The caveat about performance during NFL spring practices always involves the lack of contact drills.
It's especially difficult to judge a linebacker when he's not actually tackling running backs to the ground.
Still, the Texans came away impressed by undrafted rookie linebacker Dylan Cole.
Cole is athletic and aggressive and hustled all over the practice field, hustling to chase down ball carriers in the open field with sound pursuit angles.
When the Texans signed Cole, they made their largest investment on him out of their undrafted rookie class. The former Missouri State All-American was given $27,000 in guaranteed money, including a $12,000 signing bonus and the Texans guaranteeing $15,000 of his base salary.