HOUSTON (AP) — Jadeveon Clowney never imagined he’d play for the Texans again when he was traded to Seattle amid a contract dispute before the 2019 season.But after seven years and six teams the defensive end is back where his career began after re-signing Sunday with the team that picked him first overall in 2014.Clowney has changed a lot since he arrived in Houston as a 21-year-old.“I’m grown,” he said after his first workout with the Texans Tuesday. “I was a big kid at first when I first got here. I grew up different than a lot of these guys. When I was born, my dad was in jail. I grew up in a single-parent home. I grew up a lot different. ... but coming back now, I’m a veteran in the locker room, a lot older, a lot smarter than I was before.”He joins a defense that ranked among the best in the league in almost every category last season. Houston has stars Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter as its starting defensive ends but could use Clowney as a situational pass rusher after he had 8½ sacks for the Cowboys last season.
Linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was asked about adding Clowney to a team that already has so much talent at defensive end.“The rich get richer,” he said. “He’s a great player. Excited to work with him.”
