AFC South

Houston Texans

6-1 · 1st in the AFC South · GM: COLOSSUS22

2026 cap

$426.4M

incl. $125.2M rollover

Active spending

$335.9M

53 active players

Dead money

$9.2M

Cap space

$81.4M

2027 committed

$217.3M

of $327.0M projected cap

2028 committed

$113.3M

of $352.0M projected cap

Below the roster minimum: RB 2 of 3, EDGE 3 of 6, LB 4 of 6.

Roster & contracts

Cap number by year

Pos	Player	2026	2027	2028	2029	Guaranteed	Cut savings
Offense
QB	Bryce Young	$12.1M	$25.9M	—	—	$5.9M	$0
QB	Shedeur Sanders	$9.9M	$11.9M	$13.9M	—	$1.0M	−$25.8M
QB	Ty Simpson	$4.4M	$5.5M	$6.6M	$7.7M	$885K	−$19.8M
QB	Taylen Green	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.5M	$1.6M	—	−$7K
RB	Jonathan Taylor	$27.0M	$27.0M	$27.0M	—	$17.0M	−$37.0M
RB	Najee Harris	$12.0M	$12.0M	—	—	—	$8.0M
FB	Kyle Juszczyk	$5.0M	—	—	—	—	$5.0M
WR	Cooper Kupp	$35.0M	—	—	—	—	$31.0M
WR	Alec Pierce	$14.0M	$15.0M	$15.0M	$15.0M	$11.0M	−$22.0M
WR	Tre Tucker	$3.7M	—	—	—	—	$3.7M
WR	Isaiah Bond	$1.5M	$1.8M	$2.1M	—	—	$387K
WR	Malachi Fields	$1.3M	$1.6M	$1.9M	$2.2M	—	−$309K
WR	Efton Chism III	$1.0M	$1.1M	—	—	—	−$1.1M
TE	Travis Kelce	$18.5M	—	—	—	—	$16.5M
TE	Kyle Pitts Sr	$12.0M	$12.0M	$12.0M	—	$9.0M	−$6.0M
TE	Michael Mayer	$3.8M	$8.2M	—	—	$2.4M	$0
OL	Chris Lindstrom	$19.5M	—	—	—	—	$15.5M
OL	Tyler Smith	$19.0M	$19.0M	$19.0M	$19.0M	$11.0M	−$35.0M
OL	Tyler Biadasz	$15.0M	$15.0M	—	—	$10.0M	−$15.0M
OL	Taylor Moton	$15.0M	—	—	—	—	$10.0M
OL	Jake Matthews	$8.0M	—	—	—	—	$4.0M
OL	O'Cyrus Torrence	$4.9M	—	—	—	$1.4M	$2.5M
OL	Olusegun Oluwatimi	$1.4M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
OL	Willie Lampkin IV	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$874K
OL	Bryce Cabeldue	$1.0M	$1.1M	—	—	—	−$1.1M
OL	Diego Pounds	$924K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	$768K
Defense
IDL	D.J. Reader	$10.0M	$10.0M	—	—	$6.0M	$0
IDL	DaQuan Jones	$8.0M	$8.0M	—	—	$3.0M	$3.0M
IDL	Tuli Tuipulotu	$6.1M	—	—	—	—	$5.8M
IDL	JJ Pegues	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$781K
EDGE	Jadeveon Clowney	$10.0M	—	—	—	$4.0M	$4.0M
EDGE	T.J. Parker	$2.0M	$2.5M	$3.0M	$3.6M	$885K	−$9.1M
EDGE	Chris Braswell	$2.0M	$2.4M	—	—	$700K	$219K
LB	Kenneth Murray Jr	$3.0M	—	—	—	$3.0M	$0
LB	Tommy Eichenberg	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	—	—	$885K
LB	Za'Darius Smith	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
LB	Cody Lindenberg	$1.0M	$1.1M	—	—	—	−$1.1M
CB	Marlon Humphrey	$14.0M	$16.0M	—	—	$8.0M	−$2.0M
CB	Cam Taylor-Britt	$5.0M	—	—	—	$5.0M	$0
CB	Adoree' Jackson	$3.0M	—	—	—	$3.0M	$0
CB	Shavon Revel Jr	$2.5M	$3.0M	$3.5M	—	$1.3M	−$6.6M
CB	Chris Roland-Wallace	$1.1M	—	—	—	$1.1M	$0
CB	Jaylin Smith	$1.0M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$931K
CB	Marcus Harris	$1.0M	$1.1M	—	—	—	−$1.1M
S	Rayshawn Jenkins	$3.0M	—	—	—	$3.0M	$0
S	Calen Bullock	$1.6M	$1.9M	—	—	—	$1.1M
S	Kamren Kinchens	$1.6M	$1.8M	—	—	—	$1.1M
S	Jay Ward	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
S	Demarcco Hellams	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
S	Craig Woodson	$1.0M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$918K
S	Bishop Fitzgerald IR	$1.0M	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	$507K
Special teams
K	Joshua Karty	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	$1.0M
P	Tory Taylor	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	—	$993K
LS	Joe Cardona	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0

Cut savings: cap space freed this year by releasing the player (negative means releasing him costs space).

Dead money

WRJa'Corey Brooks$2.2M
LBSteele Chambers$1.1M
CBDaequan Hardy$1.1M
CBMikey Victor$1.1M
EDGESolomon Byrd$1.1M
CBStorm Duck$1.1M
EDGESundiata Anderson$1.1M
LBChris Paul Jr$267K
TEJustin Shorter$91K
RBLe'Veon Moss$69K
WRMarcus Rosemy-Jacksaint$49K

Draft picks

2027 1st round
2027 2nd round
2027 3rd round
2027 4th round
2027 5th round
2027 6th round
2027 7th round
2028 1st round
2028 2nd round
2028 3rd round
2028 4th round
2028 5th round
2028 6th round
2028 7th round
2029 1st round
2029 2nd round
2029 3rd round
2029 4th round
2029 5th round
2029 6th round
2029 7th round

Schedule