HOUSTON TEXANS

 
QUARTERBACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
10 QB Davis Mills 6-4 225 Stanford
7 QB C.J. Stroud 6-3 218 Ohio State
18 QB Case Keenum 6-1 215 Houston
 
RUNNING BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
26 RB Devin Singletary 5-7 203 Florida Atlantic
31 RB Dameon Pierce 5-10 218 Florida
33 RB Dare Ogunbowale 5-11 205 Wisconsin
 
RECEIVERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
9 TE Brevin Jordan 6-3 245 Miami
2 WR Robert Woods 6-0 195 Southern Cal
8 WR John Metchie III 5-11 187 Alabama
81 TE Eric Saubert 6-5 248 Drake
47 TE Andrew Beck 6-3 255 Texas
83 TE Dalton Schultz 6-5 244 Stanford
12 WR Nico Collins 6-4 215 Michigan
19 WR Xavier Hutchinson 6-3 205 Iowa State
82 WR Steven Sims Jr. 5-10 176 Kansas
 
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
60 OG Dieter Eiselen 6-4 320 Yale
77 OT George Fant 6-5 322 Western Kentucky
67 OT Charlie Heck 6-8 311 North Carolina
69 OG Shaq Mason 6-1 310 Georgia Tech
70 C Juice Scruggs 6-3 310 Penn State
78 OT Laremy Tunsil 6-5 313 Mississippi
63 C Michael Deiter 6-6 315 Wisconsin
72 OT Josh Jones 6-7 310 Houston
64 OG Nick Broeker 6-4 305 Mississippi
 
LINEBACKERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
53 OLB Blake Cashman 6-1 237 Minnesota
48 MLB Christian Harris 6-1 226 Alabama
57 OLB Neville Hewitt 6-2 234 Marshall
6 MLB Denzel Perryman 5-11 240 Miami
35 OLB Jake Hansen 6-1 235 Illinois
41 OLB Myjai Sanders 6-5 248 Cincinnati
39 MLB Henry To'oTo'o 6-2 228 Alabama
 
DEFENSIVE BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
31 S Adrian Amos Jr. 6-0 214 Penn State
5 S Jalen Pitre 5-11 198 Baylor
30 S DeAndre Houston-Carson 6-1 203 William & Mary
21 CB Steven Nelson 5-11 194 Oregon State
24 CB Derek Stingley Jr. 6-0 190 Louisiana State
17 CB Kris Boyd 5-11 195 Texas
20 CB Ka'Dar Hollman 6-0 196 Toledo
0 CB Desmond King II 5-10 200 Iowa
37 CB D'Angelo Ross 5-9 190 New Mexico
25 S Kareem Jackson 5-10 183 Alabama
 
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
51 DE Will Anderson Jr. 6-4 243 Alabama
96 DT Maliek Collins 6-2 310 Nebraska
93 DT Kurt Hinish 6-2 300 Notre Dame
95 DE Derek Barnett 6-3 259 Tennessee
94 DT Khalil Davis 6-1 308 Nebraska
52 DE Jonathan Greenard 6-3 263 Florida
98 DT Sheldon Rankins 6-2 305 Louisville
55 DE Jerry Hughes 6-2 254 Texas Christian
97 NT Teair Tart 6-3 290 Florida International
 
SPECIALISTS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
11 P Cameron Johnston 5-11 194 Ohio State
7 K Ka'imi Fairbairn 6-0 183 UCLA
46 LS Jon Weeks 5-10 242 Baylor
 
RESERVE/INJURED
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
34 FB Troy Hairston 5-11 245 Central Michigan
29 CB M.J. Stewart Jr. 5-11 200 North Carolina
59 OG Kenyon Green 6-4 323 Texas A&M
54 C Scott Quessenberry 6-3 310 UCLA
60 T DJ Scaife 6-3 321 Miami
4 CB Tavierre Thomas 5-10 205 Ferris State
25 S Grayland Arnold 5-10 187 Baylor
85 WR Noah Brown 6-2 215 Ohio State
13 WR Tank Dell 5-10 165 Houston
41 WR Jesse Matthews 6-0 190 San Diego State
50 C Kendrick Green 6-4 315 Illinois
71 OG Tytus Howard 6-5 322 Alabama State
23 S Eric Murray 5-11 199 Minnesota
68 C Jarrett Patterson 6-4 310 Notre Dame
84 TE Teagan Quitoriano 6-6 258 Oregon State
97 DT Hassan Ridgeway 6-3 305 Texas
1 S Jimmie Ward 5-11 195 Northern Illinois
77 T Kilian Zierer 6-7 312 Auburn
 
RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL ILLNESS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
92 DE Dylan Horton 6-4 275 Texas Christian
 

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