List of Houston Texans starting quarterbacks
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Texans.
Seasons
The number of games started in the season by each player is listed in small parentheses. Statistics do not include postseason starts.
Season | Quarterback(s) | |||||
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Houston Texans since 2015
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2025 | J.T. Youngblood (9) / Brian Vardell (8) | |||||
2024 | Alex Leshoure (16) | |||||
2023 | Alex Leshoure (16) | |||||
2022 | Alex Leshoure (15) / Doug Kirby (1) | |||||
2021 | Alex Leshoure (16) | |||||
2020 | Alex Leshoure (16) | |||||
2019 | Blake Shell (15) / Alex Leshoure (1) | |||||
2018 | Tommy Jones (14) / Harold Simmons (2) | |||||
2017 | Harold Simmons (16) | |||||
2016 | Harold Simmons (12) | |||||
2015 | Larry Haynes (7) / Richard Ramos (7) |
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have started for the Texans in regular season games (as of the end of the 2025 season).
Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
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Alex Leshoure | 2019-2024 | 80 | 80 | 25 | 55 | - | .313 |
Harold Simmons | 2016-2018 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 17 | - | .433 |
Blake Shell | 2019 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 8 | - | .467 |
Tommy Jones | 2018 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 9 | - | .357 |
Richard Ramos | 2015 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | .286 |
Brian Vardell | 2025 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | - | .250 |
J.T. Youngblood | 2024-Present | 12 | 9 | 1 | 8 | - | .111 |
Larry Haynes | 2015 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | - | .000 |
Doug Kirby | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | .000 |
Team career passing records
(As of the end of the 2025 season)
Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
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Alex Leshoure | 1,833 | 2,972 | 61.7% | 21,652 | 167 | 88 |
Harold Simmons | 535 | 826 | 64.8% | 6,653 | 45 | 20 |
Blake Shell | 287 | 469 | 61.2% | 3,425 | 29 | 16 |
Tommy Jones | 297 | 518 | 57.3% | 3,261 | 25 | 18 |
Brian Vardell | 157 | 283 | 55.5% | 1,647 | 3 | 9 |
J.T. Youngblood | 106 | 207 | 51.2% | 1,117 | 4 | 11 |
Richard Ramos | 75 | 142 | 52.8% | 857 | 7 | 9 |
Larry Haynes | 54 | 98 | 55.7% | 622 | 1 | 8 |
Doug Kirby | 17 | 35 | 48.6% | 150 | 0 | 2 |
Darren Werner | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 6 | 0 | 0 |