7/11 is still open in the NFL.
C.J. Stroud and Jaxon Smith-Njigba will be wearing the same numbers they made famous at Ohio State for their new NFL teams. The Houston Texans officially announced Thursday that Stroud will continue wearing No. 7 as an NFL quarterback, while the Seattle Seahawks announced one day after drafting Smith-Njigba that he would continue wearing No. 11 in Seattle.
This is the moment you've all been waiting for. pic.twitter.com/iN5uDKtVmp
— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) May 11, 2023
So fresh, so clean. pic.twitter.com/TlfAcyqeEf
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) April 30, 2023
While Stroud and Smith-Njigba will be keeping their college digits in the NFL, Ohio State’s other draft picks will be changing numbers at the next level.
Paris Johnson Jr. will be wearing No. 70 for the Arizona Cardinals. Johnson’s college number, 77, is retired by the Cardinals in honor of Stan Mauldin, an offensive tackle who died while playing for the then-Chicago Cardinals in 1948.
heard y'all wanted rookie numbers pic.twitter.com/sACQQnRI3G
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) May 4, 2023
Zach Harrison will be adding one digit to his college number as he’ll go wearing from No. 9 at Ohio State to No. 96 for the Atlanta Falcons. Defensive linemen are not permitted to wear single-digit numbers in the NFL.
Got some numbers for yall pic.twitter.com/R0g0FHd42j
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) May 8, 2023
The Cleveland Browns announced Friday that Luke Wypler will wear No. 56 and Dawand Jones will wear No. 74 to start their NFL careers.
rookie numbers are in! pic.twitter.com/c1tXJ2hLNb
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) May 12, 2023
Jerron Cage is wearing No. 77 after signing with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent.
Jersey numbers for Browns undrafted rookies Ronnie Hickman and Tanner McCalister and Los Angeles Chargers undrafted rookie Cameron Brown were not yet available as of Friday morning.
