West Virginia was nice, but there's no place like home.
The Texans practiced at the Houston Methodist Training Center Monday morning. The team worked at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia since late July, and it was their first training camp practice of 2017 in front of the fans. Head coach Bill O'Brien was happy to hear the roar of a crowd while he and his team worked.
"It's great to be back in front of our fans," O'Brien said. "But our players need to get going, though."
In addition to a warm welcome from the few thousand fans in attendance, the Houston heat and humidity was also a change from the previous month in West Virginia. But it didn't faze running back Lamar Miller.
"I'm used to it," Miller said. "Coming back here, it wasn't a big adjustment to me. I'm always used to the heat."
Just being home and seeing family was a huge relief for many on the team, including offensive lineman Jeff Allen. Like many of his teammates, Allen away from his wife and two young children for the duration of camp.
"It was awesome," Allen said. "I didn't get a chance to see my family for the entire three-and-a-half weeks, so it was good to get back. My daughter was so happy. I got to see my son, and he acted like he didn't know me, but it was all good. I still missed him."
The Texans will work again outside at the Houston Methodist Training Center on Tuesday morning.
The Houston Texans roster in photos. (Updated 5/20/2019)
LB, Tyrell Adams, 50
S, Jahleel Addae, 37
TE, Jordan Akins, 88
WR, Floyd Allen, 82
LB, Jesse Anniebonam, 69
DB, Johnson Bademosi, 23
CB, Derrick Baity Jr., 30
OLB, Davin Bellamy, 48
DE, Angelo Blackson, 97
CB, Briean Boddy-Calhoun, 30
CB, Deante Burton, 39
WR, DeAndre Carter, 14
OLB, Jadeveon Clowney, 90
LB, Dylan Cole, 51
CB, Aaron Colvin, 22
WR, Keke Coutee, 16
CB, Xavier Crawford, 28
RB, Damarea Crockett, 36
ILB, Zach Cunningham, 41
P, Trevor Daniel, 8
OL, Julién Davenport, 70
LB, Jamal Davis, 49
WR, Johnnie Dixon, 18
DE, Brandon Dunn, 92
NT, Javi Edwards, 78
An image from the May 10, 2019 Rookie Mini Camp offseason practice.
K, Ka'imi Fairbairn, 7
TE, Darren Fells, 87
RB, Josh Ferguson, 40
RB, D'Onta Foreman, 27
WR, Will Fuller, V, 15
OL, Zach Fulton, 73
FB, Cullen Gillaspia, 44
S, Tashaun Gipson, 39
DE, Joel Heath, 93
OL, Seantrel Henderson, 76
S, A.J. Hendy, 37
RB, Karan Higdon, 31
WR, DeAndre Hopkins, 10
OL, Tytus Howard, 71
DE, Albert Huggins, 67
S, Chris Johnson, 43
CB, Lonnie Johnson, Jr., 32
OL, Roderick Johnson, 63
WR, Tyron Johnson, 13
RB, Taiwan Jones, 34
CB, Johnathan Joseph, 24
OLB, Peter Kalambayi, 58
OL, Matt Kalil, 75
OL, Senio Kelemete, 64
CB, Jermaine Kelly, 35
OLB, Chris Landrum, 42
OL, Rick Leonard, 72
LB, Drew Lewis, 52
WR, Stephen Louis, 12
OL, Greg Mancz, 65
C, Nick Martin, 66
QB, AJ McCarron, 2
LB, Benardrick McKinney, 55
OLB, Whitney Mercilus, 59
RB, Lamar Miller, 26
WR, Steven Mitchell, Jr., 11
S, A.J. Moore, 33
DE, Charles Omenihu, 94
NT, Walter Palmore, 60
OL, Malcolm Pridgeon, 68
OL, Martinas Rankin, 75
NT/DE, D.J. Reader, 98
S, Justin Reid, 20
CB, Bradley Roby, 21
DE, Ira Savage-Lewis, 96
OLB, Brennan Scarlett, 57
OL, Max Scharping, 74
OL, Maurquice Shakir, 77
WR, Vyncint Smith, 17
OL, David Steinmetz, 79
TE, Jordan Thomas, 83
DL, Carlos Watkins, 91
DE, J.J. Watt, 99
WR, Jester Weah, 86
QB, Joe Webb, III, 5
LS, Jon Weeks, 46
WR, Isaac Whitney, 19
LB, Xavier Woodson-Luster, 56
