There was reason to celebrate at Houston Texans training camp this week, and not just because the start of the 2023 season is swiftly approaching.
What killed hundreds of thousands of fish in this
Texas bayou?
Around this time last year, then-rookie receiver John Metchie III announced that he had been diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, and he would go on to miss the entire 2022 season. On Wednesday, the second-round pick was a full participant as Texans training camp got underway.
Metchie's return is a feel-good story in itself, with Houston general manager Nick Caserio saying "it just speaks to John's mental and physical toughness, the way he's wired.