Defensive sort out Folorunso Fatukasi is staying within the AFC South after being launched by the Jacksonville Jaguars final week.
Fatukasi has agreed to a one-year contract with the Texans, a supply confirmed to ESPN. The information was first reported by The Athletic.
The previous 2018 sixth-round choose is understood for being a run stuffer and is predicted to fill that depth position on the Texans’ protection. He’s acquainted with coach DeMeco Ryans’ defensive system as a result of he performed beneath New York Jets coach Robert Saleh. Each Ryans and Saleh had been San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinators earlier than taking their present jobs.
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Final season, Fatukasi had 24 tackles, together with three for loss, in 16 begins.
Fatukasi, 29, signed with the Jaguars on a three-year, $30 million contract with $20 million assured in 2022, however the run-stuffing sort out didn’t equal his manufacturing from the earlier two seasons he had with the New York Jets in 2020 and ’21, when he mixed for 88 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and 11 quarterback hits.
In his two years with the Jaguars, Fatukasi had 48 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss and 5 quarterback hits.
ESPN’s DJ Bien-Aime and Michael DiRocco contributed to this report.
