Texans corner Brandon Codrington tells his story at his youth football camp: ‘Believe in yourself’

Texans corner Brandon Codrington tells his story at his youth football camp: Believe in yourself 'I'm back in my roots,' corner, eturn specialist Brandon Codrington on playing for the Texans Texans corner, returner Brandon Codrington at his second annual youth football camp When Texans cornerback and return specialist Brandon Codrington reflects on his path to the NFL, theres a recurring theme:That confidence and conviction helped Codrington overcome a lack of ideal size and scholarship offers out of high school.

Codrington, 25, walked on at North Carolina Central and made enough of an impact as a speedy, instinctive All-American return specialist that he made it to the NFL and became an all-rookie selection with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent.Your size doesnt matter, Codrington told KPRC 2 in advance of his second annual youth football camp at his alma mater, Broughton High School.

Its always funny when I run into people on the street who may recognize me or we get to talking and tell them I play professional football.

They always say, Oh, wow, because they expect someone in the NFL to be so big.I like giving back to the community I can look the kids in the eye and be like, Im no different, from a size aspect to them.

Im a big believer in Christ.

Believe in God, work hard and the rest will take care of itself.

Just have a great circle and believe in yourself.At North Carolina Central, a historically black college and university competing in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Codrington returned a punt 77 yards for a touchdown in a victory over Alcorn State.

He was the third leading punt returner at the Football Championship Subdivision level with a 15.0 average to lead the conference.

As a senior, he averaged 19.6 yards per punt return with two touchdowns.He finished his career with 2,148 return yards, four touchdowns and 93 tackles and 10 pass breakups in 41 career stats.The biggest thing is just telling the kids that anything you want to do, you can achieve it, Codrington said.

I had dreams and aspirations of playing professional football since I was the age of seven when I started playing Pop Warner.

Stay in school, make sure your grades are good.Being a walk-on in college, I didnt have any offers so I had to make sure that the classroom was taken care of so that I could walk on to get into schools as a student and then try to pursue my dreams of football.

At North Carolina Central, Codringtons coaches had a background in professional football.

They encouraged him and helped him develop his niche on special teams.Just leaning into them, figuring out how they were able to get to their dreams because they also went to HBCU schools, Codrington said.

The biggest thing was just taking advantage of every opportunity I had.

Codrington signed with the New York Jets initially after going undrafted.

He was then traded to the Buffalo Bills.He had 619 return yards overall as a rookie and was named to the Pro Football Writers of American all-rookie squad.

He spent last season on the Bills practice squad, appearing in four games.

He has nine career tackles, a 10.0 punt return average and a 27.2 kickoff return average with 1,052 career overall all-purpose yards.It felt good, Codrington said of his experience in Buffalo.

It really just solidified my beliefs that I could stick and that I was capable of making plays and being in the National Football League.

That was really just a motivation factor that just told me that it was possible that I could stick.

With the Texans, Codrington is being coached by veteran special teams coordinator Frank Ross and cornerbacks coach Dino Vasso.Hes learning a lot so far and enjoying his interactions with his teammates, including Derek Stingly Jr., Jalen Pitre, Kamari Lassiter and Jaylen Reed.I love it, especially the room that Im in, being around some guys who know football and study football, Codrington said.

Its great.

I always play up to who Im around, just being around that competitive nature and guys who think theyre the best and know that theyre the best, it has to just bring the best out of you.

I love it.Frank Ross, great, great coach.

He has that fire.

Thats what I had college, so it all just feels like Im back in college.

Im back in my roots, Dinos a great coach.He always prides himself on if the players make a mistake, its our fault as coaches for not putting you in the right position.

Aaron Wilson is an award-winning Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and www.click2houston.com.

He has covered the NFL since 1997, including previous stints for The Houston Chronicle and The Baltimore Sun.This marks his 10th year covering the Texans after previously covering a Super Bowl winning team in Baltimore.

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