2015 houston texans traning camp guide
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2015 houston texans traning camp guide
HOUSTON TEXANS 2015 TRAINING CAMP GUIDE SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2015 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2015 H ouston Texans Training Camp presented by XFINITY begins Saturday, August 1, as the Texans take to the field for the first time in preparation for the 2015 season. Six training camp practice sessions will be open to the public at the Houston Methodist Training Center: Aug. 1-3, 11-12 and 19. From Aug. 6-8, the Texans will participate in joint practices with the Washington Redskins in Richmond, Va. Tickets for Youth Day on Aug. 11 will be available exclusively at Houston-area Academy Sports + Outdoors locations, including locations in Beaumont and Huntsville, while supplies last. Free tickets to all other open sessions have already been acquired and are no longer available to the general public. Gates will open to fans one hour prior to practice with lines forming on Murworth Drive. The NFL Clear Bag Policy will be in effect for all practice sessions open to the public. Free parking is available off Lantern Point Drive in the Green Lot beginning at 5 a.m. on Aug. 1-2, 11-12 and 19. The lot will open at 3 p.m. on Aug. 3. The Texans School Supply Drive presented by Toshiba is back. The drive will be held throughout training camp and encourages fans to bring school supplies with them to donate at practice. The school supplies will be donated to the Houston Texans YMCA for distribution to deserving students in its service area. Anyone who donates school supplies is eligible to receive daily giveaways and prizes. Fans can also bring supplies to the Go Texan Store if they are unable to attend practice. Texans Ambassadors and TORO will also be available for autographs at the practice sessions. Fans will be able to watch practice sessions as well as participate in the Fan Zone, with kids having the opportunity to take part in TORO’s Kids Club Kids Zone presented by Kroger, featuring various Texans interactive games. FAN OPEN DATES (6): Saturday, August 1 Sunday, August 2 Monday, August 3 Tuesday, August 11* Wednesday, August 12 Wednesday, August 19 *Youth Day 8-11 a.m. 8:30-11 a.m. 6-9 p.m. 8-11 a.m. 8-11 a.m. 8-11 a.m. Gates open one hour prior to practice. Lines will form on Murworth. WHERE: Houston Methodist Training Center FREE FAN PARKING: Green Lot off Lantern Point Drive TRAINING CAMP/PRESEASON PRACTICE SCHEDULE All practice sessions open to media. Walkthroughs are closed. Day DateMorning Afternoon Friday July 31 Team Meetings/No Practice Saturday August 1 8-11 a.m. Sunday August 2 8:30-11 a.m. Monday August 3 6-9 p.m. Tuesday August 4 Players Day Off Wednesday August 5 9-10:30 a.m. Travel to Richmond, Va. Thursday August 6 Practice at Washington Redskins Friday August 7 Practice at Washington Redskins Saturday August 8 Practice at Washington Redskins Sunday August 9 Return to Houston Monday August 10 Players Day Off Tuesday August 11* 8-11 a.m. Wednesday August 12 8-11 a.m. Thursday August 13 8-11 a.m. Friday August 14 Walkthrough/No Availability Saturday August 15 Game vs. San Francisco 49ers, 7 p.m. Sunday August 16 Players Day Off Monday August 17 2-5 p.m. Tuesday August 18 8-11 a.m. Wednesday August 19 8-11 a.m. Thursday August 20 8-11 a.m. Friday August 21 Walkthrough/No Availability Saturday August 22 Game vs. Denver Broncos, 7 p.m. Sunday August 23 Players Day Off Monday August 24 2-5 p.m. Tuesday August 25 8-11 a.m. Bold indicates practices open to the public. *Youth Day – Tickets available exclusively at Houston-area Academy Sports + Outdoors locations, including locations in Beaumont and Huntsville. Houston Texans Communications • NRG Stadium • Two NRG Park • Houston, Texas 77054 • @TexansPR SCHEDULE/MEDIA INFORMATION 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE PRESEASON IMPORTANT DATES First training camp practice Roster cutdown to 75 Roster cutdown to 53 Claiming players off waivers ends Practice squad signings begin PRACTICE GUIDELINES Media will be allowed at all practices. All walkthroughs are closed. A member of the Houston Texans communications staff will go over the practice guidelines at each pracice. Photographers can shoot selected portions of practice. Tripods are allowed at practice, however they must be at least 7 yards from the sideline and behind the line of scrimmage at all times. Please do not leave tripods unattended. To not impede the view of the fans at practice, all photographers must kneel when shooting in front of the stands. Members of the communications staff will be on the field during all practices to assist with any questions. During practices held inside the bubble, all media must stay on the near sideline. Saturday, August 1, 8 a.m. Tuesday, September 1, 3 p.m. Saturday, September 5, 3 p.m. Sunday, September 6, 11 a.m. Sunday, September 6, Noon *All times Central 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS SCHEDULE Day Sat. Sat. Sun. Thurs. Date Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 30 Sept. 3 Day Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Thurs. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Mon. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Date Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 8 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 16 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 PRESEASON Opponent SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS DENVER BRONCOS at New Orleans Saints# at Dallas Cowboys TV KTRK KTRK FOX KTRK Time (CT) 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. REMOTE BROADCASTS All television stations airing live newscasts should set up at the south end of field one (lighted) or next to the Houston Methodist Training Center, with satellite truck parking available in the Teal Lot. Each station is responsible for its own power. Please contact the Houston Texans communications department before doing a live broadcast following practices. For radio stations wishing to broadcast from Texans Training Camp, please contact the Houston Texans communications staff. REGULAR SEASON Opponent TV Time (CT) KANSAS CITY CHIEFS CBS Noon at Carolina Panthers CBS Noon TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS FOX Noon at Atlanta Falcons CBS Noon INDIANAPOLIS COLTS CBS/NFLN 7:25 p.m. at Jacksonville Jaguars CBS Noon at Miami Dolphins CBS Noon TENNESSEE TITANS CBS Noon BYE at Cincinnati Bengals ESPN 7:30 p.m. NEW YORK JETS CBS Noon NEW ORLEANS SAINTS FOX Noon at Buffalo Bills CBS Noon NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS CBS Noon at Indianapolis Colts CBS Noon at Tennessee Titans CBS Noon JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS CBS Noon CREDENTIAL PICK-UP For credential pick-up at training camp, there will be a booth at the entrance of the Houston Methodist Training Center. Media should park in the Teal Lot located on the corner of Murworth and Kirby to pick up credentials beginning Saturday, August 1. Please contact Communications Manager Charles Hampton at [email protected] or at (832) 667-2282 with any questions or concerns. TWEETING AT CAMP Tweeting is permitted during practices open to fans. The Houston Texans communications staff asks that media refrains from tweeting specific game strategy, player repetitions and conversations between players and coaches on the field. Tweeting during practices not open to the public is not permitted. * Italics indicates games subject to flex scheduling Home games in BOLD CAPS All kickoff times Central; # - Televised Nationally All games are broadcasted live on Texans Radio on 610 AM, 100.3 The Bull and in Spanish on ESPN Deportes 1180 AM POSTSEASON Sat.-Sun. Jan. 9-10 Sat.-Sun. Jan. 16-17 Sun. Jan. 24 Sun. Jan. 31 Sun. Feb. 7 MEDIA WORKROOM Following Texans practice and availability, media should head to the media workroom located on the service level at NRG Stadium across from the Texans’ locker room. Phones, Texans information, NFL news releases and other information are available. Wireless service will be available in the media workroom. During practice, media should park in the Teal Lot located on Murworth, across from NRG Stadium in front of the Houston Methodist Training Center. Media can walk over from practice to the media workroom where a Houston Texans communications staff member will let them into the building at the West VIP entrance. If the door is locked, call Omar Majzoub at (713) 553-8223. AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs AFC and NFC Championship Games NFL Pro Bowl Super Bowl 50, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif. (CBS) FOR TEXANS NEWS... TEXANS MEDIA SITE Credentials Transcripts Weekly Release Media Guide http://media.houstontexans.com www.HoustonTexans.com TEXANS FTP SITE Audio Clips Video Clips ftp1.houstontexans.com Username: texmedia Password: 2015media 2 @TexansPR MEDIA INFORMATION 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE HOUSTON TEXANS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Kevin Cooper Senior Director of Communications Amy Palcic Director of Corporate Communications Charles Hampton Communications Manager Brett Maikowski Communications Manager Contact Kevin for: Interview requests for Texans Owner Bob McNair and Executive Vice President and General Manager Rick Smith. Contact Amy for: Interview requests for Texans Head Coach Bill O’Brien & DE J.J. Watt, information on Lone Star Sports and Entertainment, Texans civic and business affairs. Contact Charles for: Questions on credentials, parking, media guide, FTP site, audio clips, rosters or photo requests. Contact Brett for: Interview requests for players and assistant coaches, media availabilities or to be added to an email distribution list. CONTACTING THE TEXANS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Omar Majzoub Communications Intern Ellie Pardee Communications Intern Contact Omar for: Media availabilities, notes, team information and gameday information. Contact Ellie for: Notes, team information, gameday information and LSSE information. Staff Member Office Phone Kevin Cooper 832-667-2035 Amy Palcic 832-667-2220 Charles Hampton 832-667-2282 Brett Maikowski 832-667-2037 Omar Majzoub 832-667-2241 Ellie Pardee 832-667-2085 Katie Karsh Ted Parrish Email Address [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Texans on Twitter: @TexansPR Texans Media Site: http://media.houstontexans.com Texans FTP Site: ftp1.houstontexans.com HOUSTON TEXANS MEDIA WEBSITE INTERVIEWS To access the Houston Texans media website, go to http://media. houstontexans.com. The section contains all Texans press materials, historical information and updated team statistics and media guide. Applications are being accepted for training camp or individual game credentials. To apply for game credentials, please submit your request on the website by 5 p.m. CT on the Tuesday before a Texans home game. Fans can access coverage on http://www.HoustonTexans.com throughout the season on Texans TV. The Texans broadcast live streaming video of press conferences, as well as game highlights, interviews, indepth team features, community recaps, NFL Network footage and more. Head Coach Bill O’Brien and players are available to media on the field following practices. All interview requests for Houston Texans executives, coaches and players should go through the Texans communications department. For out-of-town media requesting Texans players, please send your request to Brett Maikowski at [email protected] or call his office phone at (832) 667-2037. Requests for Owner Bob McNair and Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager Rick Smith should be sent to the attention of Senior Director of Communications Kevin Cooper. His e-mail address is [email protected], and office phone is (832) 667-2035. Requests for Head Coach Bill O’Brien should be sent to the attention of Director of Corporate Communications Amy Palcic at amy.palcic@ houstontexans.com or 832-667-2220. HOUSTON TEXANS FTP SITE The Texans upload B-roll, audio clips and clips of video interviews on a consistent basis. If you would like to be added to the FTP email list, members of which receive emails whenever new content is uploaded, please contact Houston Texans Communications Manager Charles Hampton at [email protected]. www.HoustonTexans.com 3 @TexansPR MEDIA INFORMATION 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE HOUSTON TEXANS MEDIA GUIDE TEXANS ON TWITTER The complete 2015 Houston Texans Media Guide is available online at http://media.houstontexans.com. The weekly game release, player bios and record books are updated weekly during the season and are electronically distributed to media, as well as made available online on the Houston Texans media website. The online version of the media guide has been improved and is available in PDF format, allowing media to print, copy and paste information in an easier fashion. Printed versions of the media guide are available on a case-by-case basis. For up-to-the second updates, notes and a variety of other information on the Houston Texans, follow the Texans on Twitter: @TexansPR. Get all press releases, transcripts, game information, updated bios and more. DIRECTIONS AND PARKING From Bush International: Take US 59 South to HWY TX-288 South (Lake Jackson/ Freeport). Follow HWY TX-288 to I-610 West. Exit Kirby Drive (Exit 1C) and turn right. Follow Kirby Drive two blocks and NRG Stadium will be on the right and the practice facility on the left. Turn left on Murworth Drive and media parking is in the Teal parking lot located on the right at the practice facility. From Houston Hobby: Take Airport Boulevard East to Monroe Road. Make a left on Monroe Road and proceed to I-45 North. Make a left onto I-45 North and proceed to I-610 West. Take I-610 to Kirby Drive (Exit 1C). Turn right onto Kirby. Follow Kirby Drive two blocks and NRG Stadium will be on the right and the practice facility on the left. Turn left on Murworth Drive and media parking is in the Teal parking lot located on the right at the practice facility. From the East: Take I-610 westbound to the Kirby Drive Exit (Exit 1C). Turn right on Kirby Drive. Follow Kirby Drive two blocks and NRG Stadium will be on the right and the practice facility on the left. Turn left on Murworth Drive and media parking is in the Teal parking lot located on the right at the practice facility. From the West: Take I-610 eastbound to the Kirby Drive Exit (Exit 1C). Turn left on Kirby Drive. Follow Kirby Drive two blocks and NRG Stadium will be on the right and the practice facility on the left. Turn left on Murworth Drive and media parking is in the Teal parking lot located on the right at the practice facility. TRANSCRIPTS The Texans Communications Staff sends out transcripts of press conferences, open locker room during the season and post-game interviews. To be added to the Texans transcripts email list, please contact Communications Manager Brett Maikowski at brett.maikowski@ houstontexans.com. LIVE SHOTS Live shots on NRG Park property must be set up through the Texans communications department in conjunction with SMG. Please contact Charles Hampton at [email protected] or 832667-2282 before setting up a live shot. Locations will be set up through the communications department. Please give the Texans 12 hours to ensure proper set up. GAMEDAY NFL network television partners and Texans media partners will be given priority for live shots at NRG Stadium. Television stations are allowed to shoot live at NRG Stadium until one hour before kickoff. Please get permission from Texans communications 48 hours before the game in order to shoot live. NFL network television partners and Texans media partners are the only broadcast entities permitted to shoot live from inside NRG Stadium in the hour following the conclusion of the game. All other entities are not permitted to shoot live or transmit live programming from inside NRG Stadium until one hour after the conclusion of the game. Live shots and live streaming for transmission are NOT PERMITTED from the Texans post-game locker room for any entity. www.HoustonTexans.com AUDIO CLIPS In addition to the mp3 audio uploaded to the Houston Texans FTP site, the Texans communications staff sends out edited clips that are 10 to 30 seconds long via email following press conferences, open locker room during the season and after games during the season. To be added to the Texans audio clips email list, please contact Communications Manager Charles Hampton at [email protected]. 