As Jack Easterby has moved up the ranks and gained more power in the Texans’ front office, whispers have grown to shouts about who this man is and how he’s reached such a powerful position so quickly.
On Thursday morning, Sports Illustrated’s Jenny Vrentas and Greg Bishop dropped an in-depth story detailing Easterby’s rise from a “character coach” at the University of South Carolina to getting his foot in the door to the NFL to rising all the way to the Texans’ executive vice president of football operations.
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The story largely uses anonymous sources who are identified as former Texans players or personnel.