One-third of the Houston Texans 2022 draft selections already call the city home. Of the nine players drafted from Thursday to Saturday, three attended high school in the Houston area: OL Kenyon Green (Atascocita High School), DB Jalen Pitre (Stafford High School) and OL Austin Deculus (Cy-Fair High School).
“I think we’re starting the Houston Texans Community College by picking a lot of kids that kind of grew up here right around the corner,” General Manager Nick Caserio said. “We called (Jalen) Pitre and asked where he was. He was five minutes down the street. He probably would have sprinted to the stadium.”
The Texans drafted two Houston-area players in their first two rounds, selecting Texas A&M OL Kenyon Green with the 15th overall pick and then Pitre in the second round (37th overall) out of Baylor, who grew up in the Stafford area.
“I was just sitting there, and I was talking to a family friend about the draft and how it unfolded and everything,” Green said. “When I got the 832…