4 @TexansPR FAN ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION FOR TRAINING CAMP 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE 2015 TRAINING CAMP INFORMATION • Improved layout and new entrance is highlighted by an additional 19,000 square feet for fans to enjoy. • Three photo opportunities on Memory Lane, including HBO Hard Knocks backdrop. • Additional merchandise trailer on location each day. • Three food trucks on location at each open practice. • Live band on five of the six open dates: August 1-3, 12, 19. • Any fan who dates a school item will receive a free HBO Hard Knocks rally towel. • Fan Zone behind bleachers. • Two Cool Zones to beat the heat. • TORO’s Kids Club Kids Zone presented by Kroger. • Texans Cheerleaders, Ambassadors and TORO Autographs. • Texans giveaways. • Food, beverage and Texans merchandise on sale. • Houston Texans School Supply Drive benefitting the Houston Texans YMCA. RAIN OUT POLICY • Training Camp activities may be cancelled due to weather. • If Training Camp practice is canceled, fans may redeem their tickets at the next available open Training Camp date. • For weather updates, please call 832-667-2324. WHAT NOT TO BRING/SECURITY • No video cameras are allowed. • The NFL Clear Bag Policy will be in effect (Link: http://www.nfl.com/ allclear). • Guests will be wanded upon entry. TICKET INFORMATION The free tickets to open practices have all been downloaded. Tickets to Youth day on August 11 are available exclusively at Houston-area Academy Sports + Outdoors locations, including locations in Beaumont and Huntsville, while supplies last. LOCATION & PARKING Training Camp will be held at the Houston Methodist Training Center across from NRG Stadium. Free parking is available in the Green Lot, south of the Houston Methodist Training Center. TRAINING CAMP HOTLINE 832.667.2324 www.HoustonTexans.com 5 @TexansPR 2015-16 NFL IMPORTANT DATES 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE AUGUST 6-9 Hall of Fame Weekend, Canton, Ohio. 9 Hall of Fame Game, Minnesota Vikings vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, Canton, Ohio. 11 Special League Meeting, Hyatt-Schaumburg, Schaumburg, Illinois. 11 If a drafted rookie has not signed with his club by this date, he cannot be traded to any other club in 2015, and may sign a player contract only with the drafting club until the day of the Draft in the 2016 League Year. 13-17 First Preseason Weekend. 20-24 Second Preseason Weekend. 27-30 Third Preseason Weekend. SEPTEMBER 1 Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must reduce their rosters to a maximum of 75 players on the Active List. 3 Final Preseason Games. 5 Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must reduce rosters to a maximum of 53 players on the Active/Inactive List. 5 Simultaneously with the cut-down to 53, clubs that have players in the categories of Active/Physically Unable to Perform or Active/ Non-Football Injury or Illness must select one of the following options: place player on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform or Reserve/Non-Football Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; request waivers; terminate contract; trade contract; or continue to count the player on the Active List. 6 Claiming period for players placed on waivers at the final roster reduction will expire at 12:00 noon, New York time. 6 Upon receipt of the Personnel Notice at approximately 1:00 p.m., New York time, clubs may establish a Practice Squad of 10 players. No club, including the player’s prior club, will be permitted to sign a player to a Practice Player Contract until all clubs have received simultaneous notification via the above Personnel Notice that such player’s prior NFL player contract has been terminated via the waiver system. 6 After 4:00 p.m., New York time, a club is permitted to place a player on Reserve/Injured as “Designated for Return.” 10 At 12:00 a.m., New York time, the Top 51 Rule expires for all NFL clubs. 10-14 Regular Season opens. OCTOBER 4 NFL International Series, New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins, London, England. 6-7 Fall League Meeting, New York, New York. 16 Beginning on the sixth calendar day prior to a club’s seventh regular season game (including any bye week) and continuing through the day after the conclusion of the 11th regular season weekend, clubs are permitted to begin practicing players on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform and Reserve/Non-Football Injury or Illness for a period not to exceed 21 days. Players may be activated during the 21-day practice period, or prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the day after the conclusion of the 21day period, provided that no player may be activated to participate in a Week 6 game. 25 NFL International Series, Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, London, England. www.HoustonTexans.com NOVEMBER 1 NFL International Series, Detroit Lions vs. Kansas City Chiefs, London, England 3 All trading ends for 2015 at 4:00 p.m., New York time. 4 Players with at least four previous pension-credited seasons are subject to the waiver system for the remainder of the regular season and postseason. 17 At 4:00 p.m., New York time, signing period ends for Franchise Players who are eligible to receive offer sheets. 17 Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to sign their unsigned Franchise and Transition Players, including Franchise Players who were eligible to receive offer sheets until this date. If still unsigned after this date, such players are prohibited from playing in NFL in 2015. 17 Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to sign their Unrestricted Free Agents to whom the “May 12 Tender” was made. If still unsigned after this date, such players are prohibited from playing in NFL in 2015. 17 Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to sign their Restricted Free Agents, including those to whom the “June 1 Tender” was made. If such players remain unsigned after this date, they are prohibited from playing in NFL in 2015. 17 Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to sign their drafted rookies. If such players remain unsigned after this date, they are prohibited from playing in NFL in 2015. JANUARY 3 Seventeenth Week of Regular Season Games. 4 Earliest permissible date for clubs to renegotiate or extend the rookie contract of a drafted rookie who was selected in any round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Any permissible renegotiated or extended player contract will not be considered a rookie contract, and will not be subject to the rules that limit rookie contracts. 4 Option exercise period begins for Fifth-Year Option for FirstRound Selections from the 2013 NFL Draft. To exercise the option, the club must give written notice to the player on or after January 4, 2016, but prior to May 3, 2016. 9-10 Wild Card Playoffs. 10 Assistant coaches under contract to playoff clubs that have byes in the Wild Card weekend may be interviewed for head coaching positions through the conclusion of the Wild Card games. 16-17 Divisional Playoffs. 17 Assistant coaches under contract to playoff clubs that won their Wild Card games may be interviewed for head coaching positions through the conclusion of Divisional Playoff games. 18 Deadline for college players that are underclassmen to apply for special eligibility. A list of players who are accepted into the NFL Draft will be transmitted to clubs on January 22. 23 East-West Shrine Game, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida. 24 AFC and NFC Championship Games. 30 Senior Bowl, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Alabama. 31 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii. 31 An assistant coach, whose team is participating in the Super Bowl, who has previously interviewed for another club’s head coaching job may have a second interview with such club no later than the Sunday preceding the Super Bowl. FEBRUARY 7 Super Bowl 50, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California. 6 @TexansPR HEAD COACH BILL O’BRIEN/EXECUTIVE VP AND GM RICK SMITH 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE HEAD COACH BILL O’BRIEN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & GM RICK SMITH Bill O’Brien led the Houston Texans to a 9-7 record in his first year as the franchise’s head coach in 2014. Houston’s seven-win improvement led the NFL and made the Texans the sixth team since 1978 to post a winning season following a season in which it won two or less games. The Texans just missed the playoffs as the last team out in the AFC and O’Brien finished second in NFL AP Coach of the Year voting to Arizona Cardinals Head Coach Bruce Arians. O’Brien earned his first victory as head coach of the Texans with a 17-6 season-opening win against Washington at NRG Stadium, ending Houston’s 14-game losing streak in the process. Houston went 5-2 following an open date in Week 10, with three different starting quarterbacks leading the Texans to wins down the stretch. The Texans also led the NFL in takeaways with a franchise-record 34 and became just the third team in the last 20 years to lead the league in takeaways after finishing last the year before. On offense, the Texans ran the ball a league-high 51.9 percent of the time and posted an AFC-best eight individual 100-yard rushing performances. Houston’s 135.1 yards rushing per game ranked fifth in the NFL and was the second-highest mark in franchise history. Running back Arian Foster, who earned his fourth Pro Bowl honor, eclipsed the 100-yard mark in seven of the 13 games he played in and rushed for 1,246 yards and scored 13 total touchdowns. Due to injuries, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mallett and Case Keenum each started at least two games under center for the Texans and combined to lead the team to wins in five of the last seven games. Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins had a breakout season, setting career highs with 76 receptions for 1,210 yards and six touchdowns in O’Brien’s system. Hopkins eclipsed 2,000 yards receiving for his career in just his second year and became the second-youngest player in NFL history to do so. O’Brien was named the third head coach in Houston Texans franchise history on Jan. 3, 2014. The 45-year old brought 21 years of collegiate and NFL coaching experience to the Bayou City, along with a tireless work ethic, relentless tenacity, exceptional football acumen and a well-earned reputation for succeeding against all odds. The former Penn State head coach and New England Patriots offensive coordinator has ascended steadily throughout his coaching career. O’Brien spent 2012 and 2013 leading Penn State through one of the greatest periods of strife any major college program has endured, garnering national and conference coach-of-the-year awards in the process. In the five years prior to his tenure at Penn State, O’Brien helped lead the Patriots to a pair of Super Bowl berths, first as an offensive assistant in 2007 and then again in 2011 as offensive coordinator. O’Brien was named head coach at Penn State on Jan. 6, 2012. In addition to replacing Joe Paterno, the all-time winningest head coach in NCAA Football Bowl Division history, O’Brien was saddled with guiding PSU through heavy scholarship reductions, a four-year postseason ban, open transfer policy for players on the roster he inherited and the public aftermath of a devastating scandal that threatened the football program’s storied existence. Penn State won eight of its final 10 games to finish the 2012 season 8-4. O’Brien, who also served as offensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions, was named the Bear Bryant, Maxwell Football Club and ESPN National Coach of the Year after winning more games than any other first-year head coach in the program’s previous 125 seasons. He was also named the Big Ten Conference’s coach of the year by both media and coaches. The Nittany Lions posted a 7-5 record in 2013 and had upset wins against 18th-ranked Michigan and 14th-ranked Wisconsin. O’Brien rose from offensive assistant with the Patriots in 2007 to wide receivers coach in 2008 and then quarterbacks coach from 2009-10 prior to his promotion to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach in 2011. O’Brien began his coaching career as tight ends coach at Brown in 1993 before serving as inside linebackers coach in 1994. He joined Georgia Tech’s staff in 1995 as a graduate assistant and helped the program to bowl appearances in each of his last six seasons. After three seasons coaching running backs, O’Brien was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2001 and assistant head coach in 2002. O’Brien coached running backs at Maryland from 2003-04 before serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Duke from 2005-06. Born in Dorchester, Mass., O’Brien grew up in the Boston suburb of Andover and graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers. O’Brien went on to play linebacker and defensive end at Brown from 1990-92. He graduated with a double concentration in political science and organizational behavioral management in 1992. O’Brien and his wife, Colleen, have two sons: Jack, 12, and Michael, 9. www.HoustonTexans.com Rick Smith oversees all football-related operations and the player acquisition process as Houston Texans Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager. Smith is in his 10th season as General Manager and fifth as Executive Vice President of Football Operations. Named general manager by owner Bob McNair on June 5, 2006, Smith’s appointment made him the youngest general manager in the NFL at 36. Since then, Smith has assembled and led a football operations staff that prides itself on providing players and coaches with the tools needed for success on and off the field, regardless of scheme. Smith adheres to several principles that have shaped his tenure and laid the team’s foundation of talent and depth: Build through the draft and supplement through free agency and trades. Give players and coaches the tools they need to succeed. Trust your evaluation of talent and character. Believe in the process. Stay true to your board. Determine value independent of need. Smith’s leadership, vision and success have garnered recognition by the league. