HOUSTON – The Texans worked out two offensive tackles Monday.
They auditioned former Tennessee Titans offensive tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere and former Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle D’Ante Smith, per a league source.
Neither player is being immediately signed, per sources.
Petit-Frere is a 6-foot-5, 316-pound former third-round draft pick from Ohio State where he was an All-Big Ten Conference selection and a second-team All-American.
In the NFL, he has 28 starts in 34 career games. He served a six-game suspension from the league for a violation of its gambling policy. He was waived by the San Francisco 49ers in June.
Smith is a 6-foot-5, 309-pound former Bengals fourth-round draft pick from East Carolina. He tore his patellar tendon last year and missed the entire season.
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