“Number 63 is reporting as eligible to receive.”
Anyone who watches Texans games with regularity hears an NFL official say these words multiple times throughout a game this season.
No. 63 is 23-year-old Kendall Lamm, an undrafted rookie tackle out of Applachian State. The Texans have been lining up Lamm as an extra blocker on a number of plays.
“In essence, you have to let the defense know that I am eligible to catch the ball as you saw during the Buffalo game," Lamm said on Texans Radio. "For the most part this year, I’ve been the extra blocker to kind of help us in the run game and everything and deal with the pass rush and all that, but it just allows the defense to see that I can catch the ball so they may change their formation and everything else.