2026 Houston Texans season

Front office

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

Head coaches

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

Offensive coaches

• Offensive coordinator – Nick Caley
• Quarterbacks – Jerry Schuplinski
• Wide receivers/offensive passing game coordinator – Ben McDaniels
• Assistant wide receivers – Tiquan Underwood
• Tight ends – James Ferentz
• Offensive line/offensive run game coordinator – Cole Popovich
• Offensive assistant – Alex Ward
• Offensive assistant – Cole Weeks
• Offensive assistant – Asauni Rufus
• Offensive assistant – Taylor Embree

Defensive coaches

• Defensive coordinator – Matt Burke
• Defensive passing game coordinator – Cory Undlin
• Defensive line/defensive run game coordinator – Rod Wright
• Assistant defensive line – Frank Okam
• Linebackers – Billy Davis
• Defensive backs – Dino Vasso
• Safeties – Stephen Adegoke
• Senior defensive assistant – Bill Lazor
• Defensive assistant – Mark Sheridan
• Defensive assistant – Jay Simpson

Special teams coaches

• Special teams coordinator – Frank Ross
• Special teams/defensive assistant – Sean Baker
• Assistant special teams – Will Burnham

Coaching operations/support staff

• Assistant to the head coach – Jake Olson

Applied Sports Science

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

Strength and Conditioning

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

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

Running backs (RB)

• 44 British Brooks FB
• 26 Jawhar Jordan
•  4 Woody Marks
• 32 David Montgomery

Wide receivers (WR)

• 12 Nico Collins
•  1 Tank Dell
• 81 Jayden Higgins
• 19 Xavier Hutchinson
• 85 Josh Kelly
• 13 Jaylin Noel
• 84 Justin Watson
• 89 Jared Wayne

Tight ends (TE)

•  9 Brevin Jordan
• 87 Foster Moreau
• 83 Luke Lachey
• 47 Layne Pryor
• 86 Dalton Schultz
•  8 Cade Stover

• 60 Jake Andrews C
• 67 Evan Brown G
• 77 Trent Brown RT
• 65 Eli Cox C
• 79 Aireontae Ersery LT
• 57 Blake Fisher RT
• 69 Ed Ingram RG
• 63 Jarrett Kingston G
• 54 Jarrett Patterson C
• 71 Braden Smith RT
• 62 Sidy Sow RG
• 75 Wyatt Teller G

Defensive linemen (DL)

• 51 Will Anderson Jr. DE
• 50 Solomon Byrd DE
• 90 Logan Hall DT
• 58 Kyonte Hamilton DT
• 92 Dylan Horton DE
• 55 Danielle Hunter DE
• 91 Naquan Jones DT
• 98 Sheldon Rankins DT
• 97 Dominique Robinson DE
• 53 Junior Tafuna DT
• 72 Tommy Togiai DT

•  0 Azeez Al-Shaair MLB
• 35 Jake Hansen OLB
• 42 Jake Hummel OLB
• 56 Jamal Hill OLB
• 45 E. J. Speed OLB
• 52 Xavier Thomas OLB
• 39 Henry To'oTo'o MLB

Defensive backs (DB)

•  6 Reed Blankenship FS
•  2 Calen Bullock FS
• 34 Ajani Carter CB
• 30 Brandon Codrington CB
• 36 Alijah Huzzie CB
• 20 Ja'Marcus Ingram CB
•  3 Kamari Lassiter CB
• 21 Kaevon Merriweather FS
•  5 Jalen Pitre SS
• 23 Jaylen Reed FS
• 22 Jaylin Smith CB
• 11 Tremon Smith CB
• 29 M. J. Stewart FS
• 24 Derek Stingley Jr. CB

Special teams (ST)

• 40 Austin Brinkman LS
• 15 Kaʻimi Fairbairn K
• 38 Kai Kroeger P

• 96 Denico Autry DE
• 95 Derek Barnett DE
• 17 Braxton Berrios WR
• 88 Harrison Bryant TE
• 25 Myles Bryant CB
• 21 Nick Chubb RB
• 91 Folorunso Fatukasi DT
• 33 Dare Ogunbowale RB
  
  68 active, 8 free agent(s)
  As of March 21, 2026. Rookies in italics.
  

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