The Houston Texans are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to the evaluation of the roster following the club’s 4-12 finish in 2020.
The Texans announced Tuesday they have waived former Texas A&M and Katy Taylor fullback Cullen Gillaspia.
The former 2019 seventh-round pick played 23 games for the Texans in his two seasons with the AFC South club, racking up nine combined tackles. On offense, Gillaspia caught one pass for six yards in the Week 3 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field. In the postseason, he returned two kickoffs for six yards.
Former coach Bill O’Brien was especially impressed with the way Gillaspia played in the AFC wild-card win over the Buffalo Bills in January of 2020.
“He’s done a lot of good things for us on special teams and we’ve worked them during the week at times,” said O’Brien on Jan. 6, 2020. “We just hadn’t been able to use it that much, but use him in some of the roles that he can do in the backfield and he helped us. On Deshaun’s (Watson) touchdown run, 20-yard touchdown run, Cullen made a great block on that play. He did he did some good things in the game.”
Gillaspia was inactive for four games in 2020. The 6-1, 234-pound fullback was on injured reserve for the final five games of the season. Gillaspia’s season got off to an inconsistent start as he dealt with a concussion.