Found April 27, 2009 on Toro Times:
PLAYERS: Brian Cushing
TEAMS: Houston Texans

The 2009 Draft has come and gone and it looks like this one will fall in line with what we have come to expect from Rick Smith and Gary Kubiak and that is a very strong Houston Texans draft class. There was little suspense when the Texans selected USC LB Brian Cushing with the 15th pick [...]
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