2021 Houston Texans Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-13
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's South Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Dave Culley (4-13)
Location: Houston, Texas
2021 Houston Texans StatisticsTeam Record: 4-13
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's South Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Dave Culley (4-13)
Location: Houston, Texas
2021 Houston Texans Results
The Houston Texans of the National Football League ended the 2021 season with a record of 4 wins and 13 losses, finishing third in the NFL's South Division of the American Football Conference.
Houston stumbled, scoring only 280 points, while the defense allowed 452. Davis Mills passed for 2,664 yards. Brandin Cooks topped pass catchers, hauling in 90 passes for 1,037 yards.
Rex Burkhead ran for a team-leading 427 yards for the Texans.
Lonnie Johnson and Desmond King each picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition. Jonathan Greenard dropped opposing passers 8 times.
Dave Culley coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Jordan Akins | TE | April 19, 1992 | 6'4" | 250 | Central Florida | Locust Grove, GA | 13 | 3 |
| 89 | Danny Amendola | WR | November 2, 1985 | 5'11" | 183 | Texas Tech | The Woodlands, TX USA | 8 | 0 |
| Darius Anderson | RB | September 10, 1997 | 5'11" | 212 | Texas Christian | Richmond, TX | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Grayland Arnold | DB | September 4, 1997 | 5'10" | 190 | Baylor | Kountze, TX | 4 | 0 |
| 83 | Antony Auclair | TE | May 28, 1993 | 6'5" | 256 | Laval | Notre-Dame-des-Pins, QE | 16 | 13 |
| 90 | Ross Blacklock | DL,DT | July 9, 1998 | 6'3" | 290 | TCU | Missouri City, TX | 14 | 2 |
| 68 | Justin Britt | OL,OT | May 29, 1991 | 6'6" | 325 | Missouri | 11 | 11 | |
| 29 | Terrence Brooks | FS,DB | March 2, 1991 | 5'11" | 198 | Florida St. | 11 | 3 | |
| 85 | Pharaoh Brown | TE | May 4, 1994 | 6'6" | 255 | Oregon | Cleveland, OH | 15 | 12 |
| 28 | Rex Burkhead | RB | November 22, 1991 | 5'10" | 214 | Nebraska | 16 | 5 | |
| 17 | Jalen Camp | WR | July 10, 1998 | 6'2" | 220 | Georgia Tech | Cumming, GA | 3 | 1 |
| 61 | Marcus Cannon | OL | May 6, 1988 | 6'5" | 358 | TCU | 4 | 4 | |
| 75 | Ron'Dell Carter | DE | July 3, 1997 | 6'3" | 269 | James Madison | Columbia, MD | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Geron Christian | OL,OT | September 10, 1996 | 6'5" | 302 | Louisville | Ocala, FL | 14 | 8 |
| 97 | Maliek Collins | DT | April 8, 1995 | 6'2" | 300 | Nebraska | Kansas City, KS | 15 | 15 |
| 12 | Nico Collins | WR | March 19, 1999 | 6'4" | 222 | Michigan | Birmingham, AL | 14 | 8 |
| 18 | Chris Conley | WR | October 25, 1992 | 6'2" | 207 | Georgia | 16 | 10 | |
| 13 | Brandin Cooks | WR | September 25, 1993 | 5'10" | 189 | Oregon St. | 16 | 16 | |
| 41 | Zach Cunningham | LB | December 12, 1994 | 6'3" | 234 | Vanderbilt | Pinson, AL | 10 | 7 |
| 81 | Davion Davis | WR | October 23, 1996 | 5'11" | 195 | Sam Houston State | Hutto, TX | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Phillip Dorsett | WR | January 5, 1993 | 5'10" | 183 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | Jeff Driskel | QB | April 23, 1993 | 6'4" | 230 | Louisiana Tech | Oviedo, FL | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Michael Dwumfour | DL,DT | January 1, 1998 | 6'1" | 296 | Rutgers | Scotch Plains, NJ | 3 | 1 |
