HOUSTON – For Zion Childress, standing inside the Texans’ locker room, being teammates with C.J. Stroud and playing for his hometown football team is a surreal moment.

Childress was an all-state quarterback at New Caney who rushed for nearly 3,000 career yards and threw 21 touchdown passes as a senior.

The Texans signed the rookie nickel off the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad one day after cutting safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson.

“Man, it’s a true blessing,” Childress told KPRC 2. “Exciting moment for my family. Just to be the first guy in my family to make it this far, and just to be able to do it for my hometown team has been great. Truly nothing short of a blessing.”

Childress went undrafted out of Kentucky and signed with the Dallas Cowboys.

He performed well enough that he made the

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