Snoop Dogg Says He Felt "Like A Proud Dad" Watching CJ Stroud Succeed After Coaching Him In His LA Snoop Youth Football League As A Kid

Vibe - Snoop Dogg is regarded as Hip-Hop’s resident uncle, but in light of NFL quarterback CJ Stroud‘s successful rookie year, he’s feeling more like a “proud father” as of late.

Stroud, the No. 2 overall NFL draft pick and starting quarterback for the Houston Texans, used to play in the Snoop Youth Football League, which the rapper founded in 2005. 

Snoop expressed the joy he takes in seeing Stroud perform on the field, week in and week out. “I’m so excited watching these games now. I don’t even watch for the win,” the avid football fan said. “I watch for the thrill to see that these kids have turned into grown men and they’re playing big roles on these teams,” he added. “They’re used to these bright lights because they were put into these positions as kids.”

There has been WAYYYYYYY too much negativity around these parts today. And although our leader Emperor Portnoy, feeds off of it and becomes more powerful like Palpatine, 

it doesn't for me. 

As Barstool's official "Mr. Positivity", I figured we needed a feel-good story today to break up all the poop on the blog that's been flung around in this big monkey shit fight. 

So big thanks to Big Snoop for providing a feel-good story on a pretty dreary winter Wednesday. 

And speaking of positivity, Snoop isn't the least bit surprised Stroud emerged as the leader he did this rookie season. He told Rich Eisen-

“He’s so positive,” the 52-year-old said of Stroud, recalling him being “laser-focused” and having a spiritual base as a youth. “That’s what I like about him is that he’s pushing a different narrative than a lot of these other guys in the league. He’s pushing a real narrative of spirit love and just being a voice of positivity.”

Stroud played quarterback for the Pomona Steelers in Snoop's League from the time he was around 11 years old until he was 13 years old.

It's really awesome that Snoop has poured the amount of resources and time he has into this league. One of the saddest things about kids growing up in rough areas is the lack of everything they have- sports leagues, jobs, safe places to hang out. Providing all of the above for kids in one of the most dangerous cities in the country (LA) is really admirable.

I don't think I've ever been more wrong on a football player before. To my fault, I based my judgement of Stroud off of going to see him play at home in Columbus last year against Notre Dame. He looked so rattled and shook by a decent Notre Dame defense, in his own backyard, with track star wideouts and running backs. He didn't really show anything until the 4th quarter when he seemed to snap out of it. The rest of the season he didn't really wow me against anybody good so I figured there was no way he would amount to much in the NFL. Man oh man was I wrong. I can't remember the last quarterback to make such a leap and turn out looking better against pro defenses than they did against college ones. But Stroud did it this season. Wire to wire. He took a team that was a laughing stock a couple seasons ago and won a playoff game in his rookie season. 

And Uncle Snoop couldn't be more proud.

Snoop continued, adding “When I’m watching them doing their thing, I’m just so proud, so happy. Shout out to them for being on their job and doing their job.”

It's a good feeling rooting for other people and trying to help them succeed. People around here should give it a try.

Shutterstock Images.

p.s. - in all honesty, am I nuts or isn't it really awkward watching people who should be on the same team helping each other, go for each other's throats? I'm gonna have a lot to talk about on this week's "Things I'm Mad About" segment.