One, two, three, four… Snoop Doggy Dogg and CJ Stroud are at the door.
If the NFL were to hold a draft, the Houston Texans quarterback could be the first overall pick.
Stroud led his team to the playoffs with a standout rookie season, and it shouldn't surprise anyone if, and likely when, he's in the MVP conversation this season.
Before becoming one of the NFL's top young talents, he dominated youth football, but not just any league.
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CJ Stroud played in the Snoop Youth Football League as a child. (Fake Images)
The league he played in, the Snoop Youth Football League, was founded by Snoop Dogg.
Stroud and Snoop are both Southern California natives, with Stroud credited with his ability to “understand people as they really are.”
“I have the ability to relate to people very well. God has blessed me with that ability,” Stroud recently told ESPN.
When he left his original youth league to seek more competition, Snoop's league was a rival.
“I was very competitive and I wanted to win, so I thought, 'I have to find a way to be a leader and relate to these guys. ' That was my first step… It was good for me to learn that this is how you build a brotherhood. I didn't even think about it back then. But now that I'm older, that's what it was,” he said.
Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud warms up before a 2024 AFC Divisional Round game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on January 20, 2024. (Tommy Gilligan/USA Today Sports)
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“The Snoop Dogg League was instrumental in CJ's journey,” said Stroud's mother, Kimberly. “It was a town that raised CJ Stroud, and it wasn't just his mother. It was primarily God, but he put people in our path to help CJ on his path. The Snoop Dogg League was one of them.”
Stroud's talent on the field speaks for itself, but Snoop is more impressed with Stroud's character.
“It's special because [Stroud] “That's exactly what we raise kids to be,” Snoop said. “Good students, good athletes, respecting their elders, respecting their parents, and being good listeners. CJ was a great listener. That's why he's becoming a great leader on that football field. I like getting information from him because he's the future… So being able to connect with young people and stay active is a gift, and I love the fact that my football league created that.”
Snoop Dogg during WrestleMania Goes Hollywood at SoFi Stadium on April 1, 2023, in Inglewood, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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Stroud threw for 4,108 yards and 23 touchdowns in his rookie season and is expected to improve on each of those numbers after the Texans acquired Stefon Diggs in the offseason.
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