The Texans were supposed to pick 19th in the second round, but switched with Cleveland to select McKinney with the 11th selection in the second round. The Texans also gave up a fourth-round pick (116) and a sixth-round pick (195) and received a seventh-round pick in the trade with the Browns.
The Texans traded the 18th pick in the third round with the New York Jets to get the sixth pick in the third round on Friday. They also dealt receiver DeVier Posey to the Jets in the deal that includes a fifth-round pick (152) and the seventh-round pick (229) they received in the McKinney trade.
"For a number of years if you thought wide receiver in Houston you thought about Andre ... (but) we want him to come in and we don't want him to be anything other than himself," general manager Rick Smith said. "If he does that and he works hard and he understands that I think he's got a chance to be a good football player."
Strong will join an offense with receiver DeAndre Hopkins and that has quarterbacks Ryan Mallett and Brian Hoyer competing for the starting job.
The 6-foot-4, 246-pound McKinney joins an inside linebacker group led by Brian Cushing,
Wholesale Jerseys, who had 72 tackles in 14 games last year. Houston continues to beef up a defense that features 2014 Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt and last year's top overall selection outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney.
"I look forward to stepping in big shoes like his," he said.
The Texans focused on defense in the first two round of the draft before selecting Strong in the third, and they took Wake Forest cornerback Kevin Johnson with the 16th overall pick before picking McKinney.
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