{"id":728863,"date":"2026-02-04T13:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/728863\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:47:25","slug":"top-nfl-quarterback-looks-unrecognizable-after-cutting-off-his-hair-in-huge-offseason-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/728863\/","title":{"rendered":"Top NFL quarterback looks unrecognizable after cutting off his hair in huge offseason change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-207\/jake-fenner.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JAKE FENNER, US SPORTS WRITER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  07:30 EST, 4 February 2026   |  Updated:  07:30 EST, 4 February 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/houston-texans\/index.html\" id=\"mol-befed750-0180-11f1-8fb5-ed1e3a955154\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Houston Texans<\/a> quarterback CJ Stroud appeared to get a new hairdo &#8211; shedding the dreads he had for years after his third NFL season came to an end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Stroud was coming off an embarrassing loss in the AFC Divisional round game where his five turnovers against the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/new-england-patriots\/index.html\" id=\"mol-beff7390-0180-11f1-8fb5-ed1e3a955154\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New England Patriots<\/a> resulted in his team&#8217;s elimination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Now, the Ohio State product appears to have undergone a complete hair transformation by ditching his dreads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Stroud was recorded cutting off his signature locs before going with a totally different hair style.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The finished product showed the 24-year-old with a higher and tighter cut &#8211; including a taper fade on the sides of his head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fans were stunned by the new look with some saying the quarterback looked unrecognizable.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-30ba4243be613830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/106089151-15525969-Houston_Texans_quarterback_CJ_Stroud_stunned_fans_with_a_new_loo-a-7_177020790803.jpeg\" height=\"1053\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud stunned fans with a new looking haircut\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud stunned fans with a new looking haircut<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c5b636cf72ebb7a8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/106089183-15525969-Stroud_moved_on_from_the_longer_dreadlocks_that_he_had_sported_f-a-8_177020790804.jpeg\" height=\"633\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Stroud moved on from the longer dreadlocks that he had sported for much of his career\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Stroud moved on from the longer dreadlocks that he had sported for much of his career<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-830f56e55bd62e00\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/106089149-15525969-Instead_his_local_barber_set_him_up_with_something_high_and_tigh-a-6_177020790803.jpeg\" height=\"770\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Instead, his local barber set him up with something high and tight along with a taper fade\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Instead, his local barber set him up with something high and tight along with a taper fade<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Oh he cutting the dreads. That means he&#8217;s finna have a monster season next. Dude is locked in,&#8217; wrote one user on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another user said, &#8216;He&#8217;s growing up, glowing up, and getting serious. Love to see this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Lmao he was reading the tweets. Watch him have a bounce back year next year,&#8217; read one reply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Is this real?? He needed to do this a long time ago! I never thought the long locks suited him,&#8217; said another user.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Stroud will be hoping his next season is an improvement from his previous campaigns, which have all ended in the Divisional round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Top NFL quarterback looks unrecognizable after cutting off his hair in huge offseason change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By JAKE FENNER, US SPORTS WRITER Published: 07:30 EST, 4 February 2026 | Updated: 07:30 EST, 4 February&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[3225,7,221,253,2368,6,817,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-728863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-texans","12":"tag-houstontexans","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sport","15":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116012676843791092","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}