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appointed Smith to the NFL’s prestigious Competition Committee on Dec. 5, 2008. His peers honored him with the Tank Younger Award in 2008, presented annually by the Fritz Pollard Alliance for outstanding work in an NFL front office. Smith was an original member of the General Managers Advisory Committee, which provides advice and other feedback to the NFL Football Operations department on the integrity of the game, expansion of technology and other ways to improve the league. Smith and his staff have been able to adapt and find the right personnel to fit changing schemes and coaching staffs throughout his tenure. He was faced with both heading into the 2014 season following a disappointing 2013 season. However, the Texans posted the greatest single-season turnaround in franchise history and became the sixth team in the last 36 years to post a winning record of 9-7 after having two wins or less the previous season. Houston also forced a franchise-record 34 turnovers in 2014 and became the third team in the last 20 years to lead the NFL in takeaways after finishing last the year before. On offense, the Texans’ 135.1 rushing yards per game ranked fifth in the NFL and was the second-highest mark in franchise history. The Texans won their second consecutive AFC South division crown in 2012 and advanced to the Divisional round of the playoffs in 2011 and 2012, compiling a 22-10 regular season record that tied for the second-best mark in the AFC. Houston set a franchise mark with a 12-4 record in 2012; a 10-win improvement under Smith’s leadership. Smith’s tenure in Houston began with a 6-10 record, followed by a pair of 8-8 records in 2007 and 2008. In 2009, the Texans posted the first winning season in franchise history, narrowly missing the playoffs at 9-7. Houston bounced back from a 6-10 mark in 2010, going 10-6 in 2011, winning the AFC South and securing a playoff berth, both franchise firsts. Collectively, the Texans’ current roster, all acquired by Smith, with the exception of Andre Johnson, has earned 26 Pro Bowl selections, 18 first- or second-team Associated Press All-Pro distinctions, one Defensive Player of the Year award and one Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Smith’s seven first-round picks, between 2007-13, have combined to start 347 of the 366 games they have played. Three of the six have earned All-Pro honors: left tackle Duane Brown, linebacker Brian Cushing and defensive end J.J. Watt. Watt, the 11th overall pick in 2011, was named the 2012 Defensive Player of the Year following one of the best defensive performances in NFL history and a league-leading 20.5 sacks. Unrestricted free agents have also thrived in Houston on Smith’s watch. Cornerback Johnathan Joseph has been to the league’s all-star game twice since joining the Texans from Cincinnati in 2011. Smith also orchestrated the trades that brought quarterback Matt Schaub from Atlanta in 2007 and center Chris Myers from Denver in 2008. Both earned multiple Pro Bowl berths with the franchise. Smith places a premium on college free agents. The most well-known college free agent success story in Texans history is running back Arian Foster. Undrafted out of Tennessee in 2009, Foster won the 2010 rushing title and had three consecutive Pro Bowl nods. In his former role leading the Denver Broncos pro personnel department, the franchise posted the league’s fifth-best regular-season record from 2000-05, going 6135 (.635). The 61 wins were the most of any AFC West team during that span and Denver was one of only four teams in the NFL to reach the playoffs each season from 2003-05. Rick and Tiffany Smith live in Houston with their sons, Robert LaMar and Christian LaMar, and daughter, Avery Jordan. 7 @TexansPR PLAYER QUICK NOTES 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE 17 EZ NWACHUKWU 5-11 198 1st season Texas A&M Spent the entire 2013 and 2014 seasons on the Texans practice squad...Signed by the Texans as a college free agent out of Texas A&M on May 10, 2013...Ranked fourth in Texas A&M annals with 152 career receptions for 2,239 yards and tied for third with 19 receiving touchdowns...Started 44-of-52 games in which he played. QUARTERBACKS (3) 3 7 TOM SAVAGE 6-4 228 2nd season Pittsburgh Drafted by the Texans in the 4th round in 2014...Made NFL debut in 4th quarter in Week 13 vs. TEN...Finished the year 10-of-19 for 127 yards and 1 INT in 2 games... Enrolled at 3 different schools: Rutgers, Arizona and Pittsburgh, appearing in a total of 31 games (28 starts)...Completed 430-of-757 passes for 5,690 yards, 37 TDs and 19 INTs...As a senior at Pitt, completed 238-of-389 passes (61.2%) for 2,958 yards, 21 TDs and 9 INTs. 18 CECIL SHORTS III 6-0 202 5th season Mount Union Signed by the Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 16, 2015 after spending previous 4 years in Jacksonville...In 50 career games (34 starts), has tallied 176 receptions for 2,343 yards and 12 touchdowns, all of which led the Jaguars since 2011...Has registered seven career 100-yard receiving games. BRIAN HOYER 6-2 215 7th season Michigan St. Seventh-year pro enters his first season with the Texans...In 32 career games (17 starts), has completed 356-of-630 pass attempts for 4,557 yards, 19 TDs, 19 INTs and a 76.8 passer rating...Started 16-of-17 games with the Cleveland Browns over past two seasons...Was coached by Bill O’Brien in New England from 2009-11 where he served as a backup QB behind Tom Brady. 19 TRAVIS LABHART 5-9 182 1st season Texas A&M Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 16, 2014 and spent his first season on the practice squad...Finished his Texas A&M career and senior season with 626 yards and 8 TDs on 51 catches...Former college walk-on in 2011. 82 KESHAWN MARTIN 5-11 194 4th season Michigan St. 6 rec. for 78 yards; 6.2 PR avg. in 2014...4th-round pick out of Michigan St. in 2012…48 regular season games (2 starts) and has caught 38 passes for 416 yards and 3 TDs; 4 rushes for 53 yards (13.3 average)...Career highs of 22 receptions for 253 yards and 2 TDs in 2013...5th in AFC with 26.3 KOR average and 7th in AFC with 8.8 PR average in 2013. 15 RYAN MALLETT 6-6 245 5th season Arkansas Won his first career start at CLE (11/16), completing 20-of-30 passes for 211 yards, two touchdowns and a 95.3 passer rating...Acquired in a trade from New England on Aug. 31...Has played in 7 career games (2 starts) and is 42-of-79 for 417 yards in his career with 2 TDs and 3 INTs...3rd-round pick of New England in 2011...Bill O’Brien was New England’s off. coord./QB coach his rookie year. 85 NATE WASHINGTON 6-1 183 11th season Tiffin Signed by the Texans as an unrestricted free agent on April 1, 2015...11th-year veteran who has started 93-of-145 regular-season games played, totaling 411 receptions for 6,296 yards and 40 TDs...Two-time Super Bowl champion (XL, XLIII)... Has averaged 15.3 yards per reception for his career, which is ninth-best in the AFC since 2006...Leads all active wide receivers with 144 consecutive games played. WIDE RECEIVERS (12) 3 JACE DAVIS 6-1 206 1st season Northern Colo. Signed by the Texans on Dec. 29, 2014 after originally signing with the Baltimore Ravens as a rookie free agent... In 43 career games at Northern Colorado, recorded 162 receptions for 2,470 receiving yards and 16 TDs…Averaged 15.2 yards per catch, earning first-team All-Big Sky honors in 2010 and honorable mention AllConference accolades in 2012. RUNNING BACKS/FULLBACKS (6) 6 CHANDLER WORTHY 5-9 173 Rookie Troy Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015...Totaled 137 receptions for 1,767 yards and 11 touchdowns in 47 career games at Troy...Carried the ball 34 times for 176 yards and a touchdown...Compiled 1,919 total return yards on 81 attempts (23.7 avg) with two return TDs, including a 99-yarder...14 total career touchdowns (11 receiving, two kick return, one rushing). 23 ARIAN FOSTER 6-1 227 7th season Tennessee Franchise career leader with 6,309 yards rushing and 53 TDs rushing...Posted four 1,000-yard rushing seasons from 2010-12 & 2014...Led NFL in rushing in 2010 and recorded the most rushing yards ever by an undrafted player with 1,616 yards...Has 32 100-yard rushing games and 3 100-yard receiving games in his career...4-time Pro Bowl and 2-time All-Pro...In 2014, earned 4th Pro Bowl nod after totaling 1,573 yards of total offense in 13 games...Scored eight rushing TDs, a career-best five receving TDs and his first career passing TD. 10 DeANDRE HOPKINS 6-1 218 3rd season Clemson In 2014, ranked 5th in AFC with team-best 1,210 yards receiving...Also posted 76 rec. and 6 rec. TDs...2nd-youngest player in NFL history to reach 2,000 yards receiving (22 years, 198 days)...238 yards rec. vs. Tennessee in Week 13, 2nd on franchise all-time list...Four 100-yard games in 2014...128 rec. for 2,012 yards and 8 TDs in career...52 rec. for 802 yards in 2013 is 2nd on team’s rookie receiving list...2013 PFWA All-Rookie Team...27th overall pick in 2013. 28 ALFRED BLUE 6-2 223 2nd season LSU As a rookie in 2014, became the first player in franchise history with a rushing, receiving and return touchdown in the same season...Set the franchise record for carries in a game (36) in Week 11 at CLE...Finished the year with 528 rushing yards and 2 TDs along with 113 rec. yards and 1 TD...Drafted by the Texans in the 6th round in 2014...Played in 40 games (7 starts) in 4 years for LSU rushing for 1,253 yards and 11 TDs...Also caught 16 passes for 107 yards. 11 JAELEN STRONG 6-2 217 Rookie Arizona St. Drafted by the Texans in the third round (70th overall) in 2015...Saw action in 26 career games in two seasons with the Sun Devils, recording 157 receptions for 2,287 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns...His career receptions total ranks fifth in all-time in school history...In 2014, recorded 82 receptions and 1,165 rec. yards, good for third and fifth, respectively, in ASU record books for a single-season effort...Also added 10 TD. 32 CHRIS POLK 5-11 222 4th season Washington Signed by the Texans as an unrestricted free agent on April 29, 2015 after spending the previous 3 years in Philadelphia...Compiled 270 rushing yards and 7 rushing TDs on 57 carries (4.7 avg.) in 36 career games played...Added six rec. for 77 yards (12.8 avg)...Recorded 348 return yards on just 13 KO returns (26.8 avg.), including a 102-yard TD return...Scored a TD on his first-ever NFL carry in a game at DEN on Sept. 29, 2013...Has one career forced fumble on special teams. 12 KEITH MUMPHERY 6-0 215 Rookie Michigan St. Drafted by the Texans in the fifth round (175th overall) in 2015...Three-year starter at flanker and four-year letterwinner at Michigan State, who recorded 88 catches for 1,348 yards (15.3 avg.) and seven TDs in 54 career games (26 starts)...Also had 14 carries for 125 yards (8.9 avg.) and one TD...In 2014, led the team, ranked third in the Big Ten and 16th in the NCAA FBS in yards per catch (19.0 avg.). 38 KENNY HILLIARD 5-11 226 Rookie LSU Seventh-round (235th overall) draft pick by the Texans in 2015...Played in 48 games (7 starts) at LSU and rushed for 1,547 yards, 27 touchdowns and 4 100-yard games...His touchdown total ranked 8th all-time in school history. 41 JONATHAN GRIMES 5-10 209 3rd season William & Mary Has played in 27 career games (1 start)...8 of those games have come in 2 separate stints with the Texans, including his 1st career start, in the 2013 season finale at TEN (12/29/13)...Has rushed for 232 yards on 62 carries and a TD and recorded 14 receptions for 169 yards in his career...Notched single-season career highs in rushing attempts (39), rushing yards (153), receptions (6) and rec. yards (86) in 2014. 13 DAMARIS JOHNSON 5-8 175 4th season Tulsa Acquired from waivers on Aug. 31, 2014 after spending previous 2 years with Philadelphia...In 2014, played all 16 games (8 starts) and totaled career highs of 31 rec. for 331 yards and 1 TD...Notched a 6.0-yard punt return avg. and 22.7-yard kickoff return avg...Signed with Philadelphia in 2012 out of Tulsa (undrafted)...In 2012, ranked 9th in NFL with 11.2 PR avg...52 rec., 601 yards in 43 career games (9 starts)...9.5-yard career PR avg. with 98-yard TD. 45 JAY PROSCH (FB) 6-1 256 2nd season Auburn As a rookie in 2014, played in all 16 games (5 starts) and caught one pass for 24 yards...Also had three special teams tackles...Selected by the Texans in the sixth round (211th overall) in 2014...Started 30-of-51 games in a career that first began at Illinois (2010-11) and completed at Auburn (2012-13)...Blocked for the nation’s No. 1 rushing offense (328.3 yards per game) in 2013. 16 ALAN BONNER 5-10 191 3rd season Jacksonville St. Drafted by the Texans with the 195th overall pick and the 27th pick in the 6th round in 2013...Placed on injured reserve (hamstring) on Aug. 31, 2013 and again on July 27, 2014 with a foot injury...At Jacksonville State, set school career records with 972 PR yards and 87 punt returns...Ranked 2nd with 1,986 rec. yards and 20 TDs. www.HoustonTexans.com 8 @TexansPR PLAYER QUICK NOTES 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE 73 MATT FEILER 6-6 330 1st season Bloomsburg Signed by the Texans on May 16, 2014 and spent his rookie year on the practice squad...Played in 46 career games and made 34 starts for Bloomsburg, starting every game his junior and senior seasons... Selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game. TIGHT ENDS (6) 81 ANTHONY DENHAM 6-4 235 1st season Utah Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 16, 2014...Played in the final four games of the season and made 2 special team tackles...Junior college transfer who played in 23 games for Utah in 2 years...24 rec. for 291 yards and 2 TDs, Honorable mention Academic All-Pac-12 in 2013. 74 WILL YEATMAN 6-6 315 5th season Maryland Signed by the Texans on June 19, 2014 and spent the season on Injured Reserve... Previously played in 15 games (2 starts) for Miami from 2011-13...Made the transition from TE to OT prior to 2012...Saw action in 8 games before being placed on IR on Nov. 16, 2013...Collegiate lacrosse player. 84 RYAN GRIFFIN 6-6 254 3rd season Connecticut Holds career marks of 29 rec. for 335 yards and 2 TDs in 31 games (10 starts)... Started 8-of-15 games he appeared in as a rookie and recorded 19 receptions for 244 yards and a TD...7th-highest rookie receiving total in franchise history...1-of-3 6th-round draft picks by the Texans in 2013. 