HOUSTON – The Houston Texans signed unrestricted free agent S Tyrann Mathieu. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Houston also claimed WR Sammie Coates off waivers from the Cleveland Browns.

Mathieu, 25, started 57-of-66 regular season games played over five seasons with the Arizona Cardinals (2013-17), compiling 303 total tackles (278 solo), 11 interceptions, 41 passes defensed, 28 tackles for loss, 15 quarterback hits, 4.0 sacks, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. He was named Associated Press First-Team All-Pro and selected to his first Pro Bowl in 2015 after registering 89 total tackles (80 solo), 1.0 sack, five interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, 17 passes defensed, 11 tackles for loss and a forced fumble in 14 regular season games played. Last season, Mathieu started all 16 games for the Cardinals and recorded 74 total tackles (66 solo), seven passes defensed, two interceptions, six tackles for loss, four quarterback hits and one forced fumble. In his career, he has been named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month (October of 2013), NFC Defensive Player of the Month (November of 2015) and NFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 3 of 2015). He also won the Cardinals’ Ed Block Courage Award in 2014 following his return from a knee injury suffered late in his rookie season in 2013. Mathieu (5-9, 185) was drafted by Arizona in the third round (69th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft out of LSU.

Coates, 24, was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round (87th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft out of Auburn. He spent two seasons with the Steelers before joining the Cleveland Browns in 2017. For his career, he has compiled 28 receptions for 516 yards (18.4 avg.) and two receiving touchdowns in 32 regular season games played (six starts). In 2016, Coates posted career highs of 21 receptions for 435 yards (20.7 avg.) and two touchdowns in 14 regular season games played (five starts). Coates (6-1, 210) has also returned six kickoffs for 150 yards (25.0 avg.) in his NFL career and appeared in all four of Pittsburgh’s postseason games from 2015-16.