Jerrod Johnson enters his third season as the Texans' quarterbacks coach and his sixth season coaching in the NFL.
In 2024, Johnson worked with QB C.J. Stroud, who started in all 17 games and completed 336-of-532 passes for 3,727 yards, 20 touchdowns and a passer rating of 87.0. Stroud's 336 completions ranked as the fifth-most in the AFC this season. Through Stroud's first two seasons, he set the franchise record for most passing yards (7,835) and completions (655) through that span. Additionally, he earned his second career postseason win, becoming the only Texan quarterback to record two playoff wins. Stroud also set the postseason franchise record for most passing yards (976).
In 2023, under Johnson's guidance, Stroud put together one of the best rookie seasons by a quarterback in NFL history, completing 319-of-499 passes for 4,108 yards, 23 touchdowns, five interceptions and a passer rating of 100.8 en route to taking home the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award and earning his first Pro Bowl honor. Stroud's 4,557 passing yards, including the postseason finished as the second-most passing yards by a rookie in NFL history. He finished the regular season as the leader in pass yards per game (273.9) and TD-INT ratio (4.60), joining Tom Brady (2007) and Joe Montana (1989) as the only quarterbacks over the last 50 seasons to have led the NFL in pass yards per game and TD-INT ratio. He earned two NFL Rookie of the Month awards, one AFC Offensive Player of the Month award and garnered two AFC Offensive Player of the Week awards.
Prior to joining the Texans, he served as the assistant quarterbacks coach for the Minnesota Vikings. Johnson also spent three seasons (2019-21) with the Indianapolis Colts. In 2019, he served in the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship and spent 2020-21 as an offensive quality control coach. From 2015-18, Johnson served on the coaching staff at St. Thomas High School in Houston, Texas, where he was the assistant head coach/offensive coordinator for his final two seasons. Johnson, who played in the East-West Shrine Bowl in 2011, coached in the same bowl in February 2022.
In 2017, he participated in the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the San Francisco 49ers during training camp, where he crossed paths with Texans Head Coach DeMeco Ryans, who was a defensive quality control coach with the 49ers at the time.
Johnson's NFL playing career began after going undrafted in the 2011 NFL Draft, included time with Dallas, Baltimore, Chicago, Seattle, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. He also spent time with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL and the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the UFL, where he was the No. 1 overall selection of the 2011 UFL Draft.
The Humble, Texas, native played in 37 career games at Texas A&M (2006-10) and completed 650-of-1,109 passes for 8,011 yards and 67 touchdowns. Johnson was the program's all-time leader in attempts, completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns until QB Kellen Mond broke each of those records from 2017-20.
Johnson, who was Second-Team All-Big 12 in 2009, was teammates with Bills OLB Von Miller and Titans QB Ryan Tannehill when at Texas A&M, where Tannehill was one of his top receiving targets before he transitioned to quarterback. During his redshirt 2006 season with the football team, Johnson also played on the basketball team for the 2006-07 season, appearing in three games.
Pro Bowl Players Coached (6): QB C.J. Stroud (2023), QB Kirk Cousins (2022), RB Jonathan Taylor (2021), OL Ryan Kelly (2020-21), OL Quenton Nelson (2020-21)
All-Pro Players Coached (1): RB Jonathan Taylor (2021)
