Team performance and season trends
Houston Texans
Houston • AFC• AFC South• 2026
Houston Texans compete in the AFC South division of the AFC conference. Current record stands at 12-5 (70.6% win rate), with 404 points scored against 295 allowed. Head coach: DeMeco Ryans. Based in Houston. Founded in 2002.
Season snapshot
W12
L5
T0
Win %70.6%
PF404
PA295
Diff+109
Division5-1
Conference10-2
StreakW9
Playoff Position#2
Front Office
Head Coach
DeMeco Ryans
Owner
Janice S. McNair
Top Players
QB
C.J. Stroud
FP208.5
Pass Yds3041
P-TD19
Rush Yds209
Davis Mills
FP66.6
Pass Yds915
P-TD5
Rush Yds60
RB
Jo'quavious Marks
FP145.1
Rush Yds703
R-TD2
Rec Yds208
WR
Xavier Hutchinson
FP101.0
Rush Yds22
Rec Yds428
Rec-TD3
Justin Watson
FP7.0
Rec Yds30
Tkl1
Jared Wayne
FP4.0
Rec Yds20
TE
Cade Stover
FP21.9
Rush Yds3
Rec Yds76
Tkl2
LB
Jamal Hill
FP6.0
Tkl6
CB
Tremon Smith
FP23.0
Tkl23
Jaylin Smith
FP12.0
Tkl6
Alijah Huzzie
FP10.0
Tkl4
INT1
Ja'Marcus Ingram
FP6.0
Tkl6
S
Jaylen Reed
FP20.0
Tkl14
Kaevon Merriweather
FP3.0
Tkl3
Other
Ka'imi Fairbairn
FP161.0
Tkl1
Pts160
Dylan Horton
FP26.0
Tkl26
Mario Edwards Jr.
FP16.0
Tkl13
Sacks1
Naquan Jones
FP3.0
Tkl3
Austin Brinkman
FP1.0
Tkl1
Roster
Offense
Jo'quavious Marks
Height5'10"
Exp2y
CollegeUSC
C.J. Stroud
Height6'3"
Exp3y
CollegeOhio State
C.J. Stroud
Height6'3"
Exp4y
CollegeOhio State
Cade Stover
Height6'4"
Exp3y
CollegeOhio State
Davis Mills
Height6'4"
Exp6y
CollegeStanford
Davis Mills
Height6'4"
Exp5y
CollegeStanford
Nico Collins
Height6'4"
Exp5y
CollegeMichigan
Christian Kirk
Height5'11"
Exp8y
CollegeTexas A&M
Cornell Powell
Height6'0"
Exp1y
CollegeClemson
Treyvohn Saunders
Height5'9"
CollegeColgate
Jaylin Noel
Height5'11"
CollegeIowa State
Brett Rypien
Height6'2"
Exp8y
CollegeBoise State
Braxton Berrios
Height5'9"
Exp8y
CollegeMiami
Daniel Sobkowicz
Height6'3"
CollegeIllinois State
Graham Mertz
Height6'2"
CollegeFlorida
Xavier Hutchinson
Height6'3"
Exp4y
CollegeIowa State
Xavier Hutchinson
Height6'3"
Exp3y
CollegeIowa State
Nick Chubb
Height5'11"
Exp8y
CollegeGeorgia
J.J. Taylor
Height5'6"
Exp3y
CollegeArizona
Jawhar Jordan
Height5'10"
Exp1y
CollegeLouisville
Noah Whittington
Height5'8"
CollegeOregon
Jo'quavious Marks
Height5'10"
CollegeUSC
Joshua Pitsenberger
Dare Ogunbowale
Height5'10"
Exp7y
CollegeWisconsin
Owen Wright
Height5'9"
Exp2y
CollegeMonmouth
British Brooks
Height5'11"
Exp2y
CollegeNorth Carolina
Jakob Johnson
Height6'3"
Exp5y
CollegeTennessee
Louis Hansen
Height6'5"
CollegeUConn
Jake Andrews
Height6'3"
Exp3y
CollegeTroy
James Neal
Height6'6"
CollegeIowa State
Jayden Higgins
Height6'4"
CollegeIowa State
Lewis Bond
Height5'11"
CollegeBoston College
Marlin Klein
Height6'6"
CollegeMichigan
Justin Watson
Height6'2"
Exp8y
CollegePennsylvania
Justin Watson
Height6'2"
Exp9y
CollegePennsylvania
Josh Kelly
Height6'1"
Exp1y
CollegeTexas Tech
Daniel Jackson
Height6'0"
CollegeMinnesota
Dalton Schultz
Height6'5"
Exp8y
CollegeStanford
Foster Moreau
Height6'4"
Exp8y
CollegeLSU
Cade Stover
Height6'4"
Exp2y
CollegeOhio State
Jha'Quan Jackson
Harrison Bryant
Height6'5"
Exp6y
CollegeFlorida Atlantic
Jared Wayne
Height6'3"
Exp1y
CollegePittsburgh
Jared Wayne
Height6'3"
Exp1y
CollegePittsburgh
Luke Lachey
Height6'6"
CollegeIowa
Xavier Johnson
Height6'1"
Exp1y
CollegeOhio State
Defense
Calen Bullock
Height6'3"
Exp2y
CollegeUSC
Kamari Lassiter
Height6'0"
Exp2y
CollegeGeorgia
Jalen Pitre
Height6'0"
Exp4y
CollegeBaylor
Reed Blankenship
Height6'1"
Exp5y
CollegeMiddle Tennessee
Tremon Smith
Height5'11"
Exp9y
CollegeCentral Arkansas
Tremon Smith
Height5'11"
Exp8y
CollegeCentral Arkansas
Brandon Codrington
Height5'9"
Exp3y
CollegeNorth Carolina Central
Ja'Marcus Ingram
Height6'2"
Exp3y
CollegeBuffalo
Kaevon Merriweather
Height6'0"
Exp4y
CollegeIowa
Jaylin Smith
Height5'11"
Exp2y
CollegeUSC
Jaylen Reed
Height6'0"
CollegePenn State
Derek Stingley Jr.