76 DUANE BROWN 6-4 303 8th season Virginia Tech Garnered All-Pro honors in 2011 and 2012 and Pro Bowl honors following the 2012 and 2013 seasons at LT...Has blocked for five 1,000-yard rushers and was a part of a top-10 offense in 4 of his first 5 years in the League...6th on the franchise’s alltime games played list at 106...In 2014, started all 16 games for the fifth time in his career and helped block for RB Arian Foster to compile his fourth 1,000-yard rushing season...Selected by the Texans in 1st round (26th pick overall) in 2008. 86 KHARI LEE 6-4 235 Rookie Bowie St. Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015...Played in the EastWest Shrine and Medal of Honor all-star games after leading the Bulldogs in receptions (34) and rec. yards (389) in 2014...Three-time All-CIAA first-team selection (2012-14). 87 C.J. FIEDOROWICZ 6-5 265 2nd season Iowa Texans’ 3rd-round pick in 2014...Caught four passes for 28 yards and a TD as a rookie...At Iowa, started 20-of-51 games he appeared in, catching 91 passes for 899 yards and 10 TDs...Closed out his career with at least one reception in his last 31 games, the second-longest streak for any active TE in the BCS. GUARDS (5) 62 CHAD SLADE 6-5 315 Rookie Auburn Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015...Made 49 career starts at Auburn, second-most among SEC offensive linemen and fourth-most in school history...As a senior in 2014, started 14 games and left and right guard. 88 GARRETT GRAHAM 6-3 243 6th season Wisconsin Re-signed with the Texans on March 13, 2014 after having a career year in which he caught 49 passes for 545 yards and tied for the team lead with a career-high 5 TD receptions...Has started 29 of the 52 games he’s appeared in and has caught 96 passes for 1,029 yards and 9 TDs...4th-round pick of the Texans in 2010. 67 CODY WHITE 6-3 303 4th season Illinois St. Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 14, 2012...Started his rookie season on the practice squad and then was signed to the active roster on Oct. 10, 2012...Has been inactive in all but 1 game, seeing his first career action at guard at San Francisco in 2013. 89 MIKE McFARLAND 6-5 252 Rookie South Florida Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015...In 48 career games (16 starts), posted 55 receptions for 643 yards and two TDs...As a senior in 2014, posted a career highs of 27 receptions for 315 yards, averaging 11.7 yards per catch...Was a two-time American Athletic Conference second-team selection. 71 XAVIER SU’A-FILO 6-4 307 2nd season UCLA Selected by the Texans in the 2nd round in 2014 (33rd overall pick)...Played in 13 games (1 start) as a rookie...Started all 40 games that he suited up for at UCLA, starting 21 contests at LG and 19 more at LT... Returned to the UCLA program in 2012 after serving 2 years on a Mormon Church mission to Alabama and Florida. TACKLES (9) 63 KENDALL LAMM 6-6 305 Rookie Appalachian St. Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015...Started 42 career games at left tackle over four years at Appalachian State...As a senior in 2014, earned All-Sun Belt Conference first-team honors after recording 46 knockdowns and allowing only 2.0 sacks over a team-high 817 snaps. 77 DAVID QUESSENBERRY 6-5 306 3rd season San Jose St. Diagnosed with with non-Hodgkins T Lymphoblastic Lymphoma during OTAs in 2014 but has worked out and attended meetings with the team this offseason...Has not yet returned to practice...Drafted by the Texans in the 6th round in 2013...Placed on IR (foot) on Sept. 10, 2013...#DQStrong. 66 JOSEPH TREADWELL 6-5 324 Rookie Louisiana-Monroe Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 11, 2015...Started all 48 games he appeared in over four years at Louisiana-Monroe...As a senior in 2014, was the starting left tackle in 11 games and helped the offense tally 340-or-more yards of offense in 9 games. 79 BRANDON BROOKS 6-5 335 4th season Miami (Ohio) Has played in 36 career games with 30 starts...Became the full-time starter at RG at the start of 2013 and has started 15 games in back-to-back seasons...Selected by the Texans in the 3rd round in 2012...Currently pursuing his MBA at St. Thomas University (Houston). 68 BRYAN WITZMANN 6-7 311 2nd season South Dakota St. Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 16, 2014 and spent his first season on Injured Reserve...4-year starter at LT for South Dakota St....Started every game in his college career (49), an SDSU record. CENTERS (3) 60 BEN JONES (C/G) 6-3 308 4th season Georgia Has played in 48 career regular season games with 27 starts, 16 at LG and 11 at RG...Started both playoff games and 10 regular season games at RG on his way to being voted Texans Rookie of the Year in 2012...Selected by the Texans in the 4th round of 2012...Played in all 16 games with 1 start in 2013... Ranked third in Georgia history with 49 starts at center. 69 AARON ADAMS 6-5 303 1st season Eastern Ky. Signed by the Texans as a free agent on July 24, 2015...Missed the entire 2014 season after being placed on Injured Reserve...Spent the entire 2013 season on the Packers practice squad...Lettered four years at Eastern Kentucky, where he appeared in 44 games (24 starts) at both tackle positions and right guard. 65 GREG MANCZ 6-4 301 Rookie Toledo Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015...Made 48 starts for the Toledo Rockets...Moved from left guard to center as a senior and earned All-MAC first-team honors...Named to the All-MAC second-team as a junior in 2013. 70 JEFF ADAMS 6-7 305 2nd season Columbia Claimed off waivers by the Texans on Aug. 31, 2014 and played in two games last season...Previously spent time on the practice squads of the Bengals, Dolphins and Titans...Was originally signed by the Cowboys in 2012 as a rookie free agent out of Columbia, where he was named All-Ivy League in three straight years. 78 JAMES FERENTZ 6-2 285 1st season Iowa Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 16, 2014...Spent his roookie season on the practice squad...Three-year starter at center at Iowa who made 38 consecutive starts...Invited to compete at the East-West Shrine Game following the 2012 season. 72 DEREK NEWTON 6-6 313 5th season Arkansas St. Signed to a contract extension on March 9, 2015...Has played in 60 regular season games with 46 starts at RT since being drafted by the Texans in the 7th round in 2011...Has started 2-of-4 playoff games he has appeared in... In 2014, started all 16 games for the 2nd straight year and blocked for RB Arian Foster to rush for his fourth 1,000-yard season. www.HoustonTexans.com 9 @TexansPR PLAYER QUICK NOTES 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE 92 LOUIS NIX III 6-2 331 2nd season Notre Dame Selected by the Texans in the third round (83rd overall) of 2014…Inactive Weeks 1-3 in 2014…Placed on Injured Reserve after Week 4…Started 30-of-34 games at nose guard, recording 123 tackles (44 solos), 2.5 sacks, 14 TFLs and 18 quarterback pressures at Notre Dame…Third-Team All-American in 2012. DEFENSIVE ENDS (7) 64 JASPER COLEMAN 6-4 290 Rookie William & Mary Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on June 2, 2015…Compiled 100 tackles, 12.0 TFL, 5.0 sacks, three fumble recoveries, a block and two pass break-ups in 29 career starts at William & Mary…Invited to play in the Medal of Honor Bowl in 2014…Chosen to the CAA Academic All-Conference Team for three years straight. 95 CHRISTIAN COVINGTON 6-2 289Rookie Rice Selected by the Texans in the sixth round (216th overall) of 2015…First Rice interior defensive lineman drafted since Cornelius Walker in 1976 (Kansas City, 3rd round, 59th overall selection)…Saw his 2014 season come to an end after an injury at FIU resulted in knee surgery…First-team All C-USA pick by league coaches as well as Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s All-Texas College second team in 2013…Led Rice with career-high 11.5 TFLs among his 59 stops, including 4.0 sacks in 2013. 93 JARED CRICK 6-4 285 4th season Nebraska Has played in 47 career games (16 starts) and has totaled 119 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 7 TFLs and 11 pases defensed...Posted career highs in 2014 with 56 tackles, 11 quarterback hits, 3.5 sacks, 6 TFLs and 6 passes defensed…Selected by Houston in 4th round out of Nebraska in 2012. OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (9) 94 TEVITA FINAU 6-5 288 1st season Utah Signed by the Texans to a futures contract on Dec. 30, 2014…Spent time on the practice squads of the Eagles, Cowboys, and Jets from 2012-14…As a senior at Utah in 2011, played in all 13 games, starting the final four games of the season, and totaled 37 tackles with 5.0 TFLs and 3.0 sacks…Played junior college at Phoenix College from 2007-08…Born in Hamilton, New Zealand, but was raised in Hawaii and Tonga. 44 CARLOS THOMPSON 6-5 243 Rookie Mississippi Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015…Recorded 29 tackles and 3.0 TFLs in 11 games as a senior at Ole Miss…Missed eight games in 2013 due to neck and shoulder injuries. 47 LYNDEN TRAIL 6-7 269 Rookie Norfolk St. Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015…Became just the second NSU defensive player in the Division I era (since 1997) to earn All-MEAC firstteam honors and some form of FCS All-America recognition in three straight years… Finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award as the top defender at the FCS level (finished 8th in the voting) in 2013…Transferred from the University of Florida in 2012. 96 DAN PETTINATO 6-4 277 Rookie Arizona Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015…Racked up 45 total tackles (4.5 for loss), 4.0 sacks and two forced fumbles as a senior at Arizona in 2014…Injured his knee as a junior in 2013 and was limited to 10 games… Played in 11 games (4 starts) at DE and 5 starts at DT in 2012 where he tallied 34 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, two passes defensed and one recovered fumble. 48 KOURTNEI BROWN 6-4 253 1st season Clemson Signed by the Texans to a futures contract on December 29, 2014 after spending time on the 49ers, Redskins, Bills, Lions, and Rams practice squads…Recorded 75 tackles, 10 TFLs, 3.0 sacks, 1 INT, 13 quarterback pressures, 3 PDs and 2 FRs in 869 snaps over 49 games (1 start) in his college career at Clemson. 97 JEOFFREY PAGAN 6-3 310 2nd season Alabama Played in all 16 games, making 10 tackles and 1 TFL as a rookie in 2014...Texans 6th-round pick in 2014...60 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 7.5 TFL, a blocked kick and a FF at Alabama…Played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and the Shrine Bowl. 49 TONY WASHINGTON 6-4 247 Rookie Oregon Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015…Finished with 11.5 TFLs and 6.0 sacks for Oregon in 2014…2011 Pac-12 Academic All-Conference Honorable Mention. 98 CAM McLEOD 6-5 282 Rookie Ohio Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015…Recorded 39 tackles (15 solo), 2.0 sacks, 1.5 TFLs, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup in 12 starts as a senior at Ohio…Tallied 38 tackles (15 solo), 2.0 sacks, 4.5 TFLs, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup in 2013…Attended Jones County Junior College and was coached by former Alabama and New York Giants Head Coach Ray Perkins. 51 JOHN SIMON 6-1 252 3rd season Ohio St. Made 9 tackles and had 1.5 sacks in 11 games in 2014...Also had 6 quarterback hits, 2 TFLs, 3 ST tackles and 1 PD…Signed by Texans off the Ravens practice squad on Oct. 7, 2014...Registered a sack, tackle and a special teams tackle vs. Indianapolis in his Texans debut...Played in 7 games for Baltimore in 2013. 99 J.J. WATT 6-5 289 5th season Wisconsin Two-time Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2014)…Three-time Associated Press First-Team All-Pro (2012-14)…Three-time Pro Bowl selection (2013-15) and 2014 Pro Bowl Captain…Has recorded 57.0 sacks, 11 FRs, 12 FFs and 37 PDs in his career…Leads the NFL with 158 quarterback hits, 107 TFLs and 57.0 sacks since 2011…1-of-2 players to record 10.0 sacks and 10 PDs in 2 different seasons since 1991 (Jason Taylor)…Became 1st player in NFL history with 14 PDs and 14.0 sacks in the same season in 2012…Totaled 78 tackles, 20.5 sacks, 29 TFLs, 50 quarterback hits, 5 FRs and 4 FFs in 2014…1st DL since 1944 with 5 TDs in a season…4th player with 50.0+ sacks in 1st 4 years since 1982…4th player in NFL history with INT return, FR and receiving TDs in the same season…11th overall pick in 2011. 58 RESHARD CLIETT 6-2 222 Rookie South Florida Selected by the Texans in the sixth round (211th overall) in 2015…Saw action in 42 games in his four-year career, starting 27 games at South Florida….Recorded 139 career tackles (95 solo), 9.0 sacks, 1 FF and 1 FR. 59 WHITNEY MERCILUS 6-4 258 4th season Illinois Signed to a contact extension on May 4, 2015...Started 13-of-15 games and registered 50 tackles, 5.0 sacks, 11 quarterback hits, 9 TFLs and 2 FFs in 2014...Has started 33-of-47 career regular season games...5th in franchise history with 18.0 sacks...Also has 36 QBHs, 21 TFLs, 4 FFs and 1 FR...Tied the franchise rookie record with 6.0 sacks in 2012...2012 1st-round pick...Career bests of 7.0 sacks and 18 QBH in 2013. NOSE/DEFENSIVE TACKLES (4) 61 BRANDON DEADERICK6-4 305 6th season Alabama Signed by Texans on June 2, 2015…Has played in 60 career regular season games (17 starts) for the Patriots, Jaguars, and Saints since 2010…Compiled 62 career tackles (41 solo), 5.5 sacks, 2 PDs, 4 quarterback hits, 6 TFLs, 3 FFs, and a FR… Started 5-of-6 career postseason games, all with New England, and recorded 11 tackles (8 solo), 1.0 sack, 1 quarterback hit, and a TFL…Won the 2011 AFC Championship with the Patriots. 90 JADEVEON CLOWNEY 6-5 266 2nd season South Carolina Played in four games (2 starts) and totaled 7 tackles (5 solo) after being drafted 1st overall in 2014...2-time All-American...6th in the Heisman balloting in 2012...Started 23-of-36 games at South Carolina...Recorded 130 tackles (85 solos), 24.0 sacks, 47 TFLs and 20 QB pressures. 91 JASON ANKRAH 6-3 262 1st season Nebraska 2 games, 1 tackle for the Texans as a rookie in 2014...Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 16, 2014...Played DE at Nebraska...Appeared in 49 games with 31 starts in college...Recorded 81 tackles, 18 TFLs and 7.0 sacks in his fouryear collegiate career. 75 VINCE WILFORK 6-2 325 12th season Miami (Fla.) Signed by the Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 16, 2015 after spending 11 seasons with the Patriots…Played in 158 games (148 starts), compiling 517 tackles (352 solo), 16.0 sacks, 3 INTs, 35 quarterback hits, 28 TFLs, 12 FRs, 4 FFs, and 26 PDs…Served as a defensive co-captain for 7 straight seasons (2008-14) and helped the Patriots defense finish in the top-10 in points allowed 9 times (2004, 2006-10, 2012-14)…Holds a 123-35 (.778) career regular season record…Member of the first team in NFL history to complete a 16-0 regular season (2007 Patriots)… Patriots all-time leader in INTs by a DL…Won two Super Bowls (XXXIX, XLIX) and 4 AFC Championships (2004, 2007, 2011, 2014)…First-team All-Pro (2012)…Second-team All-Pro 4 times (2007, 2009-11)…Named to the Pro Bowl 5 times (2007, 2009-12)…Named to New England Patriots 50th Anniversary Team. www.HoustonTexans.com 10 @TexansPR PLAYER QUICK NOTES 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE 29 ANDRE HAL 5-10 188 2nd season Vanderbilt Selected by the Texans in the 7th round in 2014...As a rookie, played in 14 games, made 18 tackles and had 4 PDs...Appeared in 50 games for Vanderbilt and made 133 career tackles with 6 INTs and 37 PDs...Named All-SEC second-team by both the league head coaches and AP in 2013. INSIDE LINEBACKERS (7) 50 AKEEM DENT 6-1 239 5th season Georgia Started 7-of-15 games he played and tallied 27 tackles, 11 ST tackles, 6 QBHs, 2 TFLs and a sack in 2014...Acquired in a trade from Atlanta on June 19, 2014...135 tackles and 2.5 sacks in his career...Tallied 46 tackles in 2013...19 special teams tackles his rookie season in 2011. 