| Dominik Eberle | K | July 4, 1996 | 6'1" | 186 | Utah State | Nuremberg, Germany | 1 | 0 | |
| 60 | Jake Eldrenkamp | OG | March 4, 1994 | 6'5" | 300 | Washington | Bellevue, WA | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ka'imi Fairbairn | K | January 29, 1994 | 6'0" | 185 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Royce Freeman | RB | February 24, 1996 | 6'0" | 229 | Oregon | Brawley, CA | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | T.J. Green | FS | March 15, 1995 | 6'2" | 209 | Clemson | Sylacauga, AL | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Jonathan Greenard | DL,DE | May 25, 1997 | 6'3" | 263 | Louisville,Florida | Hiram, GA | 12 | 12 |
| 51 | Kamu Grugier-Hill | LB,OLB | May 16, 1994 | 6'2" | 215 | East. Illinois | Honolulu, HI | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Vernon Hargreaves | CB | June 3, 1995 | 5'10" | 204 | Florida | Tampa, FL | 8 | 5 |
| 94 | Demone Harris | DE | December 30, 1995 | 6'4" | 272 | Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | Damon Hazelton | WR | February 28, 1997 | 6'3" | 215 | Missouri | Baltimore, MD | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Charlie Heck | OL | November 20, 1996 | 6'8" | 311 | North Carolina | Kansas City, MO | 15 | 13 |
| 43 | Neville Hewitt | LB | April 6, 1993 | 6'2" | 235 | Marshall | 17 | 5 | |
| 71 | Tytus Howard | T | May 23, 1996 | 6'5" | 322 | Alabama St. | Monroeville, AL | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Mark Ingram | RB | December 21, 1989 | 5'9" | 215 | Alabama | Hackensack, NJ | 7 | 7 |
| 50 | Jordan Jenkins | OLB | July 1, 1994 | 6'3" | 257 | Georgia | Houston, TX | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | David Johnson | RB | December 16, 1991 | 6'1" | 224 | Northern Iowa | 13 | 4 | |
| 93 | Jaleel Johnson | DT | July 12, 1994 | 6'3" | 316 | Iowa | New York, NY | 12 | 0 |
| 1 | Lonnie Johnson | CB | May 31, 1997 | 6'2" | 213 | Kentucky | Gary, IN | 14 | 7 |
| 11 | Cameron Johnston | P | February 24, 1992 | 5'11" | 194 | Ohio St. | Geelong, Australia | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | Brevin Jordan | TE | July 16, 2000 | 6'3" | 245 | Miami (FL) | Las Vegas, NV | 9 | 2 |
| 25 | Desmond King | FS,DB | December 14, 1994 | 5'10" | 201 | Iowa | Detroit, MI | 16 | 12 |
| 58 | Christian Kirksey | LB,OLB | August 31, 1992 | 6'2" | 233 | Iowa | 13 | 12 | |
| 30 | Phillip Lindsay | RB | July 24, 1994 | 5'8" | 190 | Colorado | Denver, CO | 10 | 1 |
| 79 | Roy Lopez | DT | August 7, 1997 | 6'2" | 318 | Arizona | Tempe, AZ | 16 | 15 |
| 54 | Jacob Martin | LB,DE | December 11, 1995 | 6'2" | 242 | Temple | Aurora, CO | 17 | 14 |
| 64 | Justin McCray | G | May 31, 1992 | 6'3" | 315 | Central Florida | 14 | 8 | |
| 59 | Whitney Mercilus | LB | July 21, 1990 | 6'3" | 261 | Illinois | Akron, OH | 6 | 2 |
| 18 | Anthony Miller | WR | October 9, 1994 | 5'11" | 190 | Memphis | Memphis, TN | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Davis Mills | QB | October 21, 1998 | 6'4" | 212 | Stanford | Atlanta, GA | 13 | 11 |
| 39 | Terrance Mitchell | CB,DB | May 27, 1992 | 5'11" | 192 | Oregon | 14 | 13 | |
| 33 | A.J. Moore | DB | December 15, 1995 | 5'11" | 200 | Mississippi | Bassfield, MS | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Chris Moore | WR | June 16, 1993 | 6'1" | 203 | Cincinnati | Tampa, FL | 12 | 1 |
