{"id":3382,"date":"2013-04-27T21:30:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T01:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2013-04-27T21:39:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T01:39:29","slug":"texans-sign-undrafted-collin-klein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/04\/27\/texans-sign-undrafted-collin-klein\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans sign undrafted Collin Klein, Cierre Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3383\" alt=\"collinklein\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/04\/collinklein.jpg\" width=\"676\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/04\/collinklein.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/04\/collinklein-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/04\/collinklein-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Houston Texans have added former Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein. While at Kansas State the 6-for-4 quarterback was involved in a run first offense where he totaled 56 rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>I am so excited and honored to be given a chance to compete for the Houston Texans! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23Godisgood\">#Godisgood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23gotowork\">#gotowork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Klein (@ckleincat7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ckleincat7\/status\/328313807149608961\">April 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Multiple scouts and analysts have questioned Klein&#8217;s ability to have a career as a quarterback and he was even asked to work out as a tight end at the NFL Combine, which he declined.<\/p>\n<p>No teams were linked to Klein who finished third in the Heisman voting. It is unclear as of now what the Texans have planned for Klein.<\/p>\n<p>The Texans also signed former Notre Dame running back Cierre Wood. Wood will look to crack a roster which has Arian Foster and Ben Tate listed ahead of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Texans have added former Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein. While at Kansas State the 6-for-4 quarterback was involved in a run first offense where he totaled 56 rushing touchdowns. I am so excited and honored to be given a chance to compete for the Houston Texans! #Godisgood #gotowork &mdash; Collin Klein (@ckleincat7) April [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":["post-3382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3382"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}