2017 Houston Texans Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's South Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill O'Brien (4-12)
Location: Houston, Texas
2017 Houston Texans StatisticsTeam Record: 4-12
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's South Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill O'Brien (4-12)
Location: Houston, Texas
2017 Houston Texans Results
The Houston Texans of the National Football League ended the 2017 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing third in the NFL's South Division of the American Football Conference.
The Texans netted 338 points, but the shaky defensive squad yielded 436, most in the league. Deshaun Watson threw for 1,699 yards, and Tom Savage threw the ball, too. DeAndre Hopkins hauled in 96 passes for 1,378 yards.
Lamar Miller ran for a team-leading 888 yards for Houston.
Andre Hal seized 3 opponent throws. Jadeveon Clowney sacked quarterbacks 9.5 times.
Bill O'Brien coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Jeff Allen | RG | January 8, 1990 | 6'4" | 307 | Illinois | Chicago, IL | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Stephen Anderson | TE | January 30, 1993 | 6'2" | 230 | 15 | 5 | ||
| 33 | Johnthan Banks | CB | October 3, 1989 | 6'2" | 185 | Mississippi St. | 3 | 1 | |
| 81 | Evan Baylis | TE | November 18, 1993 | 6'6" | 245 | Oregon | Centennial, CO | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Angelo Blackson | DE | November 14, 1992 | 6'4" | 318 | Auburn | 9 | 1 | |
| 28 | Alfred Blue | RB | April 27, 1991 | 6'2" | 223 | LSU | 11 | 0 | |
| 76 | Duane Brown | LT | August 30, 1985 | 6'4" | 318 | Virginia Tech | Richmond, VA USA | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Marcus Burley | CB | July 16, 1990 | 5'10" | 185 | Delaware | 5 | 0 | |
| 39 | Ibraheim Campbell | SS | May 13, 1992 | 6'0" | 210 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 | |
| 74 | Chris Clark | LT | October 1, 1985 | 6'5" | 315 | Southern Mississippi | New Orleans, LA USA | 10 | 8 |
| 96 | Chunky Clements | DT | December 3, 1994 | 6'2" | 295 | Illinois | Dayton, OH | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | Jadeveon Clowney | DELB/MLB,L | February 14, 1993 | 6'5" | 266 | South Carolina | 16 | 16 | |
| 51 | Dylan Cole | LB | May 19, 1994 | 6'0" | 220 | Missouri St. | Springfield, MO | 12 | 1 |
| 95 | Christian Covington | DE | October 16, 1993 | 6'3" | 295 | Rice | 7 | 2 | |
| 36 | Marcus Cromartie | CB | December 3, 1990 | 6'1" | 192 | Wisconsin | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Zach Cunningham | LB,LB/MLB | December 12, 1994 | 6'3" | 234 | Vanderbilt | Pinson, AL | 16 | 13 |
| 56 | Brian Cushing | LB/MLB,LB | January 24, 1987 | 6'3" | 243 | USC | Park Ridge, NJ USA | 5 | 5 |
| 70 | Julie'n Davenport | LT,LT/T | January 9, 1995 | 6'7" | 318 | Bucknell | Camden, NJ | 9 | 4 |
| 31 | Treston Decoud | CB | August 1, 1993 | 6'2" | 206 | Oregon St. | Covington, LA | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | Kurtis Drummond | S | January 29, 1992 | 6'1" | 202 | Michigan St. | Masury, OH | 15 | 0 |
| 92 | Brandon Dunn | NT | September 5, 1992 | 6'2" | 300 | Louisville | 16 | 8 | |
| 38 | Andre Ellington | RB | February 3, 1989 | 5'10" | 199 | Clemson | 4 | 2 | |
| 12 | Bruce Ellington | WR | August 22, 1991 | 5'9" | 197 | South Carolina | 11 | 6 | |
| 34 | Tyler Ervin | RB | October 7, 1993 | 5'10" | 192 | San Jose St. | San Bernardino, CA | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Ka'imi Fairbairn | K | January 29, 1994 | 6'0" | 185 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 87 | C.J. Fiedorowicz | TE | October 22, 1991 | 6'6" | 265 | Iowa | 5 | 5 | |
| 27 | D'Onta Foreman | RB | April 24, 1996 | 6'0" | 233 | Texas | Texas City, TX | 10 | 1 |
| 61 | Kyle Fuller | TE | March 4, 1994 | 6'5" | 307 | Baylor | Baltimore, MD | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | Will Fuller | WR | April 16, 1994 | 6'0" | 186 | Notre Dame | Philadelphia, PA | 10 | 10 |
| 68 | Breno Giacomini | RT | September 27, 1985 | 6'7" | 304 | Louisville | Malden, MA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 21 | Marcus Gilchrist | SS | December 8, 1988 | 5'10" | 195 | Clemson | High Point, NC | 16 | 13 |
| 84 | Ryan Griffin | TE | January 11, 1990 | 6'6" | 255 | Connecticut | Westlake Village, CA | 7 | 6 |
| 29 | Andre Hal | FS | May 30, 1992 | 5'10" | 188 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 16 | |
| 17 | Cobi Hamilton | WR | November 13, 1990 | 6'2" | 212 | Arkansas | Texarkana, TX | 3 | 1 |