30 KEVIN JOHNSON 5-11 188 Rookie Wake Forest 1st-round pick of the Texans in 2015...Played in 47 career games at Wake Forest, starting the last 41 games he appeared in...Recorded 191 tackles (125 solo), 7 INTs, 35 pass break ups, 3 FFs and 2 FRs in 4 seasons...Had 35 pass break ups (4thhighest total in school history). 52 JEFF TARPINIAN 6-3 240 4th season Iowa 12 special teams tackles in 2014...In 31 career games (4 starts), has recorded 36 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 PD and 17 ST tackles…Signed by the Texans on Oct. 28, 2013 and re-signed on March 10, 2015. 31 CHARLES JAMES 5-9 179 2nd season Charleston Southern Signed to the Texans practice squad on Oct. 1, 2014...In 2013, played in 12 games, primarily on special teams, with the Giants...Originally signed by the Giants as a rookie free agent on May 10, 2013...Attended Charleston Southern where he earned All-America honors as a senior after setting a school record with 12 career INTs. 53 MAX BULLOUGH 6-3 249 1st season Michigan St. Made his NFL debut vs. Tennessee (11/30/14) in Week 13 and had 1 tackle on special teams…Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 16, 2014…4year letterwinner and 3-year starter at Michigan State…2-time All-Big Ten first-team selection (2012-13)…Collected 299 career tackles in 53 games (40 starts) at MSU. 34 A.J. BOUYE 6-0 191 3rd season Central Florida In 2014, finished tied for the team lead with 3 INTs...Added 54 tackles, 10 PDs, 5 ST tackles, a TFL, a FF and a FR...Ranked 6th in the NFL with 120 INT return yards... Signed by the Texans on May 10, 2013...Played in 6 games and recorded 2 special teams tackles in 2013...Placed on IR (hamstring) on Oct. 16, 2013. 54 MIKE MOHAMED 6-3 238 4th season California Played in 14 games (2 starts) and had 58 tackles, 9 ST tackles, 6 PDs, 2 TFLs, 2 QBHs and 1 INT in 2014...Career-high 9 tackles vs. Philadelphia in Week 9 of 2014...25 career games played for the Texans and Broncos...Originally signed by the Texans to a futures contact on Jan. 17, 2013. SAFETIES (7) 55 BENARDRICK McKINNEY 6-4 246 Rookie Mississippi St. Drafted by the Texans in the third round (43rd overall) in 2015…One of the all-time great linebackers in Mississippi State history, becoming the program’s first first-team All-America linebacker since 1999…Played in 39 games (36 starts) in 3 seasons and recorded 244 tackles, 19.5 TFLs, 7.5 sacks, 7 PDs and 6 FRs. 26 RAHIM MOORE 6-1 195 5th season UCLA Signed by the Texans on March 12, 2015…Selected by the Broncos in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft...5th-year safety who has started 48-of-57 regular-season games, totaling 196 tackles (169 solo), 1.0 sack, 8 INTs, 20 PDs, 1 QBH, 5 TFLs, 2 FFs and 3 FRs…Diagnosed with acute lateral compartment syndrome in his leg in November 2013 and spent the remainder of the season on injured reserve. 56 BRIAN CUSHING 6-3 249 7th season USC Registered 72 tackles, 9 QBHs and 1.0 sack in 2014...Tied franchise record with 17 tackles at NYG in Week 3 in 2014...Led Houston in tackles in 2009 and 2011, and ranks 2nd in franchise history with 503 career tackles...9th in team history with 12.0 career sacks...15 career double-digit tackle games...AP All-Pro 2nd Team (2009, 2011)...AP Defensive Rookie of the Year (2009)...Pro Bowl Selection (2010)...2011 Texans Team MVP...Drafted by the Texans with the 15th overall pick in 2009. 27 TERRANCE PARKS 6-2 218 1st season Florida St. Signed by the Texans to a future contract on Dec. 29, 2014...Made his NFL debut on special teams with the Seahawks in 2014…3-year letterman who played in 43 career games for FSU…Started 23 games over the final 2 seasons and finished his career with 99 tackles, 10 PDs and 1 INT…Originally signed with the Chiefs as a rookie free agent on April 30, 2012. 57 JUSTIN TUGGLE 6-3 249 3rd season Kansas St. Started in 7-of-16 games and made 36 tackles, 1 INT and a FR in 2014... Played in 15 games and had a team-best 11 special teams tackles as a rookie...Went undrafted in 2013 out of Kansas State...Former college QB...Son of former Atlanta great Jessie Tuggle. 33 STEVIE BROWN 5-11 215 6th season Michigan Signed by the Texans on May 1, 2015…6th-year safety who has started 20-of-55 regular-season games with the Raiders, Colts and Giants…Has 115 tackles (96 solo), 1.0 sack, 8 INTs, 14 PDs, 3 QBHs, 5 TFLs, 2 FFs, and 2 FRs in his career...2012 NFL interception return yards leader...New York Giants single-season interception return yards record (307, 2012)…Two-time NFC Defensive Player of the Week…Missed the entire 2013 season after tearing his ACL in the preseason… Selected by the Raiders in the 7th round (251st overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. CORNERBACKS (8) 20 JUMAL ROLLE 6-0 188 2nd season Catawba Played in 10 games and tied for the team-lead with 3 INTs in 2014...Had 15 tackles, 4 ST tackles and 4 PDs...Signed by the Texans from the Packers practice squad on Oct. 1, 2014...Originally signed by the Bills as a rookie free agent in 2013. 35 EDDIE PLEASANT 5-10 210 3rd season Oregon Enjoyed his first full season on the active roster in 2013 after spending the first 14 weeks of the 2012 season on the practice squad as a rookie free agent…Has played in 32 regular season games (1 start) and 2 postseason games…Has 16 tackles and 14 ST tackles in his career to go along with 3 PDs…Played in 14 games and recorded a tackle, 5 ST tackles and a PD in 2014...Re-signed by Texans on March 9, 2015...Originally signed with the Texans on May 14, 2012. 21 DARRYL MORRIS 5-10 188 3rd season Texas St. In 2014, appeared in 11 games (1 start) and recorded 30 tackles, an INT and 7 PDs...Acquired from waivers by the Texans on Aug. 31, 2014...Signed by the 49ers as a rookie free agent on May 7, 2013...At Texas State, registered 223 tackles, 5 INTs, 16.5 TFLs and 26 PDs in 46 career games (43 starts). 39 LONNIE BALLENTINE 6-3 215 2nd season Memphis Selected by the Texans in the 7th round (256th overall) of 2014 NFL Draft...Spent entire 2014 season on IR…Played in 42 total games at Memphis with 176 total tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 1.0 sack and 3 INTs. 24 JOHNATHAN JOSEPH 5-11 188 10th season South Carolina Has played in 127 career games (118 starts) and has recorded 492 total tackles (423 solo), 128 PDs, 25 INTs, 5 FFs and 5 FRs...His PD total ranks first among all players since 2006...Signed by the Texans as an unrestricted free agent on July 29, 2011...His 11 INTs with the Texans rank tied for 2nd in franchise history...AP SecondTeam All-Pro (2011)...2-time Pro Bowl selection (2012, 2013)...In 2014, started all 16 games and finished with a career-best 75 tackles...Also had 2 INTs, including a 60-yard INT return for TD, 2 FFs, 2 FRs and 11 PDs. 40 KURTIS DRUMMOND 6-1 208 Rookie Michigan St. Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 8, 2015…Recorded 233 career tackles in 52 games at Michigan State…2014 First-Team All-American (FWAA, Phil Steele)…2014 Big Ten Defensive Back Of The Year…Two-time First-Team All-Big Ten (2013, 2014)…Ranked among MSU’s all-time leaders in INTs (T-7th with 12), PDs (11th with 33) and INT return yards (12th with 148)… Helped lead the Spartans to a 4-0 record in bowl games during his career. 25 KAREEM JACKSON 5-10 188 6th season Alabama 2010 1st-round pick who has started 71-of-74 games in his career...5th in team history with 10 career INTs...In 2014, started all 13 games he played in and ended the season with 57 tackles and 9 PDs...Tied for the team lead with 3 INTs...In 2013, started all 14 games he played in and recorded 62 tackles, 8 PDs, a TFL and FR... Re-signed by the Texans on March 9, 2015. www.HoustonTexans.com 43 COREY MOORE 6-2 206 Rookie Georgia Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 11, 2015…Played in 12 games (6 starts) as a senior at Georgia in 2014…Recorded 2 career INTs in college and received the Erskine “Erk” Russell Football Scholarship. 11 @TexansPR PLAYER QUICK NOTES/ROSTER INFORMATION 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE SPECIALISTS (4) 4 RANDY BULLOCK (K) 5-9 206 4th season Texas A&M Made 16 consecutive FGs between 11/17/13-9/14/14, which ranked second in team history...Made a FG in a franchise-record 19 consecutive games between 9/22/1410/5/14...Holds the franchise record for FGs in a game: 6, vs. BAL (12/21/14)...Holds the franchise record for points scored in a game: 19, vs. BAL (12/21/14)...Tied the franchise record for PATs made with 6 vs. TEN (11/30/14)...Ranks 5th on the franchise’s all-time scoring list with 234 points...Selected by the Texans in the 5th round in 2012...2011 Groza Award winner at Texas A&M. 8 WILL JOHNSON (P) 6-2 206 Rookie Texas State Signed by the Texans as a rookie free agent on May 11, 2015...In 2014, averaged 63.4 yards on 71 kickoffs with 46 resulting in touchbacks...Named All-Sun Belt Conference second-team punter by both College Sports Madness and Phil Steele...Was 1-of-2 Bobcats to attend the 2015 NFL Scouting Combine. 9 SHANE LECHLER (P) 6-2 237 16th season Texas A&M Top career gross punting avg. in NFL history, 47.5...Fastest player in NFL history to reach 50,000 yards punting (1,051 punts) and is just 1-of-6 players with 50,000-plus yards punting...6-time All-Pro (2000, 2003-04, 2008-10)...7-time Pro Bowler (2001, 2004, 2007-11)...Owns league’s longest active games played streak at 206 games... Signed by Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 23, 2013 after 13 seasons in Oakland...Set franchise record with 47.6 gross average in 2013. TEXANS ROSTER SUPERLATIVES Tallest Player..............Jeff Adams, Lynden Trail, Bryan Witzmann (6’7’’) Shortest Player...................................................Damaris Johnson (5’8’’) Average Height............................................................................... 6’2.2’’ Average Height of Texans 2015 Draft Class................................... 6’1.1” Heaviest Player............................................. Brandon Brooks (335 lbs.) Lightest Player.............................................. Chandler Worthy (173 lbs.) Players over 300 pounds..................................................................... 20 Players under 200 pounds................................................................... 16 Average Weight........................................................................247.5 lbs. Average Weight of Texans 2014 Draft Class...............................229 lbs. Oldest Player.............................................................Shane Lechler (38) Youngest Player.........................................................Jaelen Strong (21) Players 30 or older................................................................................ 4 Players 25 or younger......................................................................... 62 Average Age........................................................................... 24.9 years PLAYERS FROM TEXAS (8) K Randy Bullock.............................................................................. Klein FS Stevie Brown............................................................................ Dallas P Will Johnson................................................................................Bryan WR Travis Labhart................................................................. Whitesboro P Shane Lechler................................................................. East Bernard QB Ryan Mallett......................................................................Texarkana CB Darryl Morris...................................................................San Antonio WR EZ Nwachukwu......................................................................... Allen 46 JON WEEKS (LS) 5-10 246 6th season Baylor Played in 80 consecutive career games...Hasn’t missed a game throughout his career...Has appeared in all 4 of Houston’s playoff games...Signed with the Texans in 2010 offseason and made the roster out of training camp. TURNING OVER PERCENTAGES 52.2% - 47 of the 90 players who were on Houston’s opening training camp roster in 2014 are with the team as it opens training camp in 2015. PLAYERS WHO PLAYED COLLEGE IN TEXAS (9) K Randy Bullock.................................................................... Texas A&M DT Christian Covington.................................................................... Rice P Will Johnson...................................................................... Texas State WR Travis Labhart................................................................. Texas A&M P Shane Lechler.................................................................... Texas A&M CB Darryl Morris................................................................... Texas State WR EZ Nwachukwu............................................................... Texas A&M ILB Justin Tuggle................................................................ Blinn College LS Jon Weeks............................................................................... Baylor 66.7% - The position group that saw the largest percentage of turnover was the quarterbacks group. Of the three quarterbacks on Houston’s roster at the start of training camp in 2014, only Tom Savage returns. Ryan Mallett was acquired by Houston in a trade with New England following the completion of the preseason Brian Hoyer was signed as an unrestricted free agent in March 2015. 63.6% - Defensive line had the next-largest turnover at 63.6 percent. Only Jared Crick, Louis Nix III, Jeoffrey Pagan and J.J. Watt are back from the 11 defensive linemen that opened camp for the Texans last year. FIRST-ROUND PICKS (10) Year (Team) LT Duane Brown............................................................. 2008 (Houston) OLB Jadeveon Clowney................................................. 2014 (Houston) ILB Brian Cushing........................................................... 2009 (Houston) WR DeAndre Hopkins.................................................... 2013 (Houston) CB Kareem Jackson....................................................... 2010 (Houston) CB Kevin Johnson.......................................................... 2015 (Houston) CB Johnathan Joseph.................................................. 2006 (Cincinnati) OLB Whitney Mercilus.................................................... 2012 (Houston) NT Vince Wilfork..................................................... 