Texans’ Undrafted Backup Becomes NFL’s Third-Highest-Paid Linebacker

Nobody in the draft room called his name. Not in the first round. Not in the seventh. Azeez Al-Shaair walked into the NFL in 2019 without a team believing he was worth a single pick.

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