It sure didn’t take long for No. 2 overall pick C.J. Stroud to start making suggestions about the Houston Texans roster.
According to Houston Cougars wide receiver Nathaniel “Tank” Dell, C.J. Stroud told the team to select him in the NFL Draft after the two formed a connection at the NFL combine.
And the Houston Texans listened.
CJ Stroud and Tank Dell's relationship goes back to the NFL combine.
⁰After Stroud was drafted by the Texans, he told the front office he wanted the Houston Cougar wide receiver and they delivered:@Tankdell4 | @CJ7STROUD pic.twitter.com/zqscFluXkc— Chancellor Johnson (@ChancellorTV) May 2, 2023
“Right after the Combine we were texting each other,” Dell said, via Chandler Johnson of KPRC. “He talked to me after the Combine, he said ‘I like how you run routes, I like how you play football’ he said he had been watching me and stuff like that. I told him vice versa and I appreciated him. After he got drafted, I sent him congrats and I told him, ‘Tell them come get me.’ He was like, ‘I got you. Trust me.’ The next day, he FaceTimed me out of nowhere. I texted him and he FaceTimed me, and he was like, ‘I told them I want you.’ So I was like, OK, it could happen. And then I got that call.”
Obviously, the Texans selected him in the third round, fulfilling Stroud’s request.
It will certainly be interesting to see how that relationship develops over time.
