2025 Houston Texans season

2025 Houston Texans season
Owner	cmcgill
General manager	cmcgill
Head coach	DarthJarJar
Home field	Alpire Stadium
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The 2025 Houston Texans season is the tenth season for the franchise in NFLHC.

Roster Moves

Trades

• The Houston Texans traded their fourth-round selection (#102) on the 2025 NFLHC Draft and their sixth-round selection (#171) on the 2025 NFLHC Draft to the Las Vegas Raiders for Outside linebacker Chance Herring and their fourth-round selection (#126) on the 2025 NFLHC Draft Link
• The Houston Texans traded Quarterback Alex Leshoure to the New England Patriots for their first-round selection (#7) on the 2025 NFLHC Draft and their third-round selection (#) on the 2026 NFLHC Draft Link
• The Houston Texans traded Defensive tackle Bob Ballard and their sixth-round selection (#) on the 2026 NFLHC Draft to the Denver Broncos for Defensive tackle Darius Green, their fifth-round selection (#) on the 2026 NFLHC Draft and their fourth-round selection (#) on the 2027 NFLHC Draft Link
• The Houston Texans traded their fifth-round selection (#) on the 2026 NFLHC Draft to the Los Angeles Chargers for Defensive tackle Andrew Pearson and their sixth-round selection (#) on the 2026 NFLHC Draft Link
• The Houston Texans traded Inside linebacker Blair Williams to the New England Patriots for Inside linebacker Jack Cavazos and their seventh-round selection (#) on the 2026 NFLHC Draft Link
• The Houston Texans traded Cornerback Joey Bonner to the Arizona Cardinals for Cornerback Shane Brinkley and their seventh-round selection (#) on the 2026 NFLHC Draft Link
• The Houston Texans traded Wide receiver Jeremy Scarborough and their seventh-round selection (#) on the 2026 NFLHC Draft to the Green Bay Packers for Wide receiver Malcolm Davis, Defensive end Cory Hall and their third-round selection (#) on the 2027 NFLHC Draft Link
• The Houston Texans traded Wide receiver Marvin White to the New York Jets for Wide receiver Sebastian Porter and their fourth-round selection (#) on the 2026 NFLHC Draft Link

Free Agent Signings

2025 Free Agent Signings

Player	Position	Previous Team	College	League Years	Contract	Overall
Brian Vardell	QB	-	Washington State	11	1years, $ 11 millions	86
Erasmus McCready	QB	-	Alabama	8	1years, $ 1 millions	83
Raphael Meadows	FB	-	Georgia	3	2 years, $ 1 millions	81
Marius Greenwood	TE	-	South Carolina	6	2 years, $ 1 millions	78
Mendy Cheney	OT	-	Wisconsin	4	2 years, $ 4.5 millions	83
Greg Reilly	K	-	Minnesota	1	1 years, $ 0.5 million	78
Zack Kauffman	P	-	Auburn	3	1 years, $ 0.5 million	78

Releases and Waivers

2025 Releases and Waivers

2025 NFL Draft

Main article: 2025 NFLHC Draft

2025 Houston Texans draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	3	Branden Valentine	CB	Ole Miss
1	7	A'Shawn McNair	OT	Rice	from Patriots
2	36	Zachary McHale	OLB	Baylor
2	57	Kingsley Jackson	SS	LSU	from Broncos
3	67	Leolani Fepulea'i	TE	Boston College
4	101	Patrick Malone	OLB	Miami (FL)]	from Chargers
4	126	Vondrae Ledbetter	DE	Indiana	from Raiders
5	141	Manuel Womack	FS	Illinois	from Dolphins via Chargers through Steelers
6	203	Xavier Bolden	DT	Southern Miss	from Bills
7	212	Adrian Garner	ILB	Nebraska
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

UDFA

2025 Houston Texans Undrafted Free Agents

Player	Position	College	Rating
Maurice Redmond	WR	Old Dominion	71
Lionel Washington	G	Washburn	76
Jake Barbour	C	Boston College	76
Kane Witherspoon	ILB	Utah	75

Made regular season roster

Draft trades

• The Houston Texans traded Strong safety Ethan Crockett to the Detroit Lions for Strong safety Myles Hamilton Link
• The Houston Texans traded their fourth-round selection (#) on the 2026 NFLHC Draft to the Pittsburgh Steelers for their fifth-round selection (#141) on the 2025 NFLHC Draft Link
• The Houston Texans traded Offensive tackle Justin Way and Outside linebacker Richard Jones to the Buffalo Bills for their sixth-round selection (#203) on the 2025 NFLHC Draft Link

Preseason

Schedule

Week	Kickoff	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	TV	NFL.com Recap
1			at Cincinnati Bengals			Moonstar Stadium
2			Detroit Lions			Alpire Stadium
3			at Las Vegas Raiders			Athlon Arena
All times [[time zone|]]

