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Records C.J. Stroud Could Break In 2022

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September 14, 2022 at 9:16pm
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After game two of the 2022 season, C.J. Stroud currently has the 14th-most passing yards in Ohio State history (5,009), just 80 yards shy of passing Jim Karsatos on that list. The second-leading passer in Ohio State history is Art Schlichter with 7,547 yards. All Stroud needs to pass for is 3,013 yards this season in order to surpass Schlichter and become second in school history in total passing yards, 

Assuming he avoids injury (knock on wood), it's safe to say that he will play in at least thirteen games this season. What does that mean? Well, after passing for 574 yards in the first two games, all Stroud needs to pass for is 222 yards per game in the next eleven games to reach the 3,014-yard mark. 

Due to an increased emphasis on the run game, I don't think that Stroud will put up the same numbers that he did last year. The defense should also improve and be more in sync as the year progresses, too, thus Stroud won't have to throw for twenty-thousand yards per game in shootouts either. However, as the defense improves, he'll get more possessions, so it's hard to say what will happen in that eleven-game stretch.

But who knows what Ryan Day will do from a play-calling standpoint? My guess is that regardless of whether Day fires away or plays more of a ground-and-pound game, Stroud will easily hit that mark. He and the OSU receivers are too good to NOT want to stretch the field. 

Another stat that he should surpass is Justin Fields' record for the second-most touchdown passes in OSU history. He will only be behind J.T. Barrett in that category, who seemingly spent a decade in Columbus.

Assuming his college football career ends and he takes his talents to the NFL after this season, he may have the highest completion percentage AND QBR in school history after this year as well. 

Lastly, if he wins the Heisman and the national championship this year, he'd be the first Buckeye to do both in the same season.

 

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