Height6'1"
Exp4y
CollegeLSU
Myles Bryant
Height5'9"
Exp6y
CollegeWashington
Kamari Ramsey
Height6'0"
CollegeUSC
Alijah Huzzie
Height5'10"
Exp1y
CollegeNorth Carolina
Wade Woodaz
Height6'3"
CollegeClemson
Kaevon Merriweather
Height6'0"
Exp3y
CollegeIowa
Jake Hummel
Height6'1"
Exp5y
CollegeIowa State
Bryce Hall
Height6'1"
Exp6y
CollegeVirginia
Alijah Huzzie
Height5'10"
CollegeNorth Carolina
Collin Wright
Height6'0"
CollegeStanford
Henry To'oTo'o
Height6'2"
Exp3y
CollegeAlabama
Stephen Hall
Height6'0"
CollegeMissouri
Jackson Woodard
Height6'2"
CollegeUNLV
E.J. Speed
Height6'4"
Exp7y
CollegeTarleton State
Christian Harris
Height6'2"
Exp4y
CollegeAlabama
Solomon Byrd
Height6'3"
Exp1y
CollegeUSC
Will Anderson Jr.
Height6'4"
Exp3y
CollegeAlabama
Danielle Hunter
Height6'5"
Exp11y
CollegeLSU
Jamal Hill
Height6'0"
Exp2y
CollegeOregon
Jamal Hill
Height6'0"
Exp3y
CollegeOregon
Kyonte Hamilton
Height6'4"
Exp2y
CollegeRutgers
Aiden Fisher
Height6'1"
CollegeIndiana
Tommy Togiai
Height6'2"
Exp4y
CollegeOhio State
Sheldon Rankins
Height6'2"
Exp10y
CollegeLouisville
Jadeveon Clowney
Height6'5"
Exp13y
CollegeSouth Carolina
Naquan Jones
Height6'3"
Exp6y
CollegeMichigan State
Dylan Horton
Height6'4"
Exp3y
CollegeTCU
Dylan Horton
Height6'4"
Exp4y
CollegeTCU
Kayden McDonald
Height6'3"
CollegeOhio State
Sabastian Harsh
Height6'2"
CollegeNC State
Derek Barnett
Height6'3"
Exp9y
CollegeTennessee
Ali Gaye
Height6'6"
Exp3y
CollegeLSU
Casey Toohill
Height6'5"
Exp3y
CollegeStanford
Denico Autry
Height6'5"
Exp12y
CollegeMississippi State
Dominic Bailey
Height6'3"
CollegeTennessee
Dominique Robinson
Height6'5"
Exp5y
CollegeMiami (OH)
Mario Edwards Jr.
Height6'3"
Exp11y
CollegeFlorida State
Solomon Byrd
Height6'3"
Exp1y
CollegeUSC
Jaylen Reed
Height6'0"
Exp2y
CollegePenn State
Azeez Al-Shaair
Height6'2"
Exp7y
CollegeFlorida Atlantic
Russ Yeast
Height5'10"
Exp3y
CollegeKansas State
Junior Tafuna
Height6'3"
CollegeUtah
K.C. Ossai
Height6'1"
CollegeLouisiana
Special Teams
Tommy Townsend
Height6'1"
Exp6y
CollegeFlorida
Ka'imi Fairbairn
Height6'0"
Exp10y
CollegeUCLA
Ka'imi Fairbairn
Height6'0"
Exp11y
CollegeUCLA
Chris Freeman
Height6'1"
Kai Kroeger
Height6'3"
Exp2y
CollegeSouth Carolina
Austin Brinkman
Height6'4"
CollegeWest Virginia
Austin Brinkman
Height6'4"
Exp2y
CollegeWest Virginia
Practice Squad
Quintez Cephus
Height6'1"
Exp4y
CollegeWisconsin
Ameer Speed
Height6'3"
Exp3y
CollegeMichigan State
Damon Arnette
Height6'0"
Exp3y
CollegeOhio State
Haggai Ndubuisi
Height6'6"
Exp1y
Marlon Davidson
Height6'3"
Exp5y
CollegeAuburn
Laken Tomlinson
Height6'3"
Exp11y
CollegeDuke
Darrell Taylor
Height6'4"
Exp5y
CollegeTennessee
Injured Reserve
Brevin Jordan
Height6'3"
Exp5y
CollegeMiami
Marte Mapu
Height6'3"
Exp4y
CollegeSacramento State
Juwann Winfree
Height6'3"
Exp5y
CollegeColorado
Graham Mertz
Height6'2"
Exp2y
CollegeFlorida
Jaylin Smith
Height5'11"
CollegeUSC
M.J. Stewart
Height5'11"
Exp8y
CollegeNorth Carolina
Jake Hansen
Height6'1"
Exp4y
CollegeIllinois
K.C. Ossai
Height6'1"
Exp1y
CollegeLouisiana
Irv Smith Jr.
Height6'2"
Exp6y
CollegeAlabama
Folorunso Fatukasi
Height6'4"
Exp7y
CollegeUConn
Mario Edwards Jr.
Height6'3"
Exp10y
CollegeFlorida State
Tim Settle
Height6'3"
Exp8y
CollegeVirginia Tech