Texans Cut Roster Down To 53 Players

The Houston Texans officially announced their 53-man roster on Saturday.

The Texans either released or placed the following players on waivers:

• OLB Kourtnei Brown
• LB Max Bullough
• S Kurtis Drummond
• OT Matt Feiler
• C James Ferentz
• DE Tevita Finau
• RB Kenny Hillard
• CB Charles James
• WR Damarius Johnson
• S Corey Moore
• NT Louis Nix
• WR EZ Nwachukwu
• DE Dan Pettinato
• OT Jospeh Treadwell
• WR Chandler Worthy
• NT Brandon Deaderick
• DE Fili Moala
• OLB Lynden Trail
• OLB Tony Washington

Texans also placed backup QB Tom Savage and G Chad Slade on season-ending injured reserve .

Nix, 24, is entering the second year of his four-year, $2,852,252 rookie contract that included a $575,252 signing bonus. He was set to make base salaries of $530,000 (2015), $620,000 (2016),  and $710,000 (2018) over the remainder of the contract.

According to OverTheCap.com, releasing Nix will free up $530,000 in cap space while creating $143,813 in dead money.

Nix didn’t appear in a single game during the entire 2014 season for the Texans.