Source: Texans signing safety Russ Yeast to practice squad

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The Texans are signing former Los Angeles Rams and Carolina Panthers safety Russ Yeast to their practice squad, per a league source.

The Texans will place cornerback Ka’dar Hollman on injured reserve with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, per a source.

Yeast, 25, (5-foot-10, 195 pounds) has also played for the Arizona Cardinals.

He played collegiately at Louisville and Kansas State.

He was a first-team All-Big 12 selection.

In the NFL, he has 81 career tackles and five passes defensed.

He’s a former Rams seventh-round pick.

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Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com