2026 Houston Texans season

Front office

• Owner/CEO/chairman – Cal McNair
• President – Mike Tomon
• Executive vice president/general manager – Nick Caserio
• Executive vice president/general counsel – Greg Kondritz
• Assistant GM– James Liipfert
• Assistant GM – Chris Blanco
• Co-directors of college scouting – Mozique McCurtis and John Richter
• Director of pro scouting – D. J. Debick
• Senior personnel executive/assistant director of pro scouting – Steve Cargile
• Senior director of football administration – Andrew Brown
• Senior Director of Football Research and Game Management – Frank Edgerly
• Assistant Director of Special Projects and Game Management – Rohit Mogalayapali
• Director of college scouting operations – Tom Hayden
• Director of Football Technology and Analytics – Tim Brog
• Assistant director of football analytics – Kevin Clark

Head coaches

• Head coach – DeMeco Ryans
• Assistant head coach/running backs – Danny Barrett

Offensive coaches

• Offensive coordinator – Nick Caley
• Quarterbacks – Jerrod Johnson
• Wide receivers/offensive passing game coordinator – Ben McDaniels
• Tight ends – James Ferentz
• Offensive line/offensive run game coordinator – Cole Popovich
• Assistant offensive line – Vacant
• Senior offensive assistant – Bill Lazor
• Senior offensive assistant/pass game specialist – Jerry Schuplinski
• Offensive assistant – Alex Ward
• Offensive assistant – Asauni Rufus

Defensive coaches

• Defensive coordinator – Matt Burke
• Defensive passing game coordinator – Cory Undlin
• Defensive line – Rod Wright
• Assistant defensive line – Frank Okam
• Linebackers – Billy Davis
• Assistant linebackers – Vacant
• Defensive backs – Dino Vasso
• Safeties – Stephen Adegoke
• Defensive assistant – Cole Weeks

Special teams coaches

• Special teams coordinator – Frank Ross
• Special teams/defensive assistant – Sean Baker
• Assistant special teams – Will Burnham
• Assistant to the coaches – Jake Olson

Applied Sports Science

• Director of Applied Sports Science – Marc Lewis
• Applied Sports Science Coordinator – Cole Gardner
• Applied Sports Science Apprentice – Tyler Wang

Strength and Conditioning

• Head strength and conditioning – Mike Eubanks
• Assistant strength and conditioning – Chris Cervantes
• Assistant strength and conditioning – Joe Distor
• Assistant strength and conditioning – Pat Moorer

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• 18 Graham Mertz
• 10 Davis Mills
•  7 C. J. Stroud

Running backs (RB)

• 44 British Brooks FB
• 26 Jawhar Jordan
• 27 Woody Marks
• 28 Joe Mixon

Wide receivers (WR)

• 12 Nico Collins
•  3 Tank Dell
• 81 Jayden Higgins
• 19 Xavier Hutchinson
• 14 Jaylin Noel
• 84 Justin Watson

Tight ends (TE)

•  9 Brevin Jordan
• 86 Dalton Schultz
• 87 Cade Stover

• 60 Jake Andrews C
• 79 Aireontae Ersery LT
• 57 Blake Fisher RT
• 71 Tytus Howard LG
• 54 Jarrett Patterson C
• 70 Juice Scruggs C

Defensive linemen (DL)

• 51 Will Anderson Jr. DE
• 97 Mario Edwards Jr. DT
• 58 Kyonte Hamilton DT
• 92 Dylan Horton DE
• 55 Danielle Hunter DE
• 72 Tommy Togiai DT

•  0 Azeez Al-Shaair MLB
• 35 Jake Hansen OLB
• 56 Jamal Hill OLB
• 39 Henry To'oTo'o MLB

Defensive backs (DB)

•  2 Calen Bullock FS
• 34 Ajani Carter CB
• 36 Alijah Huzzie CB
•  4 Kamari Lassiter CB
•  5 Jalen Pitre SS
• 23 Jaylen Reed FS
• 22 Jaylin Smith CB
• 11 Tremon Smith CB
• 24 Derek Stingley Jr. CB

Special teams (ST)

• 40 Austin Brinkman LS
• 15 Kaʻimi Fairbairn K

• 50 Solomon Byrd DE (Futures)
• -- Brandon Codrington CB (Futures)
• 65 Eli Cox C (Futures)
• 85 Josh Kelly WR (Futures)
• 83 Luke Lachey TE (Futures)
• 32 Kaevon Merriweather FS (Futures)
• 47 Layne Pryor TE (Futures)
• 62 Sidy Sow RG (Futures)
• 53 Junior Tafuna DT (Futures)
• 59 Xavier Thomas OLB (Futures)
• 89 Jared Wayne WR (Futures)

Impending free agents (FA)

• 96 Denico Autry DE
• 95 Derek Barnett DE
• 17 Braxton Berrios WR
• 77 Trent Brown RT
• 88 Harrison Bryant TE
• 25 Myles Bryant CB
• 21 Nick Chubb RB
• 31 Damone Clark MLB
• 91 Folorunso Fatukasi DT
• 48 Christian Harris OLB
• 93 Kurt Hinish DT
• 69 Ed Ingram RG
• 91 Naquan Jones DT
• 13 Christian Kirk WR
• 33 Dare Ogunbowale RB
• 90 Sheldon Rankins DT
• 98 Tim Settle DT
• 45 E. J. Speed OLB
• 29 M. J. Stewart FS
•  6 Tommy Townsend P
• 20 Jimmie Ward FS
  

Exclusive-rights free agents (ERFA)

• 42 Ja'Marcus Ingram CB
• 63 Jarrett Kingston G
  
  43 active, 23 free agent(s), 11 reserve
  As of February 6, 2026. Rookies in italics.
  

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