflverse pacr) |
| Game-winning drives (QB) | 2 | game-winning drives led by the player: drives that score in the 4th quarter or overtime with the offense tied or trailing by at most 8 at the start and give the eventual winner a lead it never loses; credited to the drive's main dropback passer (the starting QB on run-only drives) |
| 4th-quarter comebacks (QB) | 0 | game-winning drives (see qb_game_winning_drives) in games the team trailed at some point in the 4th quarter or overtime |
| Dropbacks | 468 | plays with qb_dropback = 1 (pass attempts + sacks + scrambles), no-play penalties and two-point attempts excluded |
| Rushing first downs | 18 | rushing_first_downs (season total) |
| Total rushing EPA | +15.0 | sum of EPA on the player's rushes (nflverse rushing_epa) |
| Yards per carry | 4.35 | rushing_yards / carries |
| Rush success rate | 83.3% | 100 x rushes with EPA > 0 / rushes |
| Explosive rush rate | 0.0% | 100 x rushes gaining 10+ yards / rushes |
| Receptions | 0 | receptions (season total) |
| Targets | 0 | targets (season total) |
| Receiving yards | 0 | receiving_yards (season total) |
| Receiving touchdowns | 0 | receiving_tds (season total) |
| Receiving air yards | 0 | receiving_air_yards (season total) |
| Yards after catch | 0 | receiving_yards_after_catch (season total) |
| Receiving first downs | 0 | receiving_first_downs (season total) |
| Total receiving EPA | — | sum of EPA on passes to the player (nflverse receiving_epa) |
| Catch rate | — | 100 x receptions / targets |
| Receiver first-down rate | — | 100 x receiving_first_downs / targets |
| Yards per reception | — | receiving_yards / receptions |
| Yards per target | — | receiving_yards / targets |
| Target share | 0.000 | player targets / team targets (nflverse target_share, 0-1) |
| Air yards share | 0.000 | player receiving air yards / team air yards (nflverse air_yards_share, 0-1) |
| Weighted opportunity rating (WOPR) | 0.000 | 1.5 x target_share + 0.7 x air_yards_share (nflverse wopr) |
| Receiver air conversion ratio (RACR) | — | receiving_yards / receiving_air_yards (nflverse racr) |
| EPA per target | — | sum(epa) / targets, over pass attempts (sacks excluded) where the player is the intended receiver; excludes no-play penalties and two-point attempts |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) at or inside the opponent 20 |
| Red-zone target share | 0.000 | player red-zone targets / team red-zone targets in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1 |
| Red-zone carries | 3 | rushes (incl. QB scrambles) at or inside the opponent 20 |
| Red-zone carry share | 0.054 | player red-zone carries / team red-zone carries in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1 |
| Carries inside the 10 | 2 | rushes at or inside the opponent 10 |
| Targets inside the 10 | 0 | targets at or inside the opponent 10 |
| Goal-line carries (inside the 5) | 2 | rushes at or inside the opponent 5 |
| Touchdown opportunity share (inside the 10) | 0.042 | (carries + targets inside the opponent 10) / the team's carries + targets inside the 10 in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1 |
| Targets behind the line (air yards < 0) | 0 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards < 0 |
| Catch rate behind the line (air yards < 0) | — | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards < 0 |
| Targets short (air yards 0-9) | 0 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 0-9 |
| Catch rate short (air yards 0-9) | — | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 0-9 |
| Targets intermediate (air yards 10-19) | 0 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 10-19 |
| Catch rate intermediate (air yards 10-19) | — | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 10-19 |
| Targets deep (air yards 20+) | 0 | targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 20+ |
| Catch rate deep (air yards 20+) | — | 100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 20+ |
| Scrimmage yards | 209 | rushing_yards + receiving_yards |
| Rushing + receiving touchdowns | 1 | rushing_tds + receiving_tds |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | sack_fumbles_lost + rushing_fumbles_lost + receiving_fumbles_lost |
| Punt returns | 0 | punt_returns (season total) |
| Punt return yards | 0 | punt_return_yards (season total) |
| Kickoff returns | 0 | kickoff_returns (season total) |
| Kickoff return yards | 0 | kickoff_return_yards (season total) |
| Yards per punt return | — | punt_return_yards / punt_returns |
| Yards per kickoff return | — | kickoff_return_yards / kickoff_returns |
| Special teams touchdowns | 0 | special_teams_tds (season total) |
Game log
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Completions | Pass attempts | Passing yards | Passing touchdowns | Interceptions thrown | Sacks taken | Total passing EPA | Carries | Rushing yards | Rushing touchdowns | Total rushing EPA | carry share pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @ LA | L 9-14 | 19 | 27 | 188 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -4.065 | 5 | 32 | 0 | +5.637 | 18.5 |
| 2 | TB | L 19-20 | 13 | 24 | 207 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4.481 | 4 | 27 | 0 | +1.889 | 21.1 |
| 3 | @ JAX | L 10-17 | 25 | 38 | 204 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4.190 | 4 | 22 | 0 | +0.500 | 21.1 |
| 4 | TEN | W 26-0 | 22 | 28 | 233 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +8.211 | 4 | 11 | 0 | +3.683 | 11.4 |
| 5 | @ BAL | W 44-10 | 23 | 27 | 244 | 4 | 0 | 2 | +18.2 | 1 | 30 | 0 | +3.042 | 3 |
| 7 | @ SEA | L 19-27 | 23 | 49 | 229 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -13.5 | 2 | 25 | 0 | +2.765 | 11.8 |
| 8 | SF | W 26-15 | 30 | 39 | 318 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +19.2 | 7 | 30 | 0 | +4.350 | 19.4 |
| 9 | DEN | L 15-18 | 6 | 10 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +3.086 | 2 | 12 | 0 | +0.873 | 7.1 |
| 13 | @ IND | W 20-16 | 22 | 35 | 276 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +7.596 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1.221 | 2.9 |
| 14 | @ KC | W 20-10 | 15 | 31 | 203 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +0.189 | 2 | 5 | 0 | +0.330 | 6.5 |
| 15 | ARI | W 40-20 | 22 | 29 | 260 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +15.1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | +0.211 | 18.2 |
| 16 | LV | W 23-21 | 23 | 35 | 187 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.886 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -5.823 | 15.4 |
| 17 | @ LAC | W 20-16 | 16 | 28 | 244 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -4.727 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1.992 | 11.8 |
| 18 | IND | W 38-30 | 14 | 23 | 169 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4.116 | 2 | 5 | 1 | +0.797 | 6.2 |
Weeks without a row: the player recorded no statistics (inactive, injured or bye).