Texans’ Tank Dell will make a full recovery after filming

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans owner Cal McNair said Monday that wide receiver Tank Dell will make a full recovery after being injured in a shooting at a Florida restaurant last month.

McNair did not provide details on the nature of Dell’s injury, but the team called it a “minor injury” in the aftermath of the April 27 shooting, which also injured nine other people.

Speaking ahead of the team’s annual charity golf classic, McNair described the situation as “scary” before providing an update on Dell.

“It looks like Tank will make a full recovery,” he said. “We saw him at the office the other day and he seemed fine, in good spirits. But he will have to readjust and get back to where he was.

Coach DeMeco Ryans was cagey when asked about Dell, declining to answer the question directly when asked if he expected him to be ready for the week 1.

“Tank should be fine,” he said.

Ryans said he had spoken to Dell several times since the shooting and they had a “good conversation.”

Later, when asked if he would miss practice time, Ryans deflected again.

“I answered all that about Tank – he’ll be fine,” Ryans said.

Dell was drafted in the third round in 2023 after a standout career at the University of Houston. He totaled 709 receiving yards and set a franchise rookie record with seven touchdown receptions last season before breaking his left fibula in December.

Ryans said in April that Dell had recovered from that injury and would be ready to practice when the team began practice before he was injured in the shooting.