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How three undrafted rookies made the Texans initial 53-man roster

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  • Tania Ganguli, ESPN Staff Writer Close
    • Previously covered Texans for Houston Chronicle and Jaguars for Florida Times-Union
    • Northwestern University graduate
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HOUSTON -- When the 3 p.m. central deadline passed this Saturday, Greg Mancz got a call from his agent.

Go ahead and call your mom, his agent said. Though the waiver system could have changed his fate, Mancz had made the Texans initial 53-man roster, as an undrafted rookie out of Toledo.