John Metchie III

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans in the second round (44th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft...Placed on the active/non-football illness list on July 24, 2022...Reinstated from the active/non-football illness list on Feb. 15, 2023.

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans in the second round (44th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft...Placed on the active/non-football illness list on July 24, 2022...Reinstated from the active/non-football illness list on Feb. 15, 2023.

2023 Houston (16/0, 2/0)

• Returned to the field this season for the first time since 2021 and played in 16 games, totaling 16 receptions for 158 yards and one rush for 4 yards
• Made his NFL debut and recorded one reception for 17 yards in Week 2 vs. Indianapolis (9/17)
• In the Week 4 win vs. Pittsburgh (10/1), recorded a 22-yard reception in the second quarter, which is the longest play of his career
• Caught two receptions for 25 yards in the Week 10 win at Cincinnati (11/12), which is the most yards he's had in a game in his career
• Recorded 44 receiving yards on three catches in the Wild Card win vs. Cleveland (1/13) and his 27-yard reception in the first quarter stands as the longest reception of his career
• Saw action in the Divisonal Round at Baltimore (1/20)

2022 Houston (0/0)

• Spent the entire season on the Reserve/NFILL list, getting treatment for a form of leukemia

COLLEGE:

• Played three seasons (2019-21) at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he played in 39 games and recorded 155 receptions for 2,081 receiving yards (13.5 avg.) and 14 touchdowns

2021 (Alabama):

• Played in 13 games and tallied 96 receptions for 1,142 receiving yards (11.9 avg.) and eight touchdowns
• Led Alabama and ranked second in the SEC with 96 receptions prior to suffering a season-ending knee injury in the SEC Championship Game vs. Georgia (12/4)
• Earned All-SEC second-team honors from the Associated Press and the league's coaches
• Recorded two touchdowns and 121 receiving yards vs. Tennessee (10/23)
• Notched a season-high 173 receiving yards and one touchdown vs. Arkansas (11/20)
• Posted a career-high 13 receptions for 150 yards at Auburn (11/27)

2020 (Alabama):

• Appeared in 13 games and totaled 916 receiving yards and six touchdowns with 55 receptions (16.7 avg.)
• Converted a first down or scored a touchdown on 35 of his 55 receptions as a sophomore
• Led all wide receivers with 181 receiving yards and two touchdowns with five receptions vs. Texas A&M (10/3)

2019 (Alabama):

• Saw action in 13 games and registered four catches for 23 yards
• Made his first career reception for a five-yard gain vs. Duke (8/31)

PERSONAL:

• Attended St. James School in Hagerstown, Md., and recorded 42 touchdowns along with over 1,300 rushing yards and 2,500 receiving yards before transferring to Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J.
• Ranked by ESPN.com as the No. 39 player in the East Region and the No. 7 player from New Jersey while earning four-star ratings
• Was born in Taiwan before moving to Ghana and eventually to Canada from the age of six until high school