Published: November 15, 2024

Faith-filled NFL coach calls Texans QB CJ Stroud ‘a great role model’

By Movieguide® Contributor

Faith-filled Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy and Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud recently had a chance to talk together.

At a practice last week, Stroud went through his usual routines as Dungy watched from the sidelines to prepare for his role as an analyst for the Texans and Detroit Lions game.

A video posted to X showed the two having a conversation on the field. Dungy replied to the video, saying, “Well, I was blessed to spend some time with CJ Stroud today at Texans practice. He’s an amazing young man. A tremendous talent but also a great role model.”

Along with their immense football talent, both Stroud and Dungy share the same passion for proclaiming their faith in Jesus.

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Dungy often shares his faith on his social media. In a recent post on X, he shared some thoughts on John 9:13.

The verse reading: “They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.”

“John 9:13. Jesus has just healed a man who had been blind all his life,” Dungy began. “But the Pharisees are not happy because Jesus did a clay salve on the Sabbath. They thought it worked so they felt the healing was demonic. But many disagreed. They knew this was miraculous.”

“When the Pharisees asked the man what he thought, he said that Jesus must be a prophet,” the trainer continued. “But the leaders refused to believe. They asked the man’s parents if he had really been blind, how can he now see? The parents are afraid to speak up because they don’t want to anger the Pharisees. When the leaders ask the man again about Jesus, he only tells about his experience. Vs 25 is the perfect answer: “I don’t know everything but I can say I was blind and now I can see.”

Dungy shared two lessons we can learn from that passage:

1. From the parents – we cannot be afraid to tell the truth about Jesus just because it is not popular or politically correct.

2. From the man – when we give our testimony we don’t need to know EVERYTHING. We just have to tell people what Jesus has done for US!

Stroud also uses his platform to share the good news, almost always giving God the glory in every post-game interview.

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As a “Follower of Christ,” Stroud said several NFL players have reached out to him to thank him for mentioning God and his faith in press conferences.

“I don’t do it to look cool. I do it because it’s what God called me to do,” he said said.