{"id":133341,"date":"2025-06-16T02:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T02:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/133341\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T02:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T02:41:10","slug":"texans-host-cb-damon-arnette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/133341\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans Host CB Damon Arnette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/ArneDa00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-09_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Damon Arnette<\/a>\u2018s efforts to return to the NFL have resulted in at least one visit. The former first-round cornerback worked out with the Texans on Monday, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/sports\/2025\/06\/09\/sources-texans-worked-out-roughnecks-corner-damon-arnette-jr-a-former-raiders-first-round-pick-monday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aaron Wilson of KPRC2 reports<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2021\/10\/USATSI_15366923.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-229027 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000;margin: 15px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/USATSI_15366923-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arnette was unsuccessful in his bid to play in the UFL last year, but he did manage to do so this spring. While operating as a key member of the Houston Roughnecks\u2019 defense, he totaled 18 tackles, five pass breakups and a pick-six. That production led to recent inquiries from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2025\/05\/cb-damon-arnette-drawing-nfl-interest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">multiple NFL teams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the Roughnecks\u2019 season over, Arnette is free to join an interested suitor at any time as he looks to return to the NFL. The 28-year-old played a total of 13 games with the Raiders across the 2020 and \u201921 seasons. He was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2021\/11\/raiders-to-release-damon-arnette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released<\/a> after a video surfaced which showed him threatening a person while brandishing a handgun. Arnette wound up signing with the Dolphins before taking a futures deal with the Chiefs, but he never saw any game time with those teams.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio State product was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2023\/05\/latest-on-cb-damon-arnette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">indicted by a grand jury<\/a> on assault with a deadly weapon and firearm-related charges in May 2023. Arnette wound up reaching a plea bargain agreement and has not faced charges since then. As Wilson details, he was arrested in January 2024 but that stemmed from a matter in which Arnette did not have the proper documentation for prescription medication with him at the time.<\/p>\n<p>With the UFL and (to an extent, at least) the NFL satisfied in Arnette\u2019s ability to avoid a repeat of his legal issues, it would come as no surprise if he were to land a deal before training camp. The Texans have a strong cornerback duo in the form of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/StinDe00.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Derek Stingley Jr.<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LassKa00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-09_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kamari Lassiter<\/a>, but the recent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2025\/06\/texans-cb-ronald-darby-retires\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">retirement<\/a> of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DarbRo00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-09_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ronald Darby<\/a> has created the need for a depth addition. Depending on how today\u2019s workout went, Arnette could be in line for the opportunity to earn a backup role this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Damon Arnette\u2018s efforts to return to the NFL have resulted in at least one visit. 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