It’s not often that rookies selected in the sixth round of the NFL Draft make a significant impact in year one. A handful of players selected in 2014’s sixth round were released and have moved on to another team. Some spent the year on the practice squad. Some are out of football altogether just one year later.
That was not the case with the Texans’ second sixth round selection in 2014. With the pick the Texans acquired from the Oakland Raiders in the Matt Schaub trade, they selected a running back from LSU that had long been overshadowed by a group of talented skill players down on the bayou.