Texans Rookie Mini-Camp Set
The Houston Texans will be holding the rookie mini camp this coming weekend and it is the start of real football news for the 2013 season. Here is the list of players eligible for the three-day camp and rookies that will be attending also. #Texans rookie mini-camp starts tomorrow. 5 practices in 3 days for draft picks, UDFAs, tryout players & 1st-year players — Nick Scurfield (@NickScurfield) May 9, 2013 1st-yr #Texans eligible for rookie mini-camp: Case Keenum, P. Supernaw, Jake Byrne, Nick Mondek, Delano Johnson, Keith Browner, Cam Collins — Nick Scurfield (@NickScurfield) May 9, 2013 Rookies…
Grading the 2012 Texans’ Rookies
The season is over and now it is time to look at the Houston Texans rookies and give our grades for them this season. The Draft Picks Jared Crick- A spot player but made the defensive line rotation after Tim Jamison went down for the season with an injury. He showed he can play against the run and played both defensive end and nose tackle this season. Still some learning to do, he was called in to spell Antonio Smith in run situations. Expect a bigger workload for Crick in 2013. Grade: C+ Brandon Brooks- Silent for the majority of the season,…
Texans Sign Five To Future Contracts
According to John McClain the Houston Texans have signed five players to future contracts. Texans signed 5 who were on practice squads: QB Case Keenum, OT Nick Mondek, WR Jeff Maehl, DE Keith Browner and TE Jake Byrne. — John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) January 15, 2013 All five will be in camp and the newest name on the list is tight end Jake Byrne who is a 6-4 260 lbs. tight end from Wisconsin who went undrafted. He has the build as a blocking tight end which the Texans desperately need so it will be interesting to see if he has a legitimate shot…
Texans Bring Back Mondek and Browner to Practice Squad
The Houston Texans announced on Monday that they have brought back defensive end Keith Browner Jr. and offensive tackle Nick Mondek. Both will be added to the practice squad but we will have to wait word on who the Texans released to bring back both players. Browner and Mondek spent time with the Texans during training camp and preseason but never really stood out to garner any real notice. Browner played defensive end and stayed with the team until the final cuts were made. He was a defensive end for the California Golden Bears and went undrafted in the 2011 NFL draft and…
To the Penny: Brooks and Posey Contract Situations
With rookies reporting to training camp in 5 days, the Houston Texans are working hard to bring in their last two unsigned rookie 3rd round draft picks, DeVier Posey (68th overall) and Brandon Brooks (76th overall). The other Texans rookies are all signed and ready to go for camp, but if there were any two that don’t need to take it to the last hour it would be both Posey and Brooks. It seems like this is a league wide issue when it comes to 3rd round picks. NFL.com’s Brian McIntyre said this. There are 14 unsigned picks from the third round, a…
Texans Rookie Pulse
The Houston Texans landed a solid draft class and now, with mini camp upon us, the team is going to look for the rookies to make an impact on the 2012 season. In this segment we are looking at the Draft Class of the Texans and who will make the biggest impact on the 2012 season. Now we know it is early, but expect some contributions by this class. Last season it was J.J. Watt, Brooks Reed and T.J. Yates who all proved to be big parts of the Texans’ playoff run in 2011, and the Texans are looking for the same from…
The Rookies: Digging Deep: Part 1
With the Houston Texans getting into the flow of OTAs we wanted to look at the 2012 rookie class a little closer. We enlisted the help of Shane Hallam of Draft Countdown to give us some quick thoughts on the entire rookie class of the Texans. We asked Hallam also who the rookies compare to that are in the NFL which give us a baseline for what to look for when camp opens up. Take a look at let us know what you think.
Texans Notes Heading into OTAs
With the bulk of the excitement of the NFL off-season finished until training camp starts, the Houston Texans cranked up OTAs (Organized Team Activities) today at Reliant. Kept under wraps for the most part OTAs will get rookies acquainted with their new surroundings and get the veterans of the team back on a routine heading into the 2012 season. There has been some news trickling in over the past weekend heading into the 2012 Texans OTA’s. – Starting quarterback Matt Schuab will be sitting out all team activities during this time, to let his injured foot get extra healing time. This will give T.J. Yates,…
2012 Draft Class Profiles
Here are the Houston Texans 2012 Draft Class Profiles Whitney Mercilus, OLB, Illinois DeVier Posey, WR, Ohio State Brandon Brooks, OG, Miami (OH)) Ben Jones, C, Georgia Keshawn Martin, WR, Michigan State Randy Bullock, K. Texas A&M Jared Crick, DT, Nebraska Nick Mondek, OT, Purdue Undrafted Free Agents Thoughts on the 2012 Texans Draft Class
Texans Profile: Nick Mondek
With the 195th overall pick, the Houston Texans selected offensive tackle Nick Mondek from Purdue. Tale of the Tape Height: 6-5 Weight: 305 lbs. 40 yard dash: 4.84 Mondek has started for the Boilermakers over the past two seasons and slowly worked his way up the draft boards as the process moved on. At Purdue, Mondek started his career as a defensive tackle (2008-2009) and, despite his red shirt freshman year, he appeared in all the games for the Boilermakers as a defensive tackle. In those two seasons as a defensive tackle he posted 15 total tackles and 2 sacks. During the…