Regular Season

Schedule

Week	Kickoff	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	TV	NFL.com Recap
1	1 PM	09/28	at New York Jets	06-27	0-1	Cryptic Communications Coliseum	CBS	Recap
2	1 PM	10/06	Carolina Panthers	27-07	1-1	Alpire Stadium	CBS	Recap
3	1 PM	10/18	at Indianapolis Colts	26-23	2-1	Griffin Industries Stadium	CBS	Recap
4	1 PM	10/23	at Atlanta Falcons	07-26	2-2	Borking.com Bowl	CBS	Recap
5	1 PM	10/30	Tennessee Titans	10-16	2-3	Alpire Stadium	CBS	Recap
6	1 PM	11/03	Buffalo Bills	12-17	2-4	Alpire Stadium	CBS	Recap
7	1 PM	11/21	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	07-12	2-5	Crux Navigation Field	CBS	Recap
8	1 PM	11/28	at Miami Dolphins	10-16	2-6	Sailbank Stadium	CBS	Recap
9	1 PM	12/05	New Orleans Saints	09-27	2-7	Alpire Stadium	CBS	Recap
10	1 PM	12/12	Arizona Cardinals	14-27	2-8	Alpire Stadium	CBS	Recap
11	Bye
12	TNF	12/30	Jacksonville Jaguars	16-49	2-9	Alpire Stadium	NFL Network	Recap
13	1 PM	01/09	at Tennessee Titans	06-23	2-10	Grizzlyland Coliseum	CBS	Recap
14	1 PM	01/16	Cleveland Browns	26-15	3-10	Alpire Stadium	CBS	Recap
15	MNF	01/24	New England Patriots	21-24(OT)	3-11	Alpire Stadium	ESPN	Recap
16	4 PM	01/31	at Los Angeles Chargers	10-26	3-12	Globe Airlines Stadium	FOX	Recap
17	1 PM	02/06	Indianapolis Colts	21-38	3-13	Alpire Stadium	CBS	Recap
18	4 PM	02/13	at Jacksonville Jaguars	10-35	3-14	Lion's Bank Field	FOX	Recap
All times [[time zone|]]

Post Season

Playoffs

Week	Kickoff	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	TV	NFL.com Recap
1			-
All times [[time zone|]]

Stadings

AFC South
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Tennessee Titans	16	1	0	0.941	5-1	11-1	447	250	W15
Indianapolis Colts	13	4	0	0.765	3-3	8-4	495	384	L1
Jacksonville Jaguars	10	7	0	0.588	3-3	6-6	491	372	W1
Houston Texans	3	14	0	0.176	1-5	2-10	238	408	L4

AFC
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Division Leaders
1	Tennessee Titans (x)	South	14	1	0	0.933	3-1	9-1	399	211	W13
2	New York Jets	East	9	6	0	0.600	2-2	6-4	397	325	W1
3	Denver Broncos	West	9	6	0	0.600	3-1	6-4	356	284	L2
4	Baltimore Ravens	North	7	8	0	0.467	4-0	5-5	282	278	L1
Wild Cards
5	Indianapolis Colts (x)	South	12	3	0	0.800	2-2	7-3	437	339	W3
6	Los Angeles Chargers	West	9	6	0	0.600	1-3	6-4	279	296	W1
7	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	9	6	0	0.600	2-2	5-5	436	338	W3
In the Hunt
8	Las Vegas Raiders	West	8	7	0	0.533	2-2	6-4	365	284	W3
9	​Kansas City Chiefs	West	8	7	0	0.533	2-2	6-4	424	370	L2
10	New England Patriots	East	8	7	0	0.533	3-1	5-5	331	361	L1
11	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	7	8	0	0.467	2-2	6-4	292	310	L1
Eliminated from playoff contention
12	Buffalo Bills	East	6	9	0	0.400	1-3	4-6	287	325	L3
13	Miami Dolphins	East	6	9	0	0.400	2-2	3-7	310	355	L1
14	Cleveland Browns	North	4	11	0	0.267	1-3	3-7	253	414	L1
15	Houston Texans	South	3	12	0	0.200	1-3	2-8	207	335	L2
16	Cincinnati Bengals	North	1	14	0	0.067	1-3	1-9	307	449	L10
Tiebreakers
New England wins tiebreaker over NY Jets based on head-to-head record. Baltimore wins tiebreaker over Pittsburgh based on head-to-head record. Kansas City wins tiebreaker over LA Chargers, NY Jets and Jacksonville based on conference record. LA Chargers wins tiebreaker over NY Jets and Jacksonville based on strength of victory. NY Jets wins tiebreaker over Jacksonville based on conference record. Pittsburgh wins tiebreaker over Las Vegas based on conference record. Buffalo wins tiebreaker over Miami based on conference record.
Legend
w – Clinched wild card
x – Clinched playoff berth
y – Clinched division
z – Clinched first-round bye
* – Clinched home field advantage