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The Houston Texans are signing rookie K Chris Freeman to a contract on Monday, according to Aaron Wilson.

Freeman recently tried out with the team. 

Wilson adds that the idea is not to overwork K Ka’imi Fairbairn during the preseason.

Freeman, began his career at Indiana and took over as the team’s full-time kicker in his fourth season. 

From there, he transferred to Uconn and spent two seasons with the Huskies. He was named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza award after he converted 20 of 23 field goals and didn’t miss an extra point attempt.

Throughout his six-year college career, Freeman appeared in 54 games and converted 132 of 133 extra point attempts (99.2%) to go along with 53 of 66 field goal attempts (80.3%).

This article first appeared on NFLTradeRumors.co and was syndicated with permission.

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