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Teammates happy to see Clowney at practice

Being back together with his teammates.

"Laughing and giggling with the guys," Clowney said on Monday. "They gave me a hard time today, first day back. They were like, ‘New kid on the team,’ so you know, it’s fun.”

The outside linebacker spent all of OTAs, minicamp and the first two weeks of training camp on a side

field rehabbing from a December microfracture surgery on a knee. Monday was his first practice with the Texans since last November.

Inside linebacker Brian Cushing, himself a veteran of two knee surgeries, led the way in ribbing Clowney.