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Texans need to keep an eye on Southern WR Marquis McClain

If the Houston Texans are looking for a big target to add to their passing attack, Southern receiver Marquis McClain could fit the bill.

The 2022 NFL draft is going to determine how quickly the Houston Texans get back to the top.

If general manager Nick Caserio, with the significant input from assistant directors of player personnel Matt Bazirgan and James Liipfert, is delivering a B-plus draft or better in 2022, it could be the final piece to complete the rebuild. Caserio was able to succeed despite having five picks and three of them on day three in 2021. It isn’t unreasonable to think he could do it again.

Should the Texans need to find a player on day three who can elevate a position group, they may need to keep tabs on Southern Jaguars receiver Marquis McClain.

According to Charles Davis’ recent piece for NFL.com, McClain was one of his six standouts from this past week at the HBCU Legacy Bowl.

There was a lot of chatter about McClain during the week because of his size (6-2, 215), with some folks wondering if he could put more weight on his frame and become a move tight end at the next level. I see him as a big wide receiver who can go inside and make the tough catches. He certainly showed what he’s capable of in the game, making seven catches for 84 yards. I think he’s going to make a lot of people give him a look, if they hadn’t already, with that performance. A tight end who had flashed during the week, North Carolina Central’s Isaiah Macklin, did not end up playing on Saturday, so McClain had to pick up the slack for his team, and he did it quite well.

The Texans have big targets in receiver Nico Collins at 6-4, 215 pounds and tight end Brevin Jordan at 6-3, 245 pounds. Adding McClain would give the Texans an abundance of red zone targets for quarterback Davis Mills to work with.

McClain caught 28 passes for 400 yards and four touchdowns while also carrying six times for 89 yards and a touchdown through 10 games.

Where 247Sports ranked the LSU Tigers 2022 schedule released on Tuesday

Where does the 2022 schedule for the LSU Tigers rank in terms of difficulty among their peers?

The SEC released the schedules for each of their 14 teams on Tuesday evening and announced them on SEC Network. The teams weren’t a surprise as they were announced far ahead of Tuesday’s reveal, it was the conference schedule that was the real question.

Going into next season the Tigers will play a neutral site game against Florida State to open the campaign in New Orleans. Two of their next three games will be nonconference tilts with a conference matchup in between. We released our version of the schedule with some historical numbers.

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Brad Crawford of 247Sports ranked the Tigers 2022 schedule with LSU coming in among the middle of the SEC. He has them at No. 8. No school has an easier schedule than the Georgia Bulldogs according to Crawford. Alabama wasn’t much better coming in at No. 12 overall.

With Florida State in ruin and the rest of the non-conference slate a near automatic 3-0, Ed Orgeron’s program has a great shot at starting the season with four wins before taking on Auburn away from home in the first toss-up of the 2022 campaign. By our projection, the Tigers’ second game vs. a nationally-ranked opponent comes in mid-October at Florida. This schedule is manageable by SEC West standards and given LSU’s talent level, provides opportunity for success.

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Opening the season against the Florida State Seminoles will be an interesting matchup. These teams haven’t played in over 30 years. Can Florida State get on back on track and put together any momentum before the opener next season? That remains to be seen.