Houston Texans rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud’s cleats carried a message that hits near residence as he took on the Denver Broncos Sunday afternoon at residence.

By way of the NFL’s “My Cause My Cleats” initiative, which permits gamers to interrupt the same old group uniform code to put on cleats displaying causes they want to advocate for, Stroud had two pairs of cleats that pointed to jail reform.

As he took the sector at NRG Stadium in Houston for his pre-game warmups, he wore black and gold cleats that had a big hashtag studying “#REFORM” on it, which requires jail reform.

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A element view of the cleats worn by C.J. Stroud of the Texans earlier than the Denver Broncos recreation at NRG Stadium on Dec. 3, 2023, in Houston. (Sam Hodde/Getty Pictures)

Why Stroud determined to make use of that for his cleats factors to the second pair he wore for the sport; “FREE POPS” was seen on the facet of them.

Coleridge Stroud III has been in jail since his son was in center college, as he’s serving a 38 year-to-life sentence after pleading responsible in 2016 to carjacking, kidnapping and theft fees in a drug-related incident. He’s presently serving his sentence at Folsom State Jail near Sacramento.

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Stroud spoke earlier this season about his father’s state of affairs and the way it’s affected him.

“What I’ve been battling with is trying to still be a family man, still help out, and still be a football player and do my job,” Stroud stated in early November. “It’s been tough.”

The cleats worn by C.J. Stroud of the Houston Texans earlier than the sport towards the Denver Broncos, Dec. 3, 2023. (Sam Hodde/Getty Pictures)

Stroud additionally spoke about jail reform whereas discussing his father.

“Our criminal justice system isn’t right, and it’s something that I need to probably be a little more vocal about, because what he’s going through is not right,” C.J. Stroud stated. “He called me this week, and we got to talk, and I’m praying for the situation and a reform, and the people with reform are helping me a little bit.

“However, I feel simply letting it’s recognized that it’s not simply my dad’s state of affairs, however the entire felony justice system is corrupt.”