Texans Starting Lineup 2026

The Texans start C.J. Stroud at quarterback, David Montgomery at running back and Dalton Schultz at tight end. Nico Collins, Xavier Hutchinson and Kayshