A rising star coach. Will the NFL let him shine?

ATLANTA — On paper, Jerrod Johnson certainly fits the profile of a coach that could be on the brink of getting the keys to drive an NFL offense. The young Houston Texans quarterbacks coach, with his fourth NFL team, has steadily built his resume. His fingerprints are all over the development of C.J. Stroud, one of the NFL’s emerging stars.

And shoot, after previously working on Kevin O’Connell’s staff with the Minnesota Vikings, Johnson has two degrees of separation from Sean McVay.

In a meeting room, Johnson’s charismatic presence comes to life. That’s not on paper. I saw it for myself this week at the latest iteration of the Quarterback Coaching Summit. Johnson, 36, demonstrated an impressive command of the room as he spoke for nearly an hour in a session titled “Coaching & Development of the Starting and Backup QB.”

The engaging delivery was only part of the pop. Johnson scored points as he broke down evaluation metrics, approaches for training the mind, feet and trigger, as he put it, and then some. A former quarterback, he even explained why it is critical to conduct one-on-one tutoring each Tuesday morning during the season with the practice squad quarterback.

Source USA Today