2004 (New England) DE J.J. Watt.....................................................................2011 (Houston) 25.0% - The specialists saw the least turnover at 25.0 percent followed by the offensive line at 31.3 percent, as 11-of-16 players that started camp in 2014 return in 2015. IN CASE YOU FORGOT Houston is routinely recognized as having the hottest training camp in the NFL. According to currentresults.com, the average daily highs in July and August are 94 and 95 degrees, respectively. On average, Houston sees 26 days of 90 degrees or more in July and 27 such days in August with a relative humidity around 76 percent. 102º The expected high in Houston on Saturday, August 1. www.HoustonTexans.com 12 @TexansPR 2015 SCHEDULE NOTES 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE Date Opponent All-Time Series Note Sept. 13 Kansas City 3-3 Houston’s season opener against Kansas City will mark the second time in team history that they have opened up vs. the Chiefs, also hosting them in the opener in 2007. It will mark the seventh time the two teams have played in the regular season as Houston is 3-3 all-time vs. Kansas City. The teams last played in 2010, a 17-16 victory for the Chiefs. Sept. 20 at Carolina 2-1 The Texans’ two-game winning streak vs. Carolina was snapped in 2011 with a 28-13 loss at home. Houston has outscored Carolina, 61-59, in the all-time series. The Texans will face all four NFC South teams for the fourth time in franchise history. Sept. 27 Tampa Bay 2-1 Oct. 4 The Texans own a 7-5 record all-time against the NFC South. All three previous Texans-Buccaneers games have been decided by 13 points or more. Houston has outscored Tampa Bay, 65-23, in the last two games, both victories for the Texans. at Atlanta 2-1 All three previous Texans vs. Falcons games have been decided by 10 points or less. The Texans have outscored the Falcons, 50-49, in the all-time series. Houston won the most recent matchup vs. Atlanta in 2011, a 17-10 victory at home. Texans LB Akeem Dent played for the Falcons (2011-13) before getting traded to Houston in 2014. Oct. 8 Indianapolis 4-22 The Texans will host the Colts on Thursday Night Football for the second straight season. Last year’s matchup ended in a 33-28 loss. DE J.J. Watt finished the game with 7 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 4 quarterback hits, 3 passes defensed and a 45-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown. 15-11 Nine of the 13 road matchups against Jacksonville have been decided by a touchdown or less. Houston’s six road wins against Jacksonville are the most in franchise history against a single opponent. Texans WR Cecil Shorts III played for the Jaguars (2011-14) before joining the Texans this offseason. 7-0 Houston has never lost to Miami in seven games. The only other team the Texans have never lost to is the Chicago Bears (3-0). Houston has outscored Miami 169-125 all-time. The teams haven’t met since 2012. 11-15 Nov. 16 at Cincinnati The Texans are looking for four consecutive wins at home against the Titans for the first time ever. Texans WR Nate Washington played for the Titans (2009-14) before joining the Texans this offseason. 5-4* Houston is 3-4 all-time vs. Cincinnati in the regular season and 2-0 in the playoffs. The Texans snapped a five-game winning streak vs. the Bengals in their most recent matchup, a 22-13 victory for Cincinnati in 2014. Texans CB Johnathan Joseph played for the Bengals (2006-10) before joining the Texans in 2011. Nov. 22 New York Jets 1-5 The Texans and Jets last met in 2012, a 23-17 road victory for Houston. Houston has never beat the Jets at home (0-2). Texans defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel served as the Jets defensive line coach (1997-99). Texans offensive line coach Mike Devlin was the Jets tight ends coach (2006), offensive line coach (2007), tight ends and asst. offensive line coach (200812), and offensive line coach (2013-14) before joining the Texans this offseason. Nov. 29 New Orleans 1-2 The Saints and Texans will face off in the preseason and regular season in 2015. New Orleans has outscored Houston, 81-66, in the three previous regular season meetings. The Texans own a 7-5 record all-time against the NFC South. Dec. 6 at Buffalo 4-3 The Texans hold a three-game winning streak over Buffalo and have outscored the Bills 75-36 since 2009. Texans wide receivers coach Stan Hixon served in the same role with the Bills (2010-11) before joining Bill O’Brien’s staff at Penn State. Dec. 13 New England 1-5* Houston takes on New England for the fourth time since 2012. The Texans faced the Patriots twice in 2012, including in the AFC Divisional Round. Texans Head Coach Bill O’Brien served as the Patriots offensive assistant (2007), wide receivers coach (2008), quarterbacks coach (2009-10), and offensive coordinator (2011). Dec. 20 at Indianapolis 4-22 Houston is still in search of its first win at Indianapolis. The Texans fell to the Colts, 17-10, in last year’s matchup at Lucas Oil Stadium. Dec. 27 at Tennessee 11-15 The Texans are 5-8 on the road against the Titans but are 3-1 in their last four matchups in Tennessee. Last year, Houston won 30-16 behind 151 rushing yards and three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving) from RB Arian Foster. Jan. 3 15-11 Houston and Jacksonville will meet in the season finale for the second consecutive season and the fourth time overall. The Texans closed out the 2014 season with a 23-17 win against the Jaguars after posting wins against Jacksonville in the 2007 and 2010 season finales. Oct. 18 at Jacksonville Oct. 25 at Miami Nov. 1 Tennessee Jacksonville * - INCLUDES POSTSEASON MATCHUPS TEXANS 2015 OPPONENTS HOME RECORD vs. (HOME) LAST HOME GAME ROAD RECORD vs. (ROAD) LAST ROAD GAME Kansas City Tampa Bay 2-2 2010 (W, 35-31) Carolina 1-0 2007 (W, 34-21) 1-0 2007 (W, 28-14) Atlanta 0-1 2007 (L, 26-16) Indianapolis 4-9 2014 (L, 33-28) Jacksonville 6-7 2014 (W, 27-13) Tennessee 6-7 2014 (W, 45-21) Miami 3-0 2011 (W, 23-13) New York Jets 0-2 2009 (L, 24-7) Cincinnati 2-2 2011 (W, 20-19) New Orleans 1-0 2007 (W, 23-10) Buffalo 2-1 2009 (W, 31-10) New England 1-2 2013 (L, 34-31) Indianapolis 0-13 2014 (L, 17-10) Jacksonville 9-4 2014 (W, 23-17) Tennessee 5-8 2014 (W, 30-16) www.HoustonTexans.com 13 @TexansPR 2014 TEXANS AT A GLANCE 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE 2014 TEXANS REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS Total First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty 3rd Down: Made/Att 3rd Down Pct. 4th Down: Made/Att 4th Down Pct. Possession Avg. Total Net Yards Avg. Per Game Total Plays Avg. Per Play Net Yards Rushing Avg. Per Game Total Rushes Net Yards Passing Avg. Per Game Sacked/Yards Lost Gross Yards Attempts/Completions Completion Pct. Had Intercepted Punts/Average Net Punting Avg. Penalties/Yards Fumbles/Ball Lost Touchdowns Rushing Passing Returns 2014 TEXANS REGULAR SEASON TEAM RANKINGS Houston Opponents 313 329 108 89 171 206 34 34 91/235 74/218 38.7% 33.9% 10/17 6/17 58.8% 35.3% 30:53 29:07 5,513 5,571 344.6 348.2 1,062 1,077 5.2 5.2 2,161 1,681 135.1 105.1 551 420 3,352 3,890 209.5 243.1 26/108 38/251 3,460 4,141 485/295 619/363 60.8% 58.6% 13 20 84/45.883/45.1 38.7 41.4 94/83499/786 19/9 24/14 4036 12 6 22 28 6 2 OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS MarkAFCNFL MarkAFCNFL MarkAFCNFL Total 344.6 8 17 348.2 10 16 PR Avg 6.1 16 31 Rushing 135.1 2 5 105.1 6 10 Punt Cov. 12.4 16 31 Passing 209.51224243.11321 KR Avg. 21.1 16 29 KR Cov. 26.0 13 25 2014 TEXANS LEADERS AFC NFL Category Player TotalRankRank Pass Attempts R. Fitzpatrick 312 15 27 Pass Completions R. Fitzpatrick 197 15 27 Completion Percentage R. Fitzpatrick 63.1 9 18 Yards Passing R. Fitzpatrick 2,483 15 26 Average Gain R. Fitzpatrick 7.96 2 4 Touchdown Passes R. Fitzpatrick 17 12 22 Touchdown Percentage R. Fitzpatrick 5.4% 4 6 Interception Percentage R. Fitzpatrick 2.6% 9 18 Rating R. Fitzpatrick 95.3 5 9 Fourth-Quarter Rating R. Fitzpatrick 102.1 3 7 Third-Down Passing R. Fitzpatrick 83.7 9 18 Yards Rushing A. Foster 1,246 3 6 Receptions A. Johnson 85 5 13t Yards Receiving D. Hopkins 1,210 5 12 Third-Down Receptions D. Hopkins 23 7t 18t Scoring, non-kickers A. Foster 78 3 5t Scoring, Kickers R. Bullock 130 5 9 Touchbacks R. Bullock 40 6 15t Yards from Scrimmage A. Foster 1,573 4 8 First Downs A. Foster 67 6t 14t Gross Punting Average S. Lechler 46.3 8 12 Net Punting Average S. Lechler 38.7 11 22 Punt Return Average K. Martin 6.2 14 24 Kickoff Return Average D. Johnson 22.7 NR NR Interceptions A. Bouye 3 11t NR Interceptions K. Jackson 3 11t NR Interceptions J. Rolle 3 11t NR Sacks J. Watt 20.5 2 2 Def. Fumble Recoveries J. Watt 5 1 1 2014 HONORS MAXWELL CLUB BERT BELL PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR J.J. Watt ASSOCIATED PRESS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR J.J. Watt PRO FOOTBALL WRITERS’ DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR J.J. Watt NFL 101 AFC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR J.J. Watt ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-PRO First Team DE J.J. Watt (unanimous) PFWA ALL-NFL First Team DE J.J. Watt PRO BOWL LT Duane Brown RB Arian Foster TEAM AWARDS MVP Rookie of the Year Ed Block Courage Award Mark Bruener Award DE J.J. Watt RB Alfred Blue T David Quessenberry WR Andre Johnson DE J.J. Watt (captain) AFC PLAYER OF THE MONTH DE J.J. Watt September and December AFC PLAYER OF THE WEEK K Randy Bullock Special Teams QB Ryan Fitzpatrick Offensive DE J.J. Watt Defensive Week 16 Week 13 Week 4 & 11 FEDEX AIR PLAYER OF THE WEEK QB Ryan Fitzpatrick Week 13 www.HoustonTexans.com 14 @TexansPR 2014 FINAL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE WON 9, LOST 7 Date W/LScore 9/7 W 17-6 9/14 W 30-14 9/21 L 30-17 9/28 W 23-17 10/5 L 20-17 (OT) 10/9 L 33-28 10/20 L 30-23 10/26 W 30-16 11/2 L 31-21 11/16 W 23-7 11/23 L 22-13 11/30 W 45-21 12/7 W 27-13 12/14 L 17-10 12/21 W 25-13 12/28 W 23-17 TEXANS STATISTICS Total First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty 3rd Down: Made/Att 3rd Down Pct. 4th Down: Made/Att 4th Down Pct. Possession Avg. Total Net Yards Avg. Per Game Total Plays Avg. Per Play Net Yards Rushing Avg. Per Game Total Rushes Net Yards Passing Avg. Per Game Sacked/Yards Lost Gross Yards Attempts/Completions Completion Pct. Had Intercepted Punts/Average Net Punting Avg. Penalties/Yards Fumbles/Ball Lost Touchdowns Rushing Passing Returns Attendance 71,770 54,063 77,462 71,756 91,159 71,787 56,375 69,143 71,780 67,431 71,777 71,714 61,070 65,148 71,771 71,777 TEXANSOpponents 313 329 108 89 171 206 34 34 91/235 74/218 38.7% 33.9% 10/17 6/17 58.8% 35.3% 30:53 29:07 5,513 5,571 344.6 348.2 1,062 1,077 5.2 5.2 2,161 1,681 135.1 105.1 551 420 3,352 3,890 209.5 243.1 26/108 38/251 3,460 4,141 485/295 619/363 60.8% 58.6% 13 20 84/45.8 83/45.1 38.7 41.4 94/834 99/786 19/9 24/14 40 36 12 6 22 28 6 2 SCORE BY PERIODS TEXANS Opponents SCORING R.Bullock A.Foster D.Hopkins J.Watt A.Blue A.Johnson R.Fitzpatrick J.Joseph G.Graham K.Lewis D.Johnson R.Griffin A.Bouye C.Fiedorowicz Team Opponents Opponent Washington at Oakland at New York Giants Buffalo at Dallas Indianapolis at Pittsburgh at Tennessee Philadelphia at Cleveland Cincinnati Tennessee at Jacksonville at Indianapolis Baltimore Jacksonville TD 0 13 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 40 36 www.HoustonTexans.com No. Yds 260 1,246 169 528 50 184 39 153 10 35 5 19 6 4 6 -2 6 -6 5512,161 4201,681 AvgLong TD 4.8 51 8 3.1 46 2 3.7 16 2 3.9 11 0 3.5 13 0 3.8 12 0 0.7 2 0 -0.3 2 0 -1.0 1 0 3.9 51 12 4.0 41 6 RECEIVING A.Johnson D.Hopkins A.Foster D.Johnson G.Graham A.Blue R.Griffin J.Grimes K.Martin C.Fiedorowicz J.Watt D.Posey J.Prosch R.Brown TEXANS Opponents No. Yds 85 936 76 1,210 38 327 31 331 18 197 15 113 10 91 6 86 6 78 4 28 3 4 1 30 1 24 1 5 2953,460 3634,141 AvgLong TD 11.0 35 3 15.9 76t 6 8.6 56t 5 10.7 44t 1 10.9 26 1 7.5 22 1 9.1 25 1 14.3 31 0 13.0 32 0 7.0 9 1 1.3 2t 3 30.0 30 0 24.0 24 0 5.0 5 0 11.7 76t 22 11.4 80t 28 INTERCEPTIONS A.Bouye K.Jackson J.Rolle J.Joseph K.Lewis D.Swearinger J.Watt J.Tuggle B.Reed M.Mohamed D.Morris TEXANS Opponents No. Yds AvgLong TD 3 120 40.0 67 1 3 97 32.3 65 0 3 25 8.3 13 0 2 85 42.5 60t 1 2 32 16.0 27t 1 2 31 15.5 25 0 1 80 80.0 80t 1 1 8 8.0 8 0 1 5 5.0 5 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 20 48324.2 80t 4 13120 9.2 55t 1 PUNTING S.Lechler TEXANS Opponents PUNT RETURNS K.Martin D.Johnson TEXANS Opponents 1234 OT Total 69 111 88 104 0 372 58 99 64 83 3 307 Ru Pa RtPAT FG2PT TP 0 0 0 40/40 30/35 0 130 8 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 78 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36 0 3 2 0/0 0/0 0 32 2 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 24 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 12 22 640/4030/35 0 372 6 28 232/3319/22 0 307 2-Pt. Conversions: TEXANS 0/0, Opponents: 0/3 Sacks: J.Watt 20.5, W.Mercilus 5.0, J.Crick 3.5, B.Reed 3.0, T.Jamison 1.5, J.Simon 1.5, D.Swearinger 1.0, B.Cushing 1.0, A.Dent 1.0. TEXANS: 38.0, Opponents: 26.0 FUMBLES/LOST: A. Johnson 3/3, A. Foster 2/2, D. Hopkins 2/1, R. Fitzpatrick 5/1, T. Savage 2/1, C. Keenum 1/1, D. Johnson 2/0, D. Manning 1/0, C. Myers 1/0. TEXANS: 18/8, Opponents: 22/14. OPP. FUMBLE RECOVERIES: J. Watt 5, J. Joseph 2, A. Blue 1, A. Bouye, D. Hopkins 1, T. Jamison 1, K. Lewis 1, D. Swearinger 1, J. Tuggle 1. Total: 14 PASSING Att Comp YdsCmp%Yds/Att R.Fitzpatrick 312 197 2,483 63.1% 8.0 C.Keenum 77 45 435 58.4% 5.6 R.Mallett 75 41 400 54.7% 5.3 T.Savage 19 10 127 52.6% 6.7 S.Lechler 1 1 10 100.0% 10.0 A.Foster 1 1 5 100.0% 5.0 TEXANS 485 2953,46060.8% 7.1 Opponents 619 3634,14158.6% 6.7 RUSHING A.Foster A.Blue R.Fitzpatrick J.Grimes C.Keenum D.Johnson R.Brown R.Mallett T.Savage TEXANS Opponents KICKOFF RETURNS D.Manning D.Johnson K.Martin TEXANS Opponents FIELD GOALS R.Bullock TEXANS Opponents No.YdsAvg Net TB In Lg B 83 3,845 46.3 38.7 10 27 71 1 84 3,845 45.8 38.71027711 833,74245.141.4 5 34 62 1 Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD 25 24 154 6.2 21 0 9 4 54 6.0 12 0 34282086.1210 3224396 12.4480 No. Yds AvgLong TD 13 267 20.5 41 0 6 136 22.7 31 0 1 19 19.0 19 0 20 42221.1 41 0 451,169 26.0 42 0 1-1920-2930-3940-49 50+ 0/0 6/7 13/15 7/8 4/5 0/06/7 13/157/84/5 0/03/3 10/115/51/3 R.Bullock: (42G) (33G, 39G, 46G, 27B) (27G) (41G, 55G, 50G) (29G) (37WR) (39G, 38G, 31G) (30G, 29G, 49G) (39 WL) (52WR, 46G, 37G, 50G) (36G, 25G) (37G, 43BL) (44G, 44G) (53G) (35G, 25G, 30G, 20G, 39G, 33G) ( ) Opponents: ( ) ( ) (39G, 29G, 31G) (31G) (33G, 53WL, 49G) (27G, 34G) (44G, 30G, 40G) (35G) (45G) (38WR) (31G, 49G) ( ) (33G, 37G) (29G) ( ) (53G, 51LU) TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/LostRating 17 5.4% 8 2.6% 76t 21/83 95.3 2 2.6% 2 2.6% 35 3/15 72.2 2 2.7% 2 2.7% 41 1/5 67.6 0 0.0% 1 5.3% 35 1/5 51.9 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 10 0/0 108.3 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 5t 0/0 127.1 224.5% 132.7% 76t 26/108 86.5 284.5% 203.2% 80t 38/251 80.4 15 @TexansPR 2014 FINAL DEFENSIVE/SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE DEFENSIVE STATISTICS - All stats are from NFL play-by-plays TACKLES Solo Asst Total Sk Sk Yds TFL QBH Int (Yd) PD FF FR Kendrick Lewis 52 32 84 0.0 0.0 4 1 2 (32) 6 3 1 J.J. Watt 59 19 78 20.5 140.0 29 50 1 (80) 10 4 5 Johnathan Joseph 70 5 75 0.0 0.0 1 0 2 (85) 11 2 2 D.J. Swearinger 52 22 74 1.0 8.0 3 3 2 (31) 6 3 1 Brian Cushing 41 31 72 1.0 8.0 1 9 0 2 1 0 Mike Mohamed 31 27 58 0.0 0.0 2 1 1 (0) 6 0 0 Kareem Jackson 48 9 57 0.0 0.0 4 1 3 (97) 9 0 0 Jared Crick 29 27 56 3.5 20.0 6 11 0 6 0 0 A.J. Bouye 47 7 54 0.0 0.0 1 0 3 (120) 10 1 1 Whitney Mercilus 31 19 50 5.0 30.0 9 11 0 0 2 0 Brooks Reed 25 16 41 3.0 19.0 5 10 1 (5) 4 0 0 Danieal Manning 25 12 37 0.0 0.