The three-game preseason gave the Houston Texans a chance to evaluate their rookie class and determine how they would perform when the games counted.
Pro Football Focus also evaluated the Texans’ rookies, and Michael Renner shared his grades for the best and the worst of Houston’s rookie class.
Third-round quarterback Davis Mills was the worst with a 45.5 grade.
Fifth-round linebacker Garrett Wallow was the best Texans rookie with a 71.4 grade.
There’s not too much to write home about for the Texans’ minuscule draft class. Wallow racked up three stops on 58 snaps but didn’t play a single snap in the first half of any preseason game. Mills was in quicksand against Tampa Bay and didn’t look close to ready to start, finishing the preseason with five turnover-worthy plays and no big-time throws.
On Aug. 11, before the Texans’ first preseason game with the Green Bay Packers on Aug. 14, Wallow told reporters that the mental aspect of the game is what he was adjusting to.
“It’s a challenge but you like that challenge,” Wallow said. “You start to really feed into that challenge and you see yourself growing day-to-day. Like I say, a bunch of the old guys have led me along the way and made that quite a bit easier for me.”
Wallow could see more time throughout the regular season while the Texans are hoping to let Mills sit before getting any substantial action.