Houston Texans rookie Dameon Pierce shows incredible hussle to make brilliant play

Rookie Houston Texans running back Dameon Pierce showed everything you want from a young player with an incredible tackle during his preseason debut. 

The Houston Texans are certainly a team that are looking to make a big bounce back this season and in the coming years. Having traded away Deshaun Watson to the Cleveland Browns and having finished last season with a 4-13 record, a lot of faith is being placed in the young talent that they’ve got to take them forward.

One of those men is Davis Mills their quarterback, a 3rd round pick during the 2021 Draft, he threw for 2,664 yards and 16 touchdowns last season whilst completing 66.8% of his throws. Respectable numbers certainly, especially for a rookie, but if they’re going to compete he’s going to have to do a lot better than that.

And if he doesn’t then it might be down to the players that are around him to pick up the slack. This year the team made a big improvement by snagging arguably the best corner in the draft in Derek Stingley Jr out of LSU and guard Kenyon Green from Texas A&M, but it might be someone from a later round that is putting himself in the best position to help the team out.

That man is running back Dameon Pierce.

Last year was something of a disaster for the Texans when it came to the run game, with their top rusher Rex Burkhead only able to put up 427 yards, whilst also putting up just 3 rushing touchdowns. For perspective, that’s the same number that backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor managed to put up during his six games for the side.

So it’s no surprise to see that the team looked into adding some new players at the position this offseason, one of those men being Pierce out of the University of Florida in the 4th round. His final year in college