Texans Announce Roster Cuts, Place QB Case Keenum On Season-Ending IR

The Texans announced their initial 53-player roster at Tuesday’s deadline and made several transactions in the process:

The following is a list of moves made by Houston to get their roster to 53 players:

Waived:

1. DT McTelvin Agim
2. LB Tarique Barnes
3. DE Solomon Byrd
4. WR Quintez Cephus
5. G Dieter Eiselen
6. DE Malik Fisher
7. DE Ali Gaye
8. FB Troy Hairston
9. DT Marcus Harris
10. WR Johnny Johnson III
11. CB Troy Pride
12. WR Ben Skowronek
13. RB J.J. Taylor
14. LB Max Tooley
15. T Kilian Zierer

Released:

1. FB Nick Bawden
2. FB Andrew Beck
3. QB Tim Boyle
4. WR Noah Brown
5. T Cameron Erving
6. CB Mike Ford
7. T Charlie Heck
8. CB C.J. Henderson
9. S Lonnie Johnson Jr.
10. CB Desmond King II
11. LB Jacob Phillips
12. G Chris Reed
13. CB D’Angelo Ross
14. T David Sharpe

Waived/Injured:

1. RB Jawhar Jordan
2. DE Pheldarius Payne
3. TE Teagan Quitoriano

Placed on Injured Reserve/Designated to Return:

1. LB Christian Harris
2. DT Kurt Hinish

Placed on Reserve/Injured List:

1. S Brandon Hill
2. QB Case Keenum

Placed on Reserve/Non-Football Illness List:

1. DE Dylan Horton

Placed on Reserve/Suspended List:

1. DE Denico Autry

Keenum, 36, wound up signing on with the Texans as an undrafted free agent out of Houston back in 2013. He spent two years with the Texans before he was claimed off of waivers by the Rams.

He later returned to the Texans before being traded back to the Rams for a 2016 seventh-round pick. The Rams used a first-round tender on Keenum that paid him $3.635 million for the 2016 season.

After spending a year with the Vikings, Keenum agreed to a two-year, $36 million contract that included $25 million guaranteed with the Broncos in 2018. However, the Broncos later traded him to Washington after just one season.

Keenum signed a three-year, $18 million deal to be a backup with the Browns in 2020, yet was later traded to the Bills in exchange for a 2022 seventh-round draft pick. He was testing the market again when he signed a two-year, $6.2 million deal with the Texans.

In 2023, Keenum appeared in two games for the Texans and completed 64.2 percent of his passes for 291 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions.