If there was one free agent everyone agreed first-year general manager Nick Caserio had hit a homerun on at the midway point of the 2021 season, it was linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill. The sixth-year linebacker found himself in the midst of a career renaissance with the Houston Texans after taking a one-year contract for $3.25M
Even after signing a host of veteran linebackers including Christian Kirksey, Kevin Pierre-Lewis, Neville Hewitt, and Joe Thomas, Grugier-Hill stood tall as the best signing of the group.
He suffered an injury during Week 13 against the Seattle Seahawks and was forced to miss the next two games but still ended the year with career highs in essentially every category. Grugier-Hill finished with 108 combined tackles, 71 solo tackles, two forced fumbles, 13 tackles for loss, and three sacks. The decision to bet on himself and join Houston after starting only one game in Miami the previous year paid massive dividends.
