Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud did not shy away from sharing his faith after the Texans suffered a tough playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Stroud was asked how he gets through these moments, saying his faith is what he leans on. “It’s what I lean on through thick and thin,” Stroud told reporters. “I know I’m upset right now, but I’m really just blessed looking back on this year, this opportunity we had today to play in front of millions of people. I’m just really grateful to God on all the opportunities He’s blessed me with.” He continued, “I’m just gonna lean on Him and I know that this isn’t the end for me. It’s a lot of more football for me to play, and I’m just excited for that. And I’m super blessed with the guys who I lined up with every week this year. And I’m just really thankful to God on how much he’s brought me from – I can go all the way to when I was a kid to college to Week 1 to now. I’ve grown as a person and as a man of God in a lot of different ways. I’m just really blessed for that.”

Stroud has continued to keep his faith at the forefront of his career, focusing on it while he goes through the ups and downs of his football career. In November, Stroud was in the midst of the MVP conversation, where he said that all he can do is pray about it. “For me, it’s a lot of prayer,” Stroud explained. “A lot of knowing that God wouldn’t put anything on me that I can’t handle. I don’t deserve His grace and His mercy, but He still gives it to me and I love Him for that. It’s not about me, it’s about Him and His glory. So I think that’s where it comes from. I think God made me like that.”