Former Texans LB Cushing joins strength staff

After spending the 2018 season out of football, former Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing is returning to the team as a member of the strength and conditioning staff. Cushing will also help the defensive coaches, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Cushing, who turned 32 last week, was released by the Texans in February after spending his entire nine-year career with the club, and he did not sign with another team. His final season, in 2017, was cut short by a 10-game suspension for violating the league's performance enhancing drugs policy, the second violation of his career after first doing so in 2010. Drafted 15th overall by Houston in 2009, Cushing won Defensive Rookie of the Year and reached the Pro Bowl in his first season, though that would prove to be the only Pro Bowl appearance of his career. He went on to play 104 games in nine seasons, collecting 664 tackles (42 for loss), 13.5 sacks, 30 passes defensed and eight interceptions.

He's the franchise's all-time leader in tackles. --Field Level Media