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Updated October 7, 2026

Houston Texans depth chart.

Every position on offense, defense and special teams, ranked from the starter down, as the team published it on October 7, 2026. Names in colour open that player’s full page — career stats, contract and outlook.

QB1C.J. Stroud
RB1David Montgomery
WR1Nico Collins
TE1Dalton Schultz

Quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end

The four positions people look up by name, with the usage behind the ordering. “WR2” and “18% of the targets” are very different claims, and only one of them is worth knowing.

Houston Texans QB depth chart

  1. QB1C.J. Stroud100% snaps
  2. QB2Davis Mills
  3. QB3Graham Mertz

Houston Texans RB depth chart

  1. RB1David Montgomery55% snaps52% carries
  2. RB2Woody Marks45% snaps31% carries
  3. RB3Dare Ogunbowale
  4. RB4British Brooks0% carries

Houston Texans WR depth chart

  1. WR1Nico Collins71% snaps13% targets
  2. WR2Xavier Hutchinson56% snaps19% targets
  3. WR3Kayshon Boutte62% snaps9% targets
  4. WR4Jaylin Noel45% snaps9% targets
  5. WR5Jared Wayne43% snaps9% targets
  6. WR6Tank Dell
  7. WR7Jayden Higgins

Houston Texans TE depth chart

  1. TE1Dalton Schultz63% snaps20% targets
  2. TE2Foster Moreau42% snaps7% targets
  3. TE3Cade Stover27% snaps1% targets
  4. TE4Brevin Jordan9% snaps1% targets
  5. TE5Marlin Klein10% snaps1% targets

The ordering is the team’s current chart. The shares beside it are 2026 rates from the nflverse play-by-play data — how a team actually used a player, not a projection. Where a player has since changed teams the share is tagged with the club he earned it at, because a new arrival’s carry share says nothing yet about how Houston Texans will use him.

Offense 3WR 1TE

9 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

WRWide Receiver
  1. 1Nico Collins
  2. 2Xavier Hutchinson
  3. 3Kayshon Boutte
  4. 4Jaylin Noel
  5. 5Jared Wayne
  6. 6Tank Dell
  7. 7Jayden Higgins
LTLeft Tackle
  1. 1Aireontae Ersery
  2. 2Nate Thomas
LGLeft Guard
  1. 1Keylan Rutledge
  2. 2Wyatt Teller
  3. 3Evan Brown
CCenter
  1. 1Evan Brown
  2. 2Jake Andrews
  3. 3Keylan Rutledge
RGRight Guard
  1. 1Wyatt Teller
  2. 2Ed Ingram
  3. 3Febechi Nwaiwu
RTRight Tackle
  1. 1Trent Brown
  2. 2Blake Fisher
  3. 3Braden Smith
  4. 4Sam Hagen
QBQuarterback
  1. 1C.J. Stroud
  2. 2Davis Mills
  3. 3Graham Mertz
TETight End
  1. 1Dalton Schultz
  2. 2Foster Moreau
  3. 3Cade Stover
  4. 4Brevin Jordan
  5. 5Marlin Klein
RBRunning Back
  1. 1David Montgomery
  2. 2Woody Marks
  3. 3Dare Ogunbowale
  4. 4British Brooks

Defense Base 4-3 D

12 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

LDELeft Defensive End
  1. 1Will Anderson Jr.
  2. 2Dominique Robinson
  3. 3Chris Braswell
  4. 4Sabastian Harsh
  5. 5Dylan Horton
LDTLeft Defensive Tackle
  1. 1Tommy Togiai
  2. 2Logan Hall
  3. 3Kayden McDonald
RDTRight Defensive Tackle
  1. 1Sheldon Rankins
  2. 2Jaden Crumedy
  3. 3Mario Edwards Jr.
RDERight Defensive End
  1. 1Danielle Hunter
  2. 2Jadeveon Clowney
  3. 3Ali Gaye
  4. 4Solomon Byrd
WLBWeakside Linebacker
  1. 1Aiden Fisher
  2. 2Jamal Hill
  3. 3Henry To'oTo'o
MLBMiddle Linebacker
  1. 1Azeez Al-Shaair
  2. 2K.C. Ossai
SLBStrongside Linebacker
  1. 1Jake Hansen
  2. 2Wade Woodaz
  3. 3Jake Hummel
  4. 4E.J. Speed
LCBLeft Cornerback
  1. 1Derek Stingley Jr.
  2. 2Collin Wright
  3. 3Jaylin Smith
SSStrong Safety
  1. 1Reed Blankenship
  2. 2Kamari Ramsey
  3. 3Ja'Marcus Ingram
FSFree Safety
  1. 1Calen Bullock
  2. 2M.J. Stewart
RCBRight Cornerback
  1. 1Kamari Lassiter
  2. 2Tremon Smith
NBNickel Back
  1. 1Jalen Pitre

Special teams

6 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

PKPlace kicker
  1. 1Ka'imi Fairbairn
PPunter
  1. 1Kai Kroeger
HHolder
  1. 1Kai Kroeger
PRPunt Returner
  1. 1Jaylin Noel
  2. 2Tremon Smith
  3. 3Tank Dell
KRKick Returner
  1. 1Jaylin Noel
  2. 2Tremon Smith
  3. 3Woody Marks
  4. 4Xavier Hutchinson
LSLong Snapper
  1. 1Austin Brinkman
Where this comes from. The league’s own published depth chart, via the nflverse open dataset (CC-BY-4.0), re-pulled on a schedule. The snapshot on this page is dated October 7, 2026. Depth charts are a team’s stated ordering, not a guarantee of playing time — see the Houston Texans team page for snap share and production, and start/sit for what it means this week.