Final season, Mixon had 245 carries, 1,016 speeding yards and 11 speeding touchdowns in 14 regular-season video games.
On Wednesday, the Texans positioned him on the NFI checklist. Texans reporter DJ Bien-Aime of ESPN famous that Mixon additionally didn’t take part within the crew’s organized crew actions (OTAs) and minicamp earlier this offseason.
Mixon, who Houston traded for in a March 2024 cope with the Cincinnati Bengals, is coming into the second yr of a three-year, $25.5 million extension he signed after being acquired.
He is not the one Texans working again with an damage concern.
Fourth-year veteran Dameon Pierce started coaching camp on the bodily unable to carry out (PUP) checklist with an undisclosed damage.
Seldom-used fifth-year again J.J. Taylor (undisclosed) was positioned on the PUP checklist initially of camp, leaving 2025 free-agent signing Nick Chubb, rookie Woody Marks, Dare Ogunbowale, British Brooks and Jawhar Jordan because the crew’s wholesome backs.
Chubb, 29, was arguably the league’s greatest working again in 2022, however a devastating 2023 ACL damage halted his momentum.
Final season, he appeared in eight video games for the Cleveland Browns and averaged a career-low 3.3 yards per carry, gaining 332 yards on 102 makes an attempt.
The Texans signed him to a one-year, $2.5 million contract in March.
Ogunbowale has 166 profession rush makes an attempt in eight seasons, whereas Jordan, a 2024 sixth-round choose, and Brooks, a 2024 undrafted free agent, mixed for one carry as rookies.
Marks, Houston’s fourth-round choose (No. 116 general) in April’s NFL draft, arguably has probably the most upside of the crew’s wholesome backs. As a fifth-year senior final season at USC, Marks had 198 carries, 1,133 yards (5.7 yards per carry) and 9 speeding touchdowns whereas proving to be a commodity within the go sport with 47 receptions.
Whereas the energetic members can have an opportunity to make their case for taking part in time this fall with a robust camp, Houston possible wants Mixon to be wholesome and produce at his 2024 clip to get probably the most out of its offense.
Primarily based on his nagging damage, that may not be anytime quickly.
