The Houston Texans released the following four players:
NAME
POS
HT
WT
AGE
EXP
COLLEGE
Mike Catapano
OLB
6-4
270
27
5
Princeton
Sio Moore
ILB
6-1
245
27
5
Connecticut
Nick Novak
K
6-0
200
36
10
Maryland
Brandon Weeden
QB
6-3
230
33
6
Oklahoma State
The Houston Texans waived the following 24 players from the active roster:
NAME
POS
HT
WT
AGE
EXP
COLLEGE
Dres Anderson
WR
6-2
190
25
1
Utah
Eli Ankou
NT
6-3
325
23
R
UCLA
Erik Austell
C
6-3
300
23
R
Charleston Southern
Evan Baylis
TE
6-6
250
23
R
Oregon
K.J. Dillon
S
6-1
205
23
2
West Virginia
Laurence Gibson
T
6-6
300
26
1
Virginia Tech
Justin Hardee
WR
6-1
200
23
R
Illinois
Rickey Hatley
NT
6-4
320
23
R
Missouri
Germone Hopper
WR
6-0
180
23
R
Clemson
Bryce Jones
CB
6-0
180
23
R
Akron
Marcus Leak
WR
6-0
210
24
1
Maryland
Eric Lee
OLB
6-3
260
23
1
South Florida
Riley McCarron
WR
5-9
185
24
R
Iowa
Dare Ogunbowale
RB
5-11
205
23
R
Wisconsin
Gimel President
OLB
6-4
275
24
R
Illinois
David Quessenberry
G
6-5
310
27
1
San Jose State
Shakeel Rashad
ILB
6-2
235
23
1
North Carolina
Marcus Roberson
CB
6-0
190
24
4
Florida
Daniel Ross
DE
6-4
310
24
R
Northeast Mississippi CC
Chad Slade
G
6-5
315
25
2
Auburn
Chris Thompson
WR
6-0
170
23
R
Florida
Josh Walker
G
6-5
330
26
3
Middle Tennessee St.
Tony Washington Jr.
OLB
6-4
250
25
2
Oregon
Avery Williams
ILB
5-10
225
22
R
Temple
The Houston Texans waived-injured the following seven players:
NAME
POS
HT
WT
AGE
EXP
COLLEGE
RaShaun Allen
TE
6-4
250
27
2
Southern
Lonnie Ballentine
S
6-3
215
24
4
Memphis
Cory Carter
P
5-11
220
23
R
Texas Southern
Matthew Godin
DE
6-6
295
23
R
Michigan
Denzel Rice
CB
6-0
195
24
2
Coastal Carolina
Malik Smith
S
6-0
190
22
R
San Diego State
Wendall Williams
WR
5-10
175
26
1
Cumberlands
The Houston Texans waived the following player from the active roster with an injury settlement:
NAME
POS
HT
WT
AGE
EXP
COLLEGE
Robert Nelson Jr.
CB
5-9
175
27
3
Arizona State
The Houston Texans waived the following two players from the Reserve/Injured list with an injury settlement:
NAME
POS
HT
WT
AGE
EXP
COLLEGE
Dayon Pratt
OLB
6-4
240
24
R
East Carolina
Devin Street
WR
6-3
200
26
4
Pittsburgh