Overview
- Longtime barber Kase McGee said he cut off Stroud’s locs into a short fade, with Houston stylist Ashley Means assisting.
- McGee said the cut took place shortly after Houston’s playoff elimination, though images and video surfaced this week on social platforms.
- Posts from accounts including Michael Lopez and Big Sarge Media showed the quarterback’s new look circulating on Instagram and X.
- The change follows a postseason Stroud called painful, with five fumbles in the Wild Card win and four interceptions in the Divisional loss to New England.
- Stroud enters a key contract window as he becomes extension-eligible and the Texans face a May 1 deadline on his fifth-year option.