TEXAS: First overall draft pick Jadeveon Clowney and the Houston Texans agreed to terms on a four-year deal worth $22.72m guaranteed, including a signing bonus of $14.518m.
Clowney is expected to become a key chess piece in the Texans’ 3-4 defense under coordinator Romeo Crennel.
He will play outside linebacker in the base defense, then drop down and rush with his hand in the dirt on obvious passing situations.
Clowney has the benefit of facing offensive lines that have focused on containing perennial defensive player of the year candidate JJ Watt, who will rotate around the front seven, Crennel said.
Clowney is eager to get started because he believes he has something to prove after being so heavily criticized after recording only three sacks as a junior at South Carolina last season.
“I want to learn,” Clowney said. “I want to be great. Now that I’m in the NFL, hopefully, I’ll be a Hall of Famer someday.”
Meawnhile, former New York Giants Will Hill signed with the Arena League’s Arizona Rattlers.
Hill was waived by the team on Monday after reportedly getting suspended six games for a violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy. AGENCIES
