The Houston Texans will get even younger at the cornerback position and still rely on the Scarlet and White to stock their secondary.
According to the latest four-round mock from the Draft Wire, the AFC South champions will use their third-round pick, No. 101 overall, to take Ohio State’s Damon Arnette.
The redshirt senior collected 35 tackles, one tackle for loss, an interception, which he returned for a 96-yard touchdown, eight pass breakups, and a forced fumble.
While the statistics aren’t flashy, Arnette would help the Texans get younger at cornerback. Currently, Johnathan Joseph will be 36 years old if he continues playing for the Texans. The club also has to decide whether to let Bradley Roby, who also went to Ohio State, walk in free agency as he is without a contract. The club does have Lonnie Johnson, a second-rounder from 2019, entering his second year and traded for Gareon Conley while also signing Vernon Hargreaves off waivers.
At 6-0, 195 pounds, Arnette would have the same body type as Roby. Arnette also knows how to play injured as he finished the 2019 season playing with a broken wrist.
