HOUSTON -- The Houston Texans have traded CB Sherrick McManis to the Chicago Bears for FB 
The following player was acquired via trade from Chicago:
| NAME | POS | HT | WT | AGE | NFL EXP | COLLEGE |
| Tyler Clutts | FB | 6-2 | 260 | 27 | 2 | Fresno State |
The following player was traded to Chicago:
| NAME | POS | HT | WT | AGE | NFL EXP | COLLEGE |
| Sherrick McManis | CB | 6-1 | 193 | 24 | 3 | Northwestern |
The Houston Texans have released the following players:
| NAME | POS | HT | WT | AGE | NFL EXP | COLLEGE |
| Logan Brock | TE | 6-3 | 248 | 23 | R | TCU |
| Keith Browner | DE | 6-4 | 279 | 24 | R | California |
| D.J. Bryant | OLB | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | R | James Madison |
| Hebron Fangupo | NT | 6-0 | 324 | 27 | R | BYU |
| Jonathan Grimes | RB | 5-10 | 209 | 22 | R | William & Mary |
| David Hunter | DE | 6-2 | 303 | 22 | R | Houston |
| Juaquin Iglesias | WR | 6-0 | 209 | 25 | 2 | Oklahoma |
| Delano Johnson | OLB | 6-4 | 280 | 24 | R | Bowie State |
| Case Keenum | QB | 6-1 | 209 | 24 | R | Houston |
| Mitch King | DE | 6-2 | 280 | 26 | 1 | Iowa |
| Shawn Loiseau | ILB | 6-0 | 239 | 22 | R | Merrimack |
| Jeff Maehl | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | 1 | Oregon |
| Nathan Menkin | T | 6-4 | 296 | 23 | R | Mary Hardin-Baylor |
| Rennie Moore | OLB | 6-3 | 261 | 23 | R | Clemson |
| Troy Nolan | FS | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | 4 | Arizona State |
| Moran Norris | FB | 6-1 | 255 | 34 | 12 | Kansas |
| Eddie Pleasant | SS | 5-10 | 210 | 23 | R | Oregon |
| Phillip Supernaw | TE | 6-5 | 250 | 22 | R | Ouachita Baptist |
| Cody Wallace | C | 6-4 | 307 | 27 | 3 | Texas A&M |
| Cody White | G | 6-3 | 301 | 24 | R | Illinois State |
The Texans have placed the following player on the Reserve/Injured list:
| NAME | POS | HT | WT | AGE | NFL EXP | COLLEGE | INJURY |
| T | 6-4 | 307 | 29 | 7 | Miami (Fla.) | R. Triceps |
The Texans have placed the following player on the Waived/Injured list:
| NAME | POS | HT | WT | AGE | NFL EXP | COLLEGE | INJURY |
| Jerrell Jackson | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | R | Missouri | R. Quad |
