At the end of minicamp, the Falcons traded linebacker Akeem Dent to the Houston Texans for backup quarterback T.J. Yates on June 18.
Dent, a former starter and key special teams players, was no longer considered a scheme-fit after the Falcons elected to switch to smaller and faster linebackers.
Dent, who played at University of Georgia and Atlanta Douglass High, is trying to earn one of the inside linebacker spots with the Texans.
“Yeah, he’s an experienced player,” Houston coach Bill O’Brien said. “Good special teams player, good speed, good team guy, very smart player. A guy from what I’ve seen so far, he hasn’t been out there every day because he is dealing with an injury issue, which isn’t serious, but he just got back out there today; but I believe he is an instinctive player from what I saw on film in Atlanta and looking forward to watching him play here as we move forward.”
Dent didn’t play in the Texans’ 32-0 loss to the Arizona Cardinals in their exhibition season opener on Saturday.
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