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IRVING, Texas - Lancaster, Texas, native Jacques Reeves is staying in his home state but changing teams.
The Cowboys' unrestricted free agent cornerback, who started 13 games in place of injured veterans Terence Newman and Anthony Henry last season, has signed a five-year, $20 million deal with Houston. The Texans announced the acquisition on Saturday.
A seventh-round pick of the Cowboys in 2004, Reeves served primarily as a nickel corner and special teams player during his four-year stint in Dallas but became a Week 1 starter last September with Newman bothered by a partially torn plantar fascia.
Newman missed the first two games and played strictly in nickel packages the following week against Chicago, but moved back into a starting role after Henry suffered a high ankle sprain in the first quarter of the Cowboys' Week 4 win over St. Louis. Henry missed the next three games and didn't return into the starting lineup until Nov. 14 against Philadelphia.
Reeves made the most of his opportunity in a contract season after signing a one-year, $850,000 restricted tender and finished with a career-high 67 tackles, 14 breakups and one interception. He drew interest from multiple teams but opted for Houston, where there appears to be a chance he could become a full-time starter.
Reeves' departure ensures the Cowboys will be shopping for a corner through free agency or the draft, perhaps with one of their two first-round picks. Evan Oglesby and Alan Ball, a seventh-round pick who appeared in just two games last year, are the only backup corners under contract behind Newman and Henry. Nate Jones, who arrived with Reeves as a seventh-round pick in '04, also is an unrestricted free agent.
IRVING, Texas - Lancaster, Texas, native Jacques Reeves is staying in his home state but changing teams.
The Cowboys' unrestricted free agent cornerback, who started 13 games in place of injured veterans Terence Newman and Anthony Henry last season, has signed a five-year, $20 million deal with Houston. The Texans announced the acquisition on Saturday.
A seventh-round pick of the Cowboys in 2004, Reeves served primarily as a nickel corner and special teams player during his four-year stint in Dallas but became a Week 1 starter last September with Newman bothered by a partially torn plantar fascia.
Newman missed the first two games and played strictly in nickel packages the following week against Chicago, but moved back into a starting role after Henry suffered a high ankle sprain in the first quarter of the Cowboys' Week 4 win over St. Louis. Henry missed the next three games and didn't return into the starting lineup until Nov. 14 against Philadelphia.
Reeves made the most of his opportunity in a contract season after signing a one-year, $850,000 restricted tender and finished with a career-high 67 tackles, 14 breakups and one interception. He drew interest from multiple teams but opted for Houston, where there appears to be a chance he could become a full-time starter.
Reeves' departure ensures the Cowboys will be shopping for a corner through free agency or the draft, perhaps with one of their two first-round picks. Evan Oglesby and Alan Ball, a seventh-round pick who appeared in just two games last year, are the only backup corners under contract behind Newman and Henry. Nate Jones, who arrived with Reeves as a seventh-round pick in '04, also is an unrestricted free agent.