HOUSTON – The Texans continued to bolster their offensive line depth by drafting Oklahoma offensive guard Febechi Nwaiwu in the fourth round.
Selected 106th overall, Nwaiwu is a North Texas transfer who was a a first-team All-American and second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection last season.
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At 6-foot-4, 319 pounds, Nwaiwu has good size and strength.
A Coppell, Texas native, he joined North Texas as a walk-on and became a freshman All-American and all-conference selection before transferring to the Sooners program.
At Oklahoma, he was a two-year starter. He has played some center.
He was a finalist for the prestigious Burlsworth Award for the nation’s top walk-on and earned the Don Key award.
Burlsworth played in the East-West Shrine Bowl all-star game.
He has run the 40-yard dash in 5.36 seconds and bench pressed 225 pounds 29 times with an 8-9 broad jump.
Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com