Why did the Houston Texans change their name?

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference South division and play their home games at NRG Stadium.

The team is head coached by  Lovie Smith with the team abbreviation being known as “Hou”.

Houston Texans
Houston Texans

The team has its home stadium being the  NRG Stadium.

Why did the Houston Texans change their name?

The Texans were first known as the Houston Oilers before the name was finally changed to the Houston Texans. The Texans are the newest franchise in the NFL.

Houston Texans Players

Player # Pos HT WT Age Exp College

Mario Addison

97 DL 6-3 260 34 12 Troy

Kyle Allen

3 QB 6-3 210 26 4 Houston

Darius Anderson

30 RB 5-11 212 24 1 TCU

Grayland Arnold

35 DB 5-10 187 24 2 Baylor

Antony Auclair

83 TE 6-6 256 29 6 Laval

Chad Beebe

86 WR 5-10 187 28 5 Northern Illinois

Ross Blacklock

90 DL 6-3 290 24 3 TCU

Thomas Booker IV

56 DL 6-3 301 22 R Stanford

Justin Britt

68 OL 6-6 315 31 7 Missouri

Terrence Brooks

8 DB 5-11 205 30 9 Florida State

Pharaoh Brown

85 TE 6-6 258 28 5 Oregon

Rex Burkhead

28 RB 5-10 215 32 10 Nebraska

Jalen Camp

17 WR 6-2 220 24 1 Georgia Tech

A.J. Cann

60 OL 6-3 320 30 8 South Carolina

Blake Cashman

53 LB 6-1 237 26 4 Minnesota

Maliek Collins

96 DL 6-2 310 27 7 Nebraska

Nico Collins

12 WR 6-4 215 23 2 Michigan

Chris Conley

18 WR 6-3 205 29 8 Georgia

Brandin Cooks

13 WR 5-10 183 28 9 Oregon State

Myron Cunningham

72 OL 6-6 325 24 R Arkansas

Damion Daniels

93 DL 6-3 325 22 R Nebraska

Davion Davis

14 WR 5-11 199 25 2 Sam Houston State

Tae Davis

19 LB 6-1 224 25 5 Chattanooga

Austin Deculus

76 OL 6-5 321 23 R LSU

Phillip Dorsett

4 WR 5-10 192 29 8 Miami

Jeff Driskel

6 QB 6-4 235 29 7 Louisiana Tech

Michael Dwumfour

98 DL 6-1 296 24 1 Rutgers

Drew Estrada

81 WR 6-0 196 N/A R Baylor

Ka’imi Fairbairn

7 K 6-0 183 28 7 UCLA

Jacobi Francis

38 DB 5-11 193 N/A R Memphis

Royce Freeman

26 RB 6-0 238 26 5 Oregon

Kenyon Green

59 OL 6-4 323 21 R Texas A&M

Rasheem Green

92 DL 6-4 279 25 5 USC

Seth Green

87 TE 6-4 240 24 R Houston

Jonathan Greenard

52 DL 6-3 263 25 3 Florida

Kamu Grugier-Hill

51 LB 6-2 230 28 7 Eastern Illinois

Troy Hairston

34 DL 5-11 245 N/A R Central Michigan

Jake Hansen

49 LB 6-1 235 24 R Illinois

Christian Harris

48 LB 6-1 226 21 R Alabama

Demone Harris

94 DL 6-4 272 26 3 Buffalo

Charlie Heck

67 OL 6-8 311 25 3 North Carolina

Neville Hewitt

43 LB 6-2 234 29 8 Marshall

Kurt Hinish

69 DL 6-2 300 N/A R Notre Dame

Kevin Hogan

16 QB 6-3 217 29 4 Stanford

Tytus Howard

71 OL 6-5 322 26 4 Alabama State

Jerry Hughes

55 DL 6-2 254 33 13 TCU

Andy Janovich

41 FB 6-1 238 29 7 Nebraska

Johnny Johnson III

89 WR 6-1 199 23 R Oregon

Cameron Johnston

11 P 5-11 194 30 5 Ohio State

Brevin Jordan

9 TE 6-3 245 22 2 Miami (Fla.)

Desmond King II

25 DB 5-10 200 27 6 Iowa

Christian Kirksey

58 LB 6-2 235 29 9 Iowa

Roy Lopez

91 DL 6-2 318 24 2 Arizona

Marlon Mack

2 RB 6-0 212 26 6 University of South Florida

Justin McCray

64 OL 6-3 315 30 6 Central Florida

Davis Mills

10 QB 6-4 225 23 2 Stanford

Chris Moore

15 WR 6-1 200 29 7 Cincinnati

Fabian Moreau

22 DB 6-0 204 28 6 UCLA

Jimmy Morrissey

79 OL 6-3 303 24 2 Pittsburgh

Eric Murray

23 DB 5-11 199 28 7 Minnesota

Steven Nelson

21 DB 5-11 194 29 8 Oregon State

Adedayo Odeleye

75 DL 6-5 271 N/A R

Cedric Ogbuehi

77 OL 6-5 308 30 8 Texas A&M

Dare Ogunbowale

33 RB 5-11 205 28 4 Wisconsin

Ogbonnia Okoronkwo

45 DL 6-2 253 27 5 Oklahoma

Jonathan Owens

36 DB 5-11 210 27 4 Missouri Western State

Dameon Pierce

31 RB 5-10 218 22 R Florida

Kevin Pierre-Louis

57 LB 6-0 231 30 9 Boston College

Jalen Pitre

5 DB 5-11 198 23 R Baylor

Paul Quessenberry

40 FB 6-2 250 30 1 Navy

Scott Quessenberry

54 OL 6-3 310 27 5 UCLA

Jalen Reeves-Maybin

44 LB 6-1 230 27 6 Tennessee

Derek Rivers

95 DL 6-5 250 28 6 Youngstown State

Max Scharping

74 OL 6-6 327 25 4 Northern Illinois

Mason Schreck

47 TE 6-5 252 28 4 Buffalo

Kendall Sheffield

27 DB 5-10 212 26 4 Ohio State

Tremon Smith

1 DB 5-11 190 26 5 Central Arkansas

Jordan Steckler

70 OL 6-5 305 26 1 Northern Illinois

M.J. Stewart

29 DB 5-11 200 26 5 North Carolina

Derek Stingley Jr.

24 DB 6-1 195 21 R LSU

Tavierre Thomas

37 DB 5-10 205 26 5 Ferris State

Laremy Tunsil

78 OL 6-5 313 28 7 Mississippi

Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms

73 OL 6-5 330 24 1 Missouri

Garret Wallow

32 LB 6-2 230 23 2 TCU

Connor Wedington

82 WR 6-0 197 23 1 Stanford

Jon Weeks

46 LS 5-10 242 36 13 Baylor

Isaac Yiadom

20 DB 6-1 188 26 5 Boston College

Active/Non-Football Illness

Player # Pos HT WT Age Exp College

John Metchie III

88 WR 5-11 187 22 R Alabama

Active/Physically Unable to Perform

Player # Pos HT WT Age Exp College

Jordan Jenkins

50 DL 6-3 260 28 7 Georgia

Tristin McCollum

39 DB 6-3 195 N/A R Sam Houston State

Teagan Quitoriano

84 TE 6-6 259 22 R Oregon State

 

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