| 93 | Joel Heath | DE | June 18, 1993 | 6'6" | 293 | Michigan St. | Cincinnati, OH | 13 | 9 |
| 50 | Ben Heeney | ILB | May 13, 1992 | 6'0" | 226 | Kansas | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | Taylor Heinicke | QB | March 15, 1993 | 6'1" | 210 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 10 | DeAndre Hopkins | WR | June 6, 1992 | 6'1" | 214 | Clemson | 15 | 15 | |
| 58 | Lamarr Houston | DT | June 24, 1987 | 6'3" | 302 | Texas | San Francisco, CA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | Kareem Jackson | RCB | April 10, 1988 | 5'10" | 192 | Alabama | Macon, GA USA | 16 | 14 |
| 44 | Jelani Jenkins | LB | May 13, 1992 | 6'0" | 243 | Florida | 7 | 1 | |
| 30 | Kevin Johnson | CB,CB/RCB | August 5, 1992 | 6'0" | 175 | Wake Forest | 13 | 4 | |
| 18 | Andy Jones | WR | June 28, 1994 | 6'1" | 214 | Jacksonville | Clermont, FL | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Johnathan Joseph | LCB | April 16, 1984 | 5'11" | 185 | South Carolina | Rock Hill, SC USA | 16 | 16 |
| 94 | Ufomba Kamalu | LB | November 2, 1992 | 6'6" | 297 | Miami | Fayetteville, GA | 9 | 2 |
| 63 | Kendall Lamm | T | June 5, 1992 | 6'6" | 305 | Appalachian State | 10 | 4 | |
| 96 | Kendall Langford | DE | January 27, 1986 | 6'5" | 275 | Hampton | Petersburg, VA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Shane Lechler | P | August 7, 1976 | 6'2" | 225 | Texas A&M | Sealy, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 54 | LaTroy Lewis | LB | November 9, 1993 | 6'3" | 254 | Tennessee | Akron, OH | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Ryan Malleck | TE | July 22, 1993 | 6'4" | 249 | Virginia Tech | Teaneck, NJ | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | Greg Mancz | RG | April 23, 1992 | 6'5" | 307 | Toledo | 10 | 7 | |
| 66 | Nick Martin | C | July 28, 1993 | 6'4" | 299 | Notre Dame | Indianapolis, IN | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Benardrick McKinney | MLB,LB/MLB | November 19, 1992 | 6'4" | 249 | Mississippi St. | Bellwood, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 59 | Whitney Mercilus | LB | July 21, 1990 | 6'3" | 261 | Illinois | Akron, OH | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | Braxton Miller | WR | May 26, 1992 | 6'1" | 204 | Ohio St. | Springfield , OH | 11 | 3 |
| 26 | Lamar Miller | RB | April 25, 1991 | 5'11" | 212 | Miami (FL) | Miami, FL | 16 | 13 |
| 43 | Corey Moore | SS | January 28, 1993 | 6'2" | 206 | Georgia | Griffin, GA USA | 14 | 3 |
| 52 | Brian Peters | DB | October 31, 1988 | 6'4" | 220 | Northwestern (La) | Pickerington, OH | 16 | 0 |
| 35 | Eddie Pleasant | SS | December 17, 1988 | 5'11" | 210 | Oregon | 16 | 0 | |
| 53 | Gimel President | DE | June 24, 1993 | 6'3" | 253 | Illinois | Mt. Pleasant, SC | 4 | 0 |
| 45 | Jay Prosch | FB | August 21, 1992 | 6'1" | 254 | Auburn | 16 | 5 | |
| 85 | MyCole Pruitt | TE | March 24, 1992 | 6'2" | 251 | Southern Illinois | 1 | 0 | |
| 77 | David Quessenberry | OT | August 24, 1990 | 6'5" | 302 | San Jose St. | 2 | 0 | |
| 98 | D.J. Reader | DE/NT,DE | July 1, 1994 | 6'3" | 340 | Clemson | Greensboro, NC | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Tom Savage | QB | April 26, 1990 | 6'4" | 228 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 7 | |
| 57 | Brennan Scarlett | LB | July 31, 1993 | 6'4" | 264 | 11 | 5 | ||
| 62 | Chad Slade | RG | May 4, 1992 | 6'5" | 315 | Auburn | Moody, AL | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | Jaelen Strong | WR | January 25, 1994 | 6'3" | 215 | Arizona St. | 1 | 0 | |
| 71 | Xavier Su'a-Filo | LG | January 1, 1991 | 6'4" | 307 | UCLA | 16 | 16 | |
| 14 | Chris Thompson | WR | May 9, 1994 | 6'0" | 175 | Florida | Gainesville, FL | 13 | 0 |
| 22 | Jordan Todman | RB | February 24, 1990 | 5'9" | 203 | Central Connecticut St. | New Bedford, MA | 14 | 0 |
| 91 | Carlos Watkins | DE | December 5, 1993 | 6'3" | 309 | Clemson | Forest City, NC | 12 | 6 |
| 4 | Deshaun Watson | QB | September 14, 1995 | 6'2" | 221 | Clemson | Gainesville, GA | 7 | 6 |
| 99 | J.J. Watt | DE | March 22, 1989 | 6'5" | 290 | Central Michigan | Waukesha, WI | 5 | 5 |
| 46 | Jon Weeks | C | February 17, 1986 | 5'10" | 255 | Baylor | Bethpage, NY USA | 16 | 0 |
| 11 | DeAndrew White | WR | October 16, 1991 | 6'0" | 192 | Alabama | 2 | 1 | |
| 20 | Marcus Williams | CB | March 24, 1991 | 5'11" | 196 | North Dakota State | 10 | 0 | |
| 2 | T.J. Yates | QB | May 28, 1987 | 6'3" | 195 | North Carolina | Marietta, GA | 4 | 3 |
