Jordyn Tyson from Allen headlines list of NFL rookies beginning minicamp

More than a dozen players with Texas connections get on the field with their new teams for the first time this month

Former Arizona State wide receiver Jordyn Tyson will be one of several rookies who played high school or college football in Texas getting on the field with his team when the New Orleans Saints begin rookie minicamp next week.

Tyson was selected 8th overall. He had a monster senior year for Allen, catching 79 passes for 1,499 yards and 12 touchdowns, then played his freshman year at Colorado and spent three years at Arizona State. But he appeared in only 33 games in his college career.

Tyson's ASU teammate Keith Abney, II, who is from Waxahachie, was selected 157th overall by the Detroit Lions.

The Cleveland Browns selected two players with Texas ties. KC Concepcion of Texas A&M was selected 24th overall; Taylen Green, from Lewisville, was selected 182nd.

Concepcion transferred to A&M in 2024 after two years at NC State. He's projected to play mostly slot receiver in the pros, due to his size.

Eli Stowers, who played for Denton Guyer and Vanderbilt University, was selected in the second round by the Philadelphia Eagles. He'll get to return to North Texas annually for their games against the Dallas Cowboys.

Stowers was the star quarterback for Guyer’s state runner-up team as a junior in 2019, and he had accounted for 47 touchdowns and 4,113 yards of total offense entering the state championship game that year before getting injured in a 24-0 loss to Austin Westlake. He won a state title in the high jump in track in 2019, clearing 6 feet, 10 inches.

Three University of Texas Longhorns from North Texas were selected.

Former Denton Ryan star Anthony Hill, Jr., was selected 60th overall by the Tennessee Titans.

Hill was a five-star recruit at Denton Ryan and was rated the second-best linebacker in the nation in the Class of 2023. He had 303 tackles, 13 sacks and nine forced fumbles, while also rushing for 378 yards and 13 touchdowns over three years at Denton Ryan, and he won a state championship in 2020 while leading the team in tackles (7.5), tackles for loss (2.0) and sacks (2.0) and scoring a rushing touchdown in a 59-14 win over Cedar Park in the state final.

The Chicago Bears selected two-time South Oak Cliff state champion Malik Muhammad with the 124th overall pick.

Muhammad won back-to-back state titles at South Oak Cliff in 2021 and 2022 and was a four-star recruit, an Under Armour All-American and the fourth-ranked cornerback in the nation in the Class of 2023. He played in 11 games as a junior at Texas this past season and had 30 tackles, two interceptions, and four pass breakups.

DJ Campbell was selected by the Miami Dolphins with pick 200. Campbell attended Arlington Bowie then UT.

The Houston Texans selected Oklahoma offensive lineman Febechi Nwaiwu with the 106th pick. Nwaiwu is from Coppell and started his college career at the University of North Texas in Denton.

The Minnesota Vikings selected Charles Demmings from Mesquite with the 163rd pick. Demmings attended Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches.

Texas A&M's Ar'maj Reed-Adams was selected in the 7th round by the Buffalo Bills. He's from DeSoto.

The Kansas City Chiefs selected LSU's Garrett Nussmeier to potentially back up current star quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who is also from Texas.

Nussmeier was a four-star recruit at Flower Mound Marcus and was rated the 14th-best quarterback in the nation in the Class of 2021. His father, Doug Nussmeier, is the offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints and was previously the quarterbacks coach for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles and for the Cowboys.

Indiana All-American Louis Moore, from Mesquite, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Miami Dolphins.

Florida's J. Michael Sturdivant, from Flower Mound, was signed by the Green Bay Packers.