{"id":850798,"date":"2026-04-03T05:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/850798\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T05:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:33:20","slug":"texans-hosting-texas-am-defensive-tackle-foster-grad-tyler-onyedim-for-draft-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/850798\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans hosting Texas A&#038;M defensive tackle, Foster grad Tyler Onyedim for draft visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 The Texans are hosting Texas A&amp;M defensive tackle Tyler Onyedim for a visit in advance of the NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">An Iowa State transfer, Onyedim is a Richmond native and former all-district selection at Foster High School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Onyedim also has visits with the Carolina Panthers, Los Angeles Chargers and Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Onyedim had 48 tackles and 2 \/12 sacks with 8 1\/2 tackles for losses for the Aggies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He had 90 tackles, 13 tackle for losses and three sacks at Iowa State where he was an honorable mention All-Big 12 conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He was a teammate of Texans players Jayden Higgins, Jaylin Noel and Xavier Hutchinson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He had 12 sacks as a high school senior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Onyedim (6-foot-3 1\/2, 292 pounds) has posted a 32-inch vertical leap with a 9-3 broad jump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Texans will host Aggies running back EJ Smith at their local pro day workout April 10. He worked out for the Dallas Cowboys at their local prospect day Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Smith is the son of Cowboys Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A Stanford transfer, Smith averaged 7.4 yards per carry during a road win over Arkansas. He scored touchdowns against Missouri, South Carolina and Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At his Pro Day, he had 10-0 broad jump, a 35 1\/2 inch vertical and bench pressed 225 pounds 20 times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 The Texans are hosting Texas A&amp;M defensive tackle Tyler Onyedim for a visit in advance of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[7,221,253,2368,6,222,1687,107816],"class_list":{"0":"post-850798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-texans","11":"tag-houstontexans","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-texans","14":"tag-texas-am","15":"tag-tyler-onyedim"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116339147239885644","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}