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 Justin Tuggle 19 17 36 0.0 0.0 1 1 1 (8) 2 0 1 Darryl Morris 25 5 30 0.0 0.0 1 0 1 (0) 7 0 0 Akeem Dent 20 7 27 1.0 7.0 2 6 0 0 0 0 Ryan Pickett 11 9 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Tim Jamison 12 7 19 1.5 14.0 1 3 0 0 0 1 Andre Hal 15 3 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Jumal Rolle 14 1 15 0.0 0.0 1 0 3 (25) 4 0 0 Jerrell Powe 6 4 10 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Jeoffrey Pagan 5 5 10 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 John Simon 4 5 9 1.5 5.0 2 6 0 1 0 0 Jadeveon Clowney 5 2 7 0.0 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Elbert Mack 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ricky Sapp 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Tarpinian 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Pleasant 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 TEAM 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Ankrah 101 0.0 0.000 0 000 TEXANS 656292948 38.0 251.079114 20 (483) 951612 Opponents 69130699726.0 108.0 75 80 13 (120)69 11 9 MISCELLANEOUS TACKLES: Andre Johnson 4, Ben Jones 3, Damaris Johnson 2, C.J. Fiedorowicz 1, Arian Foster 1, Garrett Graham 1, Ryan Griffin 1, DeAndre Hopkins 1, Keshawn Martin 1, Chris Myers 1. MISCELLANEOUS FUMBLE RECOVERIES: Ryan Fitzpatrick 4, DeAndre Hopkins 2, Alfred Blue 1, Tom Savage 1. SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS BlockedBlockedBlocked TACKLES Solo AsstTotal PATPunt FG FF FR Jeff Tarpinian 7 5 12 0 0 0 1 0 Akeem Dent 5 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Mohamed 8 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 Danieal Manning 7 2 9 0 0 0 0 1 Jonathan Grimes 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 A.J. Bouye 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Pleasant 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 Alfred Blue 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 Jumal Rolle 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 John Simon 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Andre Hal 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Jay Prosch 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Tuggle 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Elbert Mack 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jon Weeks 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Anthony Denham 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Darryl Morris 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Max Bullough 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Zac Diles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Griffin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Randy Bullock 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ricky Sapp 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Damaris Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 J.J. Watt 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 TEXANS 67228911013 Opponents 50196901200 www.HoustonTexans.com 16 SACKS Player J.J. Watt Whitney Mercilus Jared Crick Brooks Reed John Simon Tim Jamison D.J. Swearinger Akeem Dent Brian Cushing Totals INTERCEPTIONS Player A.J. Bouye Kareem Jackson Jumal Rolle Johnathan Joseph Kendrick Lewis D.J. Swearinger J.J. Watt Justin Tuggle Brooks Reed Mike Mohamed Darryl Morris Totals SacksYards 20.5 140.0 5.0 30.0 3.5 20.0 3.0 19.0 1.5 5.0 1.5 14.0 1.0 8.0 1.0 7.0 1.0 8.0 38.0251.0 IntYards Long 3 120 51t 3 97 65 3 25 13 2 85 60t 2 32 27t 2 31 25 1 80 80t 1 8 8 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 20483 80t FUMBLES FORCED AND RECOVERED Player FFFR J.J. Watt 4 5 Johnathan Joseph 2 2 Kendrick Lewis 3 1 D.J. Swearinger 3 1 A.J. Bouye 1 1 Tim Jamison 0 1 Justin Tuggle 0 1 Whitney Mercilus 2 0 Brian Cushing 1 0 Totals 1612 QUARTERBACK HITS PlayerQBH J.J. Watt 50 Whitney Mercilus 11 Jared Crick 11 Brooks Reed 10 Brian Cushing 9 John Simon 6 Akeem Dent 6 D.J. Swearinger 3 Tim Jamison 3 Kendrick Lewis 1 Kareem Jackson 1 Mike Mohamed 1 Justin Tuggle 1 Danieal Manning 1 Totals114 PASSES DEFENSED PlayerPD Johnathan Joseph 11 J.J. Watt 10 A.J. Bouye 10 Kareem Jackson 9 Darryl Morris 7 Mike Mohamed 6 Kendrick Lewis 6 D.J. Swearinger 6 Jared Crick 6 Brooks Reed 4 Jumal Rolle 4 Andre Hal 4 Ryan Pickett 3 Danieal Manning 2 Brian Cushing 2 Justin Tuggle 2 John Simon 1 Eddie Pleasant 1 Jerrell Powe 1 Totals95 TACKLES FOR LOSS PlayerTFL J.J. Watt 29 Whitney Mercilus 9 Jared Crick 6 Brooks Reed 5 Kendrick Lewis 4 Kareem Jackson 4 D.J. Swearinger 3 Jadeveon Clowney 3 Mike Mohamed 2 Akeem Dent 2 John Simon 2 Brian Cushing 1 Johnathan Joseph 1 A.J. Bouye 1 Justin Tuggle 1 Danieal Manning 1 Jeoffrey Pagan 1 Darryl Morris 1 Tim Jamison 1 Jerrell Powe 1 Jumal Rolle 1 Totals79 @TexansPR 2015 TEXANS TRANSACTIONS 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE JANUARY 23 Promoted Brian Gaine to director of player personnel and Jon Carr to director of college scouting. Hired Matt Jansen as college scouting coordinator. JUNE 2 Signed free agents DE Jasper Coleman and NT Brandon Deaderick. 2 Waived RB Mack Brown. 18 Signed CB Johnathan Joseph to a contract extension. FEBRUARY 2 Hired Brian Bell as assistant strength and conditioning coach, Mike Devlin as offensive line coach, Pat O’Hara as offensive assistant and Paul Pasqualoni as defensive line coach. 2 Named Anthony Pleasant as defensive assistant. JULY 2 Waived DT Brandon Ivory. 24 Signed free agent T Aaron Adams. 27 Placed G David Quessenberry on the Active/Non-Football Illness list. 27 Placed WR Alan Bonner on the Active/Non-Football Injury list. 27 Placed OLB Jadeveon Clowney and ILB Akeem Dent on the Active/Physically Unable to Perform list. MARCH 4 Released C Chris Myers. 9 Re-signed CB Kareem Jackson, WR Damaris Johnson, T Derek Newton and S Eddie Pleasant. 10 Re-signed QB Ryan Mallett, QB Case Keenum and ILB Jeff Tarpinian. 11 Signed unrestricted free agent QB Brian Hoyer (Cleveland). 11 Traded QB Ryan Fitzpatrick to the New York Jets and QB Case Keenum to St. Louis. 13 Signed unrestricted free agent FS Rahim Moore (Denver). 16 Signed unrestricted free agent WR Cecil Shorts III (Jacksonville). 17 Signed unrestricted free agent NT Vince Wilfork (New England). 24 Re-signed ILB Akeem Dent. APRIL 1Signed unrestricted free agent WR Nate Washington (Tennessee). 10 Re-signed G Cody White. 29 Signed free agent RB Chris Polk (Philadelphia). MAY 1 Signed unrestricted free agent S Stevie Brown (New York Giants). 5 Signed OLB Whitney Mercilus to a contract extension. 8 Signed rookie free agents G Jake Cotton, S Kurtis Drummond, DT Brandon Ivory, T Kendall Lamm, TE Khari Lee, C Greg Mancz, TE Mike McFarland, DE Cam McLeod, DE Dan Pettinato, DE James Rouse, G Chad Slade, OLB Carlos Thompson, OLB Lynden Trail, OLB Tony Washington and WR Chandler Worthy. 8 Signed draft selections LB Reshard Cliett, DT Christian Covington, RB Kenny Hilliard, CB Kevin Johnson, LB Benardrick McKinney, WR Keith Mumphery and WR Jaelen Strong. 8 Waived S Josh Aubrey, DE Keith Browner and RB Ben Malena. 11 Signed rookie free agents RB Mack Brown, P Will Johnson, S Corey Moore and T Joseph Treadwell. 11 Waived-Injured DE James Rouse. 11 Waived G Jake Cotton and S D.J. Swearinger. 15 Waived DE James Rouse. 21 Released T Tyson Clabo. www.HoustonTexans.com 17 @TexansPR ALPHABETIC ROSTER (as of July 30) 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE NFL NO. NAME POS HT WTAGE EXP 69 Adams, Aaron T 6-5 303 26 1 70 Adams, Jeff T 6-7 305 25 2 91 Ankrah, Jason OLB 6-3 262 24 1 39 Ballentine, Lonnie S 6-3 215 22 2 28 Blue, Alfred RB 6-2 223 24 2 34 Bouye, A.J. CB 6-0 191 23 3 79 Brooks, Brandon G 6-5 335 25 4 76 Brown, Duane T 6-4 303 29 8 48 Brown, Kourtnei OLB 6-4 253 27 1 33 Brown, Stevie FS 5-11 215 28 6 4 Bullock, Randy K 5-9 206 25 4 53 Bullough, Max ILB 6-3 249 23 1 93 Crick, Jared DE 6-4 285 25 4 56 Cushing, Brian ILB 6-3 249 28 7 2 Davis, Jace WR 6-1 206 23 1 61 Deaderick, Brandon NT 6-4 305 27 6 81 Denham, Anthony TE 6-4 235 24 1 73 Feiler, Matt T 6-6 330 23 1 78 Ferentz, James C 6-2 285 26 1 87 Fiedorowicz, C.J. TE 6-5 265 23 2 94 Finau, Tevita DE 6-5 288 29 1 23 Foster, Arian RB 6-1 227 28 7 88 Graham, Garrett TE 6-3 243 28 6 84 Griffin, Ryan TE 6-6 254 25 3 41 Grimes, Jonathan RB 5-10 209 25 3 29 Hal, Andre CB 5-10 188 23 2 10 Hopkins, DeAndre WR 6-1 218 23 3 7 Hoyer, Brian QB 6-2 215 29 7 25 Jackson, Kareem CB 5-10 188 26 6 31 James, Charles CB 5-9 179 25 2 13 Johnson, Damaris WR 5-8 175 25 4 60 Jones, Ben G/C 6-3 308 26 4 24 Joseph, Johnathan CB 5-11 188 31 10 19 Labhart, Travis WR 5-9 182 24 1 9 Lechler, Shane P 6-2 237 38 16 15 Mallett, Ryan QB 6-6 245 26 5 82 Martin, Keshawn WR 5-11 194 25 4 59 Mercilus, Whitney OLB 6-4 258 25 4 54 Mohamed, Mike ILB 6-3 238 27 4 26 Moore, Rahim FS 6-1 195 25 5 21 Morris, Darryl CB 5-10 188 24 3 72 Newton, Derek T 6-6 313 27 5 92 Nix III, Louis NT 6-2 331 23 2 17 Nwachukwu, EZ WR 5-11 198 24 1 97 Pagan, Jeoffrey DE 6-3 310 22 2 27 Parks, Terrance S 6-2 218 25 1 35 Pleasant, Eddie SS 5-10 210 26 3 22 Polk, Chris RB 5-11 222 25 4 45 Prosch, Jay FB 6-1 256 22 2 20 Rolle, Jumal CB 6-0 188 25 2 3 Savage, Tom QB 6-4 228 25 2 18 Shorts III, Cecil WR 6-0 202 27 5 51 Simon, John OLB 6-1 252 24 3 71 Su’a-Filo, Xavier G 6-4 307 24 2 52 Tarpinian, Jeff ILB 6-3 240 27 4 57 Tuggle, Justin ILB 6-3 249 25 3 85 Washington, Nate WR 6-1 183 31 11 99 Watt, J.J. DE 6-5 289 26 5 46 Weeks, Jon LS 5-10 246 29 6 67 White, Cody G 6-3 303 27 4 75 Wilfork, Vince NT 6-2 325 33 12 68 Witzmann, Bryan T 6-7 311 25 2 74 Yeatman, Will T 6-6 315 27 5 HIGH SCHOOL 2014 Season COLLEGE HOMETOWN GP-GS-DNP-IA Eastern Kentucky Lake Worth, Fla. 0-0-0-0 Columbia Berwyn, Ill. 2-0-2-12 Nebraska Gaithersburg, Md. 2-0-0-3 Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 0-0-0-0 LSU Boutte, La. 16-3-0-0 Central Florida Tucker, Ga. 14-7-0-2 Miami (Ohio) Milwaukee, Wisc. 15-15-0-1 Virginia Tech Richmond, Va. 16-16-0-0 Clemson Charlotte, N.C. 0-0-0-0 Michigan Dallas, Texas *16-8-0-0 Texas A&M Klein, Texas 16-0-0-0 Michigan State Traverse City, Mich. 1-0-0-2 Nebraska Cozad, Neb. 16-15-0-0 Southern California Park Ridge, N.J. 14-14-0-2 Northern Colorado Lone Tree, Colo. 0-0-0-0 Alabama Elizabethtown, Ky. +13-2-0-3 Utah Monterey Park, Calif. 4-0-0-0 Bloomsburg Strasburg, Pa. 0-0-0-0 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 0-0-0-0 Iowa Johnsburg, Ill. 15-8-0-1 Utah Lahaina, Hawaii 0-0-0-0 Tennessee San Diego, Calif. 13-13-0-3 Wisconsin Brick, N.J. 11-8-0-5 Connecticut Londonderry, N.H. 16-2-0-0 William & Mary Palmyra, N.J. 16-0-0-0 Vanderbilt Port Allen, La. 14-0-0-2 Clemson Central, S.C. 16-16-0-0 Michigan State North Olmsted, Ohio #14-13-1-1 Alabama Macon, Ga. 13-13-0-3 Charleston Southern Jacksonville, Fla. 0-0-0-0 Tulsa Norco, La. 16-8-0-0 Georgia Centreville, Ala. 16-16-0-0 South Carolina Rock Hill, S.C. 16-16-0-0 Texas A&M Whitesboro, Texas 0-0-0-0 Texas A&M East Bernard, Texas 16-0-0-0 Arkansas Texarkana, Texas 3-2-8-0 Michigan State Inkster, Mich. 16-0-0-0 Illinois Akron, Ohio 15-13-0-1 California Brawley, Calif. 14-2-0-2 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. $16-16-0-0 Texas State San Antonio, Texas 12-1-0-4 Arkansas State Utica, Miss. 16-16-0-0 Notre Dame Jacksonville, Fla. 0-0-0-3 Texas A&M Allen, Texas 0-0-0-0 Alabama Asheville, N.C. 16-0-0-0 Florida State Fairburn, Ga. ^1-0-0-0 Oregon Compton, Calif. 14-0-0-2 Washington Redlands, Calif. &14-0-0-2 Auburn Mobile, Ala. 16-5-0-0 Catawba Wilson, N.C. 10-0-0-2 Pittsburgh Springfield, Pa. 2-0-1-13 Mount Union Cleveland, Ohio !13-12-0-3 Ohio State Youngstown, Ohio 11-0-0-0 UCLA American Fork, Utah 13-1-0-3 Iowa Omaha, Neb. 14-0-0-2 Kansas State Alpharetta, Ga. 16-8-0-0 Tiffin Toledo, Ohio @16-11-0-0 Wisconsin Pewaukee, Wisc. 16-16-0-0 Baylor Bethpage, N.Y. 16-0-0-0 Illinois State Columbus, Ohio 0-0-0-0 Miami (Fla.) Boynton Beach, Fla. %16-16-0-0 South Dakota State Houlton, Wisc. 0-0-0-0 Maryland San Diego, Calif. 0-0-0-0 Draft Picks (7) 58 Cliett, Reshard LB 6-2 222 23 R South Florida Thomasville, Ga. 95 Covington, Christian DT 6-2 289 21 R Rice Vancouver, BC, Canada 38 Hilliard, Kenny RB 5-11 226 23 R LSU Patterson, La. 30 Johnson, Kevin CB 5-11 188 22 R Wake Forest Clarksville, Md. 55 McKinney, Benardrick LB 6-4 246 22 R Mississippi State Tunica, Miss. 12 Mumphery, Keith WR 6-0 215 23 R Michigan State Vienna, Ga. 11 Strong, Jaelen WR 6-2 217 21 R Arizona State Philadelphia, Pa. Undrafted Rookies (16) 64 Coleman, Jasper DE 6-4 290 22 R William & Mary Richmond, Va. 40 Drummond, Kurtis S 6-1 208 23 R Michigan State Masury, Ohio 8 Johnson, Will P 6-2 206 22 R Texas State Bryan, Texas 63 Lamm, Kendall T 6-6 305 23 R Appalachian State Charlotte, N.C. 86 Lee, Khari TE 6-4 235 23 R Bowie State Baltimore, Md. 65 Mancz, Greg C 6-4 301 23 R Toledo Cincinnati, Ohio 89 McFarland, Mike TE 6-5 252 23 R South Florida Tampa, Fla. 98 McLeod, Cam DE 6-5 282 22 R Ohio McLain, Miss. 43 Moore, Corey S 6-2 206 22 R Georgia Griffin, Ga. 96 Pettinato, Dan DE 6-4 277 23 R Arizona Grass Valley, Calif. 62 Slade, Chad G 6-5 315 23 R Auburn Moody, Ala. 44 Thompson, Carlos OLB 6-5 243 23 R Mississippi Hollandale, Miss. 47 Trail, Lynden OLB 6-7 269 24 R Norfolk State Miami, Fla. 66 Treadwell, Joseph T 6-5 324 22 R Louisiana-Monroe Pine Bluff, Ark. 49 Washington, Tony OLB 6-4 247 23 R Oregon Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 6 Worthy, Chandler WR 5-9 173 21 R Troy Griffin, Ga. Active Non-Football Illness (1) 77 Quessenberry, David G Active/Non-Football Injury (1) 16 Bonner, Alan WR Active/Physically Unable to Perform (2) 90 Clowney, Jadeveon OLB 50 Dent, Akeem ILB www.HoustonTexans.com 6-5 306 24 3 San Jose State Encinitas, Calif. 