A star, huh? Given the past success of Ohio State quarterbacks, some may have rolled their eyes at the headline above. But to make assumptions regarding the future NFL success of another Buckeye, C.J. Stroud, would be a mistake. To do so (assume) would also be an exercise in futility. Because Stroud is not Troy Smith, Terrelle Pryor, J.T. Barrett, or Justin Fields. He is Coleridge Bernard Stroud (IV), and he is vastly different from each of his predecessors.
The former OSU QB he most closely resembles is actually Joe Burrow, who, yes, flourished down on the Bayou but also spent three years in Columbus and one learning from Ryan Day — as in the coach who helped develop Stroud.