HOUSTON – The Texans activated running back J.J. Taylor, center Eli Cox and linebacker KC Ossai from the active-physically unable to perform list.
All three players passed their physicals Saturday.
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Taylor, a former New England Patriots player who played collegiately at Arizona, has rushed for 200 career yards and two touchdowns. He was dealing with plantar fasciitis since the spring, per a league source.
Cox is an undrafted free agent from Kentucky who signed a three-year deal with $250,000 total guaranteed. .
Cox (6-foot-4, 306 pounds) has run the 40-yard dash in 5.06 seconds with a 32 1/2 inch vertical leap. A two-time team captain, Cox was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection two years ago and third-team all-conference last season.
Ossai is a Conroe native and the younger brother of Cincinnati Bengals pass rusher Joseph Ossai, is signed to a three-year deal that includes a $15,000 signing bonus, plus $160,000 of his base salary fully guaranteed for $175,000 total guaranteed for the undrafted rookie.
Ossai (6-foot-2, 241 pounds) is an Oak Ridge graduate who was named All-Sun Belt Conference. As a junior, he had 95 tackles, 4 1/2 for losses and one sack with two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. In high school, he had 93 tackles, 10 for losses, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. He chose Louisiana over Arizona, Army, Air Force, UTSA and Nevada.
Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com