5-10 191 24 3 Jacksonville State Newnan, Ga. 6-5 266 6-1 239 22 27 2 5 South Carolina Georgia Rock Hill, S.C. Atlanta, Ga. 18 COACHING ROSTER COACHPOSITION Bill O’Brien Head Coach Romeo Crennel Defensive Coordinator George Godsey Offensive Coordinator Bob Ligashesky Special Teams Coordinator Brian Bell Assistant Strength and Conditioning Jim Bernhardt Director of Football Research John Butler Secondary Doug Colman Assistant Special Teams Mike Devlin Offensive Line Craig Fitzgerald Head Strength and Conditioning Sean Hayes Assistant Strength and Conditioning Stan Hixon Wide Receivers Tim Kelly Offensive Quality Control Will Lawing Defensive Quality Control Charles London Running Backs Anthony Midget Assistant Secondary Pat O’Hara Offensive Assistant Paul Pasqualoni Defensive Line John Perry Tight Ends Anthony PleasantDefensive Assistant Mike Vrabel Linebackers PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PLAYER Jason Ankrah ANE-krah Lonnie Ballentine Bal-en-TINE A.J. Bouye boy-YAY Max Bullough BULL-ah Reshard Cliett reh-SHARD KLY-ett Jadeveon Clowney juh-DEV-ee-uhn Anthony Denham DEN-em Matt Feiler FI-ler C.J. Fiedorowicz feh-DOR-uh-wits Tevita Finau tuh-VEE-ta fee-NOW DeAndre Hopkins D-Andre Greg Mancz MANTS Keshawn Martin KEY-shawn Cam McLeod muh-CLOUD Whitney Mercilus MER-sih-lus Louis Nix III LEWIS EZ Nwachukwu WATCH-ah-coo Jay Prosch PRAWSH Xavier Su’a-Filo SOO-ah-fee-lo Jeff Tarpinian TAR-pin-e-an Will Yeatman YATE-man GP GS DNP IA * ^ # $ % ! @ & + PARTICIPATION KEY Games Played Games Started Did Not Play Inactive With New York Giants Played in one game for Seattle With Cleveland Browns With Denver Broncos With New England Patriots With Jacksonville Jaguars With Tennessee Titans With Philadelphia Eagles With New Orleans Saints 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 4-2-0-9 15-7-0-1 @TexansPR NUMERIC ROSTER (as of July 30) 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE NFL HIGH SCHOOL HOW NO. NAME POS HT WTAGE EXP COLLEGE HOMETOWN ACQUIRED 2 Jace Davis WR 6-1 206 23 1 Northern Colorado Lone Tree, Colo. FA-’14 3 Tom Savage QB 6-4 228 25 2 Pittsburgh Springfield, Pa. D4-’14 4 Randy Bullock K 5-9 206 25 4 Texas A&M Klein, Texas D5-’12 7 Brian Hoyer QB 6-2 215 29 7 Michigan State North Olmsted, Ohio UFA-’15 (CLE) 9 Shane Lechler P 6-2 237 38 16 Texas A&M East Bernard, Texas UFA-’13 (OAK) 10 DeAndre Hopkins WR 6-1 218 23 3 Clemson Central, S.C. D1-’13 13 Damaris Johnson WR 5-8 175 25 4 Tulsa Norco, La. W-’14 (PHI) 15 Ryan Mallett QB 6-6 245 27 5 Arkansas Texarkana, Texas T-’14 (NE) 17 EZ Nwachukwu WR 5-11 198 24 1 Texas A&M Allen, Texas FA-’14 18 Cecil Shorts III WR 6-0 202 27 5 Mount Union Cleveland, Ohio UFA-’15 (JAX) 19 Travis Labhart WR 5-9 182 24 1 Texas A&M Whitesboro, Texas CFA-’14 20 Jumal Rolle CB 6-0 188 25 2 Catawba Wilson, N.C. FA-’14 21 Darryl Morris CB 5-10 188 24 3 Texas State San Antonio, Texas W-’14 (SF) 22 Chris Polk RB 5-11 222 25 4 Washington Redlands, Calif. FA-’15 23 Arian Foster RB 6-1 227 28 7 Tennessee San Diego, Calif. CFA-’09 24 Johnathan Joseph CB 5-11 188 31 10 South Carolina Rock Hill, S.C. UFA-’11 (CIN) 25 Kareem Jackson CB 5-10 188 27 6 Alabama Macon, Ga. D1-’10 26 Rahim Moore FS 6-1 195 25 5 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. UFA-’15 (DEN) 27 Terrance Parks S 6-2 218 25 1 Florida State Fairburn, Ga. FA-’14 28 Alfred Blue RB 6-2 223 24 2 LSU Boutte, La. D6b-’14 29 Andre Hal CB 5-10 188 23 2 Vanderbilt Port Allen, La. D7a-’14 31 Charles James CB 5-9 179 25 2 Charleston SouthernJacksonville, Fla. FA-’14 33 Stevie Brown FS 5-11 215 28 6 Michigan Dallas, Texas UFA-’15 (NYG) 34 A.J. Bouye CB 6-0 191 23 3 Central Florida Tucker, Ga. CFA-’13 35 Eddie Pleasant SS 5-10 210 26 3 Oregon Compton, Calif. CFA-’12 39 Lonnie Ballentine S 6-3 215 22 2 Memphis Memphis, Tenn. D7b-’14 41 Jonathan Grimes RB 5-10 209 25 3 William & Mary Palmyra, N.J. FA-’13 45 Jay Prosch FB 6-1 256 22 2 Auburn Mobile, Ala. D6c-’14 46 Jon Weeks LS 5-10 246 29 6 Baylor Bethpage, N.Y. FA-’10 48 Kourtnei Brown OLB 6-4 253 27 1 Clemson Charlotte, N.C. FA-’14 51 John Simon OLB 6-1 252 24 3 Ohio State Youngstown, Ohio FA-’14 52 Jeff Tarpinian ILB 6-3 240 27 4 Iowa Omaha, Neb. FA-’13 53 Max Bullough ILB 6-3 249 23 1 Michigan State Traverse City, Mich. CFA-’14 54 Mike Mohamed ILB 6-3 238 27 4 California Brawley, Calif. FA-’13 56 Brian Cushing ILB 6-3 249 28 7 Southern California Park Ridge, N.J. D1-’09 57 Justin Tuggle ILB 6-3 249 25 3 Kansas State Alpharetta, Ga. CFA-’13 59 Whitney Mercilus OLB 6-4 258 25 4 Illinois Akron, Ohio D1-’12 60 Ben Jones G/C 6-3 308 26 4 Georgia Centreville, Ala. D4a-’12 61 Brandon Deaderick NT 6-4 305 27 6 Alabama Elizabethtown, Ky. FA-’15 67 Cody White G 6-3 303 27 4 Illinois State Columbus, Ohio CFA-’12 68 Bryan Witzmann T 6-7 311 25 2 South Dakota State Houlton, Wisc. CFA-’14 69 Aaron Adams T 6-5 303 26 1 Eastern Kentucky Lake Worth, Fla. FA-’15 70 Jeff Adams T 6-7 305 25 2 Columbia Berwyn, Ill. W-’14 (TEN) 71 Xavier Su’a-Filo G 6-4 307 24 2 UCLA American Fork, Utah D2-’14 72 Derek Newton T 6-6 313 27 5 Arkansas State Utica, Miss. D7a-’11 73 Matt Feiler T 6-6 330 23 1 Bloomsburg Strasburg, Pa. CFA-’14 74 Will Yeatman T 6-6 315 27 5 Maryland San Diego, Calif. FA-’14 75 Vince Wilfork NT 6-2 325 33 12 Miami (Fla.) Boynton Beach, Fla. UFA-’15 (NE) 76 Duane Brown T 6-4 303 29 8 Virginia Tech Richmond, Va. D1-’08 78 James Ferentz C 6-2 285 26 1 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa CFA-’14 79 Brandon Brooks G 6-5 335 25 4 Miami (Ohio) Milwaukee, Wisc. D3b-’12 81 Anthony Denham TE 6-4 235 24 1 Utah Monterey Park, Calif. CFA-’14 82 Keshawn Martin WR 5-11 194 25 4 Michigan State Inkster, Mich. D4b-’12 84 Ryan Griffin TE 6-6 254 25 3 Connecticut Londonderry, N.H. D6d-’13 85 Nate Washington WR 6-1 183 31 11 Tiffin Toledo, Ohio UFA-’15 (TEN) 87 C.J. Fiedorowicz TE 6-5 265 23 2 Iowa Johnsburg, Ill. D3a-’14 88 Garrett Graham TE 6-3 243 28 6 Wisconsin Brick, N.J. D4b-’10 91 Jason Ankrah OLB 6-3 262 24 1 Nebraska Gaithersburg, Md. CFA-’14 92 Louis Nix III NT 6-2 331 23 2 Notre Dame Jacksonville, Fla. D3b-’14 93 Jared Crick DE 6-4 285 25 4 Nebraska Cozad, Neb. D4c-’12 94 Tevita Finau DE 6-5 288 29 1 Utah Lahaina, Hawaii FA-’14 97 Jeoffrey Pagan DE 6-3 310 22 2 Alabama Asheville, N.C. D6a-’14 99 J.J. Watt DE 6-5 289 26 5 Wisconsin Pewaukee, Wisc. D1-’11 Draft Picks (7) 11 Jaelen Strong WR 6-2 217 21 R Arizona State Philadelphia, Pa. D3-’15 12 Keith Mumphery WR 6-0 215 23 R Michigan State Vienna, Ga. D5-’15 30 Kevin Johnson CB 5-11 188 22 R Wake Forest Clarksville, Md. D1-’15 38 Kenny Hilliard RB 5-11 226 23 R LSU Patterson, La. D7-’15 55 Benardrick McKinney LB 6-4 246 22 R Mississippi State Tunica, Miss. D2-’15 58 Reshard Cliett LB 6-2 222 23 R South Florida Thomasville, Ga. D6-’15 95 Christian Covington DT 6-2 289 21 R Rice Vancouver, BC, Canada D6-’15 COACHING ROSTER COACHPOSITION Bill O’Brien Head Coach Romeo Crennel Defensive Coordinator George Godsey Offensive Coordinator Bob Ligashesky Special Teams Coordinator Brian Bell Assistant Strength and Conditioning Jim Bernhardt Director of Football Research John Butler Secondary Doug Colman Assistant Special Teams Mike Devlin Offensive Line Craig Fitzgerald Head Strength and Conditioning Sean Hayes Assistant Strength and Conditioning Stan Hixon Wide Receivers Tim Kelly Offensive Quality Control Will Lawing Defensive Quality Control Charles London Running Backs Anthony Midget Assistant Secondary Pat O’Hara Offensive Assistant Paul Pasqualoni Defensive Line John Perry Tight Ends Anthony PleasantDefensive Assistant Mike Vrabel Linebackers PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PLAYER Jason Ankrah ANE-krah Lonnie Ballentine Bal-en-TINE A.J. Bouye boy-YAY Max Bullough BULL-ah Reshard Cliett reh-SHARD KLY-ett Jadeveon Clowney juh-DEV-ee-uhn Anthony Denham DEN-em Matt Feiler FI-ler C.J. Fiedorowicz feh-DOR-uh-wits Tevita Finau tuh-VEE-ta fee-NOW DeAndre Hopkins D-Andre Greg Mancz MANTS Keshawn Martin KEY-shawn Cam McLeod muh-CLOUD Whitney Mercilus MER-sih-lus Louis Nix III LEWIS EZ Nwachukwu WATCH-ah-coo Jay Prosch PRAWSH Xavier Su’a-Filo SOO-ah-fee-lo Jeff Tarpinian TAR-pin-e-an Will Yeatman YATE-man HOW ACQUIRED KEY CFA College Free Agent D Draft Pick FA Free Agent TTrade UFA Unrestricted Free Agent W Waivers () Previous Team Undrafted Rookies (16) 6 Chandler Worthy WR 5-9 173 21 R Troy Griffin, Ga. CFA-’15 8 Will Johnson P 6-2 206 22 R Texas State Bryan, Texas CFA-’15 40 Kurtis Drummond S 6-1 208 23 R Michigan State Masury, Ohio CFA-’15 43 Corey Moore S 6-2 206 22 R Georgia Griffin, Ga. CFA-’15 44 Carlos Thompson OLB 6-5 243 23 R Mississippi Hollandale, Miss. CFA-’15 47 Lynden Trail OLB 6-7 269 24 R Norfolk State Miami, Fla. CFA-’15 49 Tony Washington OLB 6-4 247 23 R Oregon Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. CFA-’15 62 Chad Slade G 6-5 315 23 R Auburn Moody, Ala. CFA-’15 63 Kendall Lamm T 6-6 305 23 R Appalachian State Charlotte, N.C. CFA-’15 64 Jasper Coleman DE 6-4 290 22 R William & Mary Richmond, Va. CFA-’15 65 Greg Mancz C 6-4 301 23 R Toledo Cincinnati, Ohio CFA-’15 66 Joseph Treadwell T 6-5 324 22 R Louisiana-Monroe Pine Bluff, Ark. CFA-’15 86 Khari Lee TE 6-4 235 23 R Bowie State Baltimore, Md. CFA-’15 89 Mike McFarland TE 6-5 252 23 R South Florida Tampa, Fla. CFA-’15 96 Dan Pettinato DE 6-4 277 23 R Arizona Grass Valley, Calif. CFA-’15 98 Cam McLeod DE 6-5 282 22 R Ohio McLain, Miss. CFA-’15 Active/Non-Football Illness (1) 77 David Quessenberry G Active/Non-Football Injury (1) 16 Alan Bonner WR Active/Physically Unable to Perform (2) 50 Akeem Dent ILB 90 Jadeveon Clowney OLB www.HoustonTexans.com 6-5 306 24 3 San Jose State Encinitas, Calif. 5-10 191 24 3 Jacksonville State Newnan, Ga. D6b-’13 6-1 239 6-5 266 27 22 5 2 Georgia South Carolina T-’14 (ATL) D1-’14 Atlanta, Ga. Rock Hill, S.C. 19 D6a-’13 @TexansPR ROSTER BY POSITION 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE OFFENSE DEFENSE Quarterbacks (3) 3 Tom Savage QB 6-4 228 2 Pittsburgh 7 Brian Hoyer QB 6-2 215 7 Michigan State 15 Ryan Mallett QB 6-6 245 5 Arkansas Wide Receivers (12) 2 Jace Davis WR 6-1 206 1 Northern Colorado 6 Chandler Worthy WR 5-9 173 R Troy 10 DeAndre Hopkins WR 6-1 218 3 Clemson 11 Jaelen Strong WR 6-2 217 R Arizona State 12 Keith Mumphery WR 6-0 215 R Michigan State 13 Damaris Johnson WR 5-8 175 4 Tulsa 16 Alan Bonner WR 5-10 191 3 Jacksonville State 17 EZ Nwachukwu WR 5-11 198 1 Texas A&M 18 Cecil Shorts III WR 6-0 202 5 Mount Union 19 Travis Labhart WR 5-9 182 1 Texas A&M 82 Keshawn Martin WR 5-11 194 4 Michigan State 85 Nate Washington WR 6-1 183 11 Tiffin Running Backs (6) 23 Arian Foster RB 6-1 227 7 Tennessee 28 Alfred Blue RB 6-2 223 2 LSU 32 Chris Polk RB 5-11 222 4 Washington 38 Kenny Hilliard RB 5-11 226 R LSU 41 Jonathan Grimes RB 5-10 209 3 William & Mary 45 Jay Prosch FB 6-1 256 2 Auburn Tight Ends (6) 81 Anthony Denham TE 6-4 235 1 Utah 84 Ryan Griffin TE 6-6 254 3 Connecticut 86 Khari Lee TE 6-4 235 R Bowie State 87 C.J. Fiedorowicz TE 6-5 265 2 Iowa 88 Garrett Graham TE 6-3 243 6 Wisconsin 89 Mike McFarland TE 6-5 252 R South Florida Offensive Line (17) 63 Kendall Lamm T 6-6 305 R Appalachian State 66 Joseph Treadwell T 6-5 324 R Louisiana-Monroe 68 Bryan Witzmann T 6-7 311 2 South Dakota State 69 Aaron Adams T 6-5 303 1 Eastern Kentucky 70 Jeff Adams T 6-7 305 2 Columbia 72 Derek Newton T 6-6 313 5 Arkansas State 73 Matt Feiler T 6-6 330 1 Bloomsburg 74 Will Yeatman T 6-6 315 5 Maryland 76 Duane Brown T 6-4 303 8 Virginia Tech 60 Ben Jones G/C 6-3 308 4 Georgia 62 Chad Slade G 6-5 315 R Auburn 67 Cody White G 6-3 303 4 Illinois State 71 Xavier Su’a-Filo G 6-4 307 2 UCLA 77 David QuessenberryG 6-5 306 3 San Jose State 79 Brandon Brooks G 6-5 335 4 Miami (Ohio) 65 Greg Mancz C 6-4 301 R Toledo 78 James Ferentz C 6-2 285 1 Iowa Defensive Line (11) 64 Jasper Coleman DE 6-4 290 R William & Mary 93 Jared Crick DE 6-4 285 4 Nebraska 94 Tevita Finau DE 6-5 288 1 Utah 96 Dan Pettinato DE 6-4 277 R Arizona 97 Jeoffrey Pagan DE 6-3 310 2 Alabama 98 Cam McLeod DE 6-5 282 R Ohio 99 J.J. Watt DE 6-5 289 5 Wisconsin 61 Brandon Deaderick NT 6-4 305 6 Alabama 75 Vince Wilfork NT 6-2 325 12 Miami (Fla.) 92 Louis Nix III NT 6-2 331 2 Notre Dame 95 Christian CovingtonDT 6-2 289 R Rice Linebackers (16) 50 Akeem Dent ILB 6-1 239 5 Georgia 52 Jeff Tarpinian ILB 6-3 240 4 Iowa 53 Max Bullough ILB 6-3 249 1 Michigan State 54 Mike Mohamed ILB 6-3 238 4 California 55 Benardrick McKinneyILB 6-4 246 R Mississippi State 56 Brian Cushing ILB 6-3 249 7 Southern California 57 Justin Tuggle ILB 6-3 249 3 Kansas State 44 Carlos Thompson OLB 6-5 243 R Mississippi 47 Lynden Trail OLB 6-7 269 R Norfolk State 48 Kourtnei Brown OLB 6-4 253 1 Clemson 49 Tony Washington OLB 6-4 247 R Oregon 51 John Simon OLB 6-1 252 3 Ohio State 58 Reshard Cliett OLB 6-2 222 R South Florida 59 Whitney Mercilus OLB 6-4 258 4 Illinois 90 Jadeveon ClowneyOLB 6-5 266 2 South Carolina 91 Jason Ankrah OLB 6-3 262 1 Nebraska Secondary (15) 20 Jumal Rolle CB 6-0 188 2 Catawba 21 Darryl Morris CB 5-10 188 3 Texas State 24 Johnathan Joseph CB 5-11 188 10 South Carolina 25 Kareem Jackson CB 5-10 188 6 Alabama 29 Andre Hal CB 5-10 188 2 Vanderbilt 30 Kevin Johnson CB 5-11 188 R Wake Forest 31 Charles James CB 5-9 179 2 Charleston Southern 34 A.J. Bouye CB 6-0 191 3 Central Florida 26 Rahim Moore FS 6-1 195 5 UCLA 27 Terrance Parks S 6-2 218 1 Florida State 33 Stevie Brown FS 5-11 215 6 Michigan 35 Eddie Pleasant SS 5-10 210 3 Oregon 39 Lonnie Ballentine S 6-3 215 2 Memphis 40 Kurtis Drummond S 6-1 208 R Michigan State 43 Corey Moore S 6-2 206 R Georgia www.HoustonTexans.com SPECIAL TEAMS 20 4 8 9 46 Randy Bullock Will Johnson Shane Lechler Jon Weeks K P P LS 5-9 6-2 6-2 5-10 206 4 206 R 237 16 246 6 Texas A&M Texas State Texas A&M Baylor @TexansPR HOW THE TEXANS WERE BUILT 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS TRAINING CAMP RELEASE Year College Draft (33) Trades (2) Free Agents (55) 2008 T Duane Brown (1) 8-8, 3rd, AFC South 2009 ILB Brian Cushing (1) RB Arian Foster (CFA) 9-7, 2nd, AFC South 2010 CB Kareem Jackson (1) LS Jon Weeks (FA) 6-10, 3rd, AFC South TE Garrett Graham (4b) 2011 DE J.J. Watt (1) CB Johnathan Joseph (UFA-CIN) 10-6, AFC South Champions T Derek Newton (7a) 2012 OLB Whitney Mercilus (1) SS Eddie Pleasant (CFA) 12-4, AFC South Champions G Brandon Brooks (3b) G Cody White (CFA) G/C Ben Jones (4a) WR Keshawn Martin (4b) DE Jared Crick (4c) K Randy Bullock (5) 2013 WR DeAndre Hopkins (1) CB A.J. Bouye (CFA) 2-14, 4th, AFC South G David Quessenberry (6a) RB Jonathan Grimes (FA) WR Alan Bonner (6b) P Shane Lechler (UFA-OAK) TE Ryan Griffin (6d) ILB Mike Mohamed (FA) ILB Jeff Tarpinian (FA) ILB Justin Tuggle (CFA) 2014 OLB Jadeveon Clowney (1) ILB Akeem Dent (ATL) T Jeff Adams (W-TEN) 9-7, 2nd, AFC South G Xavier Su’a-Filo (2) QB Ryan Mallett (NE) OLB Jason Ankrah (CFA) TE C.J. Fiedorowicz (3a) DE Kourtnei Brown (FA) NT Louis Nix III (3b) ILB Max Bullough (CFA) QB Tom Savage (4) WR Jace Davis (FA) DE Jeoffrey Pagan (6a) TE Anthony Denham (CFA) RB Alfred Blue (6b) C James Ferentz (CFA) FB Jay Prosch (6c) T Matt Feiler (CFA) CB Andre Hal (7a) DE Tevita Finau (FA) FS Lonnie Ballentine (7b) CB Charles James (FA) WR Damaris Johnson (W-PHI) WR Travis Labhart (CFA) CB Darryl Morris (W-SF) WR EZ Nwachukwu (FA) S Terrance Parks (FA) CB Jumal Rolle (FA) OLB John Simon (FA) T Bryan Witzmann (CFA) T Will Yeatman (FA) 2015 CB Kevin Johnson (1) T Aaron Adams (FA) LB Bernardrick McKinney (2) FS Stevie Brown (UFA-NYG) WR Jaelen Strong (3) DE Jasper Coleman (CFA) WR Keith Mumphery (5) NT Brandon Deaderick (FA) LB Reshard Cliett (6) S Kurtis Drummond (CFA) DT Christian Covington (6) QB Brian Hoyer (UFA-CLE) RB Kenny Hilliard (7) P Will Johnson (CFA) T Kendall Lamm (CFA) TE Khari Lee (CFA) C Greg Mancz (CFA) TE Mike McFarland (CFA) DE Cam McLeod (CFA) S Corey Moore (CFA) FS Rahim Moore (UFA-DEN) DE Dan Pettinato (CFA) RB Chris Polk (FA) WR Cecil Shorts III (UFA-JAX) G Chad Slade (CFA) OLB Carlos Thompson (CFA) OLB Lynden Trail (CFA) T Joseph Treadwell (CFA) WR Nate Washington (UFA-TEN) OLB Tony Washington (CFA) NT Vince Wilfork (UFA-NE) WR Chandler Worthy (CFA) www.HoustonTexans.com 21 @TexansPR