Texans Targeting Multiple Free Agent OL, Including Wyatt Teller & Braden Smith

Per Aaron Wilson of KPRC, the Texans are expected to add around four offensive linemen in free agency this offseason.

Houston moved on from Tytus Howard and Juice Scruggs in deals earlier this week, leaving them with just four offensive linemen under contract for the upcoming season at the moment.

Wilson mentions the Texans have mutual interest with Browns G Wyatt Teller, who is set to hit the open market and announced he isn’t returning to Cleveland. Teller is expected to command around $10 million annually on the open market.

Additionally, Wilson says Houston has interest in Colts OT Braden Smith and Panthers G/C Cade Mays, and he thinks they will retain OT Trent Brown in free agency.

Teller, 31, is a former fifth-round pick of the Bills back in 2018. He was in the second year of his four-year, $2.7 million contract and set to make base salaries of $570,000 and $660,000 over the next two years of the agreement when the Bills traded him to the Browns coming out of the preseason in 2019.

The Browns signed Teller to a four-year extension worth $56.8 million back in November of 2021. He was due base salaries of $1.5 million and $2.8 million in the final two years of the deal. 

He is set to become an unrestricted free agent in 2026.

In 2025, Teller appeared in and started 13 games for the Browns at right guard.

Smith, 29, is a former second-round pick of the Colts back in 2018. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $7,193,688 rookie contract that included a $3,311,772 signing bonus when he signed a four-year, $70 million extension. 

In 2025, Smith appeared in 13 games for the Colts making 1 starts at right tackle. 

We have Teller, Smith and Mays included in our Top 100 – 2026 NFL Free Agents.