The Houston Texans signed a horde of linebackers last season: Kevin Pierre-Louis, Tae Davis, Joe Thomas, Christian Kirksey, Kamu Gruiger-Hill, and Neville Hewitt. This offseason doesn’t have the same level of volume, but the Houston Texans are still finding linebackers for Lovie Smith’s defense. They traded for Blake Cashman, they kept Kirksey, and now they are signing Jaylen Reeves-Maybin to a two-year $7.5 million contract.
Reeves-Maybin is a former special teams player, who signed broke his way into the starting lineup last season. There he had 82 tackles, and 4 tackles for a loss, playing at the linebacker position in Dan Campbell’s defense.