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Houston Texans First-round draft pick DeAndre Hopkins, a receiver out of Clemson, is making a good impression in OTAs (organized team activities), writes Drew Dougherty of the team's website. "He has great size," starting cornerback Kareem Jackson...

Three of the four teams in the AFC South are coming off weekend minicamps for their rookies. It's a time of year when virtually everything that comes out is positive. The teams had different levels of media availability. But as best we can, we'll rev...

John Clayton presents some first impressions from rookie minicamps and answers reader questions.

Football Outsiders continues their red flags series Wednesday, hitting on the AFC South. Tom Gower takes on the biggest remaining issue for each team. Houston Texans Gower says wide receiver: "Considered about the most pro-ready receiver in ...

2012 record: 11-2 2012 conference record: 7-1 (Atlantic Division co-champs) Returning starters: offense: 6; defense: 6; kicker/punter: 1 Top returners: QB Tajh Boyd, WR Sammy Watkins, T Brandon Thomas, WR Charone Peake, WR Martavis Bryant, DE...

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans Former Texans defensive end Mario Williams is suing to get a pricey engagement ring back, says David Barron of the Houston Chronicle. Gary Kubiak wants to see Collin Klein's progress at quarterback, sa...

Car crashes have taken a big toll on DeAndre Hopkins' family. But when he crashed a blue 1995 Chevy Impala 16 months ago and walked away with only a concussion, perhaps Hopkins broke a spell. "I think we're free," Sabrina Greenlee, Hopkins' mot...

With the draft in the rearview mirror, what is the most pressing issue on each AFC South team's agenda? Houston Texans: Get DeAndre Hopkins up to speed. The Texans like their first-round draft pick's experience and think he will be a contributor r...

In this edition of Throwback Thursday, Tom Luginbill takes three ESPN 150 athletes and looks at which former college standouts the prospects remind him of....

Reading the coverage... I'll miss this site, which has pointed this blogger to many, many radio interviews of note pertaining to the AFC South over the years. Houston Texans DeAndre Hopkins is showing support for the Rockets, which immediatel...

A late look at Todd McShay's thinking on the best and most questionable draft pick of each team in the AFC South. Houston Texans Best: Safety D.J. Swearinger, 57th overall Most questionable: Receiver DeAndre Hopkins, 27th overall: My tho...

Last July, I thought it was the right move when the Cleveland Browns selected wide receiver Josh Gordon in the second round of the supplemental draft. A year later, the Browns look even smarter with the decision, even though chief executive officer J...

Who's ready for the 2014 NFL draft? Boston College coach Steve Addazio is at ESPN HQ today. The LSU game helped put Clemson's DeAndre Hopkins and Malliciah Goodman on the NFL's radar. Top quarterback prospect Deshaun Watson says he's 100 perc...

What I think they are thinking at the headquarters of the Houston Texans... We love what we did in the draft. DeAndre Hopkins is just the receiver we wanted to pair with Andre Johnson, and Hopkins is going to make us a lot better on offense. He'll b...

Catching up on the draft ... Congrats to Duke and former QB Sean Renfree, the program's first player drafted since 2004. David Cutcliffe was proud of his top receiver. It was a sad draft for Georgia Tech, which was shut out for the first time...

Florida State followed up its big first round with a huge NFL draft weekend, as the Seminoles led every program in the nation with 11 total picks, setting a new school record. That's right. The Noles had more picks than national champion Alabama (...