List of Houston Texans starting quarterbacks

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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)
Houston Texans since 2015
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  %
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
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