Texans pick TCU LB Garret Wallow No. 170 overall in Round 5 of 2021 NFL draft
The Houston Texans continue add depth to their linebacking corps with the selection of former TCU linebacker Garret Wallow with the 170th pick overall in Round 5 of the 2021 NFL draft Saturday.
To take Wallow, the Texans traded No. 174th overall in Round 5 and No. 233rd overall in Round 7 to the Los Angeles Rams.
The Texans signed former New York Jets linebacker Jordan Jenkins in the offseason along with former Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers Christian Kirksey. The Texans also have former 2017 second-round linebacker Zach Cunningham on the roster.
The approach by Houston is one to create competition on the roster.
“I would say, our football team, try to create competition,” general manager Nick Caserio said at the end of day two on April 30. “Again, they will probably be, I would say, we’re going to look at the board just like we did in the first few days, right? I mean, we’ll try to follow it horizontally and just look at different players at different positions relative to how we have graded them. So their role commensurate with their value and how that fits. So we’ll try to stay as disciplined as possible.
“So, again, I wouldn’t say it’s about one position, about one player. It’s going to be about a number of different things and that’s how we’re approaching it.”
Wallow produced 295 combined tackles, 32.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, one interception, four pass breakups, and three forced fumbles in his 40 games with the Horned Frogs.
