Source: Rams trade WR Cooks to Texans for draft picks

LOS ANGELES » The Los Angeles Rams are trading receiver Brandin Cooks to the Houston Texans, according to a person familiar with the deal.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the teams hadn’t announced the trade. The NFL Network reported the Rams will get a second-round pick while sending a future fourth-rounder to Houston.

Cooks will help the Texans replace DeAndre Hopkins, who was shockingly traded to Arizona last month for running back David Johnson and two draft picks.

While Cooks hasn’t matched Hopkins’ superstar play, Cooks is a fast, steady deep threat who has five 50-reception seasons over his six-year career. Cooks posted 1,000-yard seasons for each of his first three NFL teams: New Orleans, New England and Los Angeles.

Cooks has incurred at least five concussions during his NFL career.

Source: Chiefs bring back Breeland

KANSAS CITY, MO. » The Kansas City Chiefs are bringing back cornerback Bashaud Breeland on a one-year deal that could be worth up to $4.5 million, helping to alleviate one of the Super Bowl champions’ biggest concerns ahead of the NFL draft.

The deal was confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity. The Chiefs lost three cornerbacks to free agency in Breeland, Kendall Fuller and Morris Claiborne.

Slugger Reynolds says he’s retiring

PHOENIX » Slugger Mark Reynolds is retiring after hitting 298 homers over 13 seasons with eight teams. When the free agent, 36, was asked whether he still was pursuing a new team, Reynolds said he’s “moved beyond that, I’ve retired.”

Reynolds was a prime example of the rise of all-or-nothing masher. His best years came with Arizona. He hit .260 in 2009 and set career highs 44 homers and what is still a big league record 223 strikeouts. He hit at least 30 homers four times and led the majors in strikeouts three times.

Ex-Ranger Hamilton indicted

FORT WORTH, TEXAS » Former Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton has been indicted on a felony charge of injury to a child after his teenage daughter accused him of beating her.

A Tarrant County grand jury indicted the

38-year-old Hamilton on Monday. He remains free on $30,000 bond after he turned himself in to authorities on Oct. 30. If convicted, he faces a prison sentence of two to

10 years in prison.