In his lone year of high school football, Texans rookie outside linebacker Duke Ejiofor racked up sacks and nicknames.
Not a big public speaker with a soft-spoken personality and still uncertain of his place in a new sport, Ejiofor was coined "The Quiet Storm" and "The Silent Assassin" by his coaches.
The Alief Taylor graduate followed a similar playbook as a rookie after being drafted in the sixth round out of Wake Forest.
Ejiofor learned a lot from veterans Jadeveon Clowney and Whitney Mercilus, position coach John Pagano and defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel.
After shedding the rust from labrum surgery to repair a shoulder injury and missing the entire offseason, Ejiofor bided his time and made steady improvement in his first NFL season.