| 22 | Jimmy Moreland | CB | August 26, 1995 | 5'11" | 182 | James Madison | Belle Glade, FL | 7 | 0 |
| 79 | Jimmy Morrissey | OL | June 9, 1998 | 6'3" | 305 | Pittsburgh | Huntingdon Valley, PA | 5 | 4 |
| 23 | Eric Murray | DB,CB | January 7, 1994 | 5'11" | 198 | Minnesota | Milwaukee, WI | 16 | 11 |
| 56 | Hardy Nickerson | ILB | January 5, 1994 | 6'0" | 232 | Illinois,California | Oakland, CA | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | Charles Omenihu | DE | August 20, 1997 | 6'5" | 280 | Texas | Houston, TX | 6 | 2 |
| 36 | Jonathan Owens | DB | July 22, 1995 | 5'11" | 210 | Missouri Western | 7 | 2 | |
| 27 | Scottie Phillips | RB | October 6, 1997 | 5'8" | 211 | Mississippi | Ellisville, MS | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | Kevin Pierre-Louis | OLB,LB | October 7, 1991 | 6'1" | 232 | Boston Col. | 9 | 1 | |
| 45 | Paul Quessenberry | TE | January 8, 1992 | 6'2" | 251 | Navy | Carlsbad, CA | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Justin Reid | DB,FS | February 15, 1997 | 6'1" | 205 | Stanford | Prairieville, LA | 13 | 13 |
| 95 | Derek Rivers | DE | May 9, 1994 | 6'4" | 248 | Youngstown St. | Augusta, ME | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | Andre Roberts | WR | January 9, 1988 | 5'11" | 192 | Citadel | Columbia, SC USA | 6 | 0 |
| 38 | Jaylen Samuels | TE | July 20, 1996 | 6'0" | 225 | North Carolina St. | Charlotte, NC | 3 | 0 |
| 74 | Max Scharping | OT | August 10, 1996 | 6'6" | 327 | Northern Illinois | Green Bay, WI | 17 | 11 |
| 17 | Joey Slye | K | April 10, 1996 | 5'11" | 213 | Virginia Tech | Albuquerque, NM | 3 | 0 |
| 92 | Chris Smith | DE | February 11, 1992 | 6'1" | 266 | Arkansas | 4 | 0 | |
| 24 | Tremon Smith | DB | July 20, 1996 | 6'0" | 190 | Central Arkansas | Anniston, AL | 17 | 2 |
| 70 | Jordan Steckler | T | July 16, 1996 | 6'5" | 305 | Northern Illinois | Two Rivers, WI | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Connor Strachan | LB | June 30, 1995 | 6'0" | 230 | Boston College | Wellesley, MA | 3 | 0 |
| 65 | Lane Taylor | G | November 22, 1989 | 6'3" | 324 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 5 | |
| 5 | Tyrod Taylor | QB | August 3, 1989 | 6'1" | 217 | Virginia Tech | Hampton, VA | 6 | 6 |
| 96 | Vincent Taylor | DT | January 5, 1994 | 6'3" | 304 | Oklahoma St. | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 1 |
| 48 | Joe Thomas | LB | May 6, 1991 | 6'1" | 227 | South Carolina State | 5 | 2 | |
| 37 | Tavierre Thomas | DB | March 11, 1996 | 5'10" | 205 | Ferris St. | 17 | 8 | |
| 84 | Jordan Veasy | WR | June 23, 1995 | 6'3" | 221 | California | 2 | 0 | |
| 44 | DeMarcus Walker | DE | September 30, 1994 | 6'4" | 280 | Florida St. | Jacksonville, FL | 13 | 2 |
| 32 | Garret Wallow | LB | January 25, 1999 | 6'2" | 230 | TCU | New Orleans, LA | 17 | 2 |
| 4 | Deshaun Watson | QB | September 14, 1995 | 6'2" | 221 | Clemson | Gainesville, GA | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Josh Watson | LB | May 20, 1996 | 6'2" | 240 | Colorado State | Blue Springs, MO | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | Jon Weeks | C | February 17, 1986 | 5'10" | 255 | Baylor | Bethpage, NY USA | 17 | 0 |
| 69 | Xavier Williams | DT | January 18, 1992 | 6'4" | 311 | Northern Iowa | 1 | 0 | |
| 59 | Eric Wilson | ILB | September 26, 1994 | 6'1" | 230 | Cincinnati | Redford, MI | 7 | 0 |
