CJ Stroud Stuns Fans With His Cover Athlete Announcement After OROY Season

Aniket Srivastava | 27/04/2024
CJ Stroud Stuns Fans With His Cover Athlete Announcement After OROY Season

One player who truly won the hearts of all the NFL fans and critics in the 2023 season is Houston Texans QB CJ Stroud. The team’s surprising entry into last season’s playoff made CJ Stroud a major name in the NFL world. He not only won the 2023 Offensive Rookie of the Year Award but has now also earned his spot as a cover athlete for a mobile game.

The Texans quarterback stunned his fans after he announced that he would grace the cover of the famous mobile game NFL 2K Playmakers. It is a free-to-play card battler mobile game that allows users to collect hundreds of cards from which they can build the strongest rosters for offense, defense, and special teams.

It’s a major win for the 22-year-old QB, who has only played one NFL season. Stroud’s fans rejoiced at the news. While some thought he should also be featured on the popular NFL Madden game cover, others praised his game promotion skills, which have boosted its downloads.

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NFL 2K Playmakers were recently launched in April and already has 50,000 plus downloads in the Google Play Store. Moreover, the players who will download and create an account before May 7, 2024, will get a special launch bundle that will also include CJ Stroud‘s Player Card, as per Sports Video.

CJ Stroud’s Impact on the Houston Texans

CJ Stroud’s recent achievements have proved that he has already become the face of the league. In the last three seasons prior to 2023, the Texans were among the weakest teams in the league and managed to win just 11 games in three seasons. However, after they drafted Stroud as the 2nd overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft and trusted him to be the starting QB of the team, he did not disappoint.

The Houston Texans finished first in the AFC South with a 10-7 record and made it to the Divisional Round. Despite a tough 34-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, they earned respect from football fans everywhere. CJ Stroud performed exceptionally well in pressured circumstances and threw for 4108 yards, 23 touchdowns, and just 5 interceptions in the 15 games he started last season, as per Pro Football Reference.

The Texans have proven themselves and are gearing up again to battle against the opposing NFL teams in the upcoming 2024 season under the promising leadership of CJ Stroud.

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Aniket Srivastava

Meet Aniket Srivastava, a journalist who has been passionately covering NFL since the last two years. Graduating with a Bachelor's of Architecture degree in 2020, Aniket found a new passion in sports journalism and has published over 1500 articles. Beyond the gridiron, he once delved into the world of cricket, adding an extra layer of depth to their sports coverage. Aniket is a former multi-sport athlete, who once played soccer, cricket, badminton, and even took a swing at boxing in his high school and college days. His spirited leadership extended to guiding his school house teams in Soft Ball and Hockey. While not playing on the field anymore, Aniket brings a unique perspective to sports journalism by penning down the athletic spirit and crafting in-depth and engaging stories for readers to explore. When it comes to his favorite NFL team, Aniket's heart firmly belongs to the Buffalo Bills. He ardently follows not only NFL but also Cricket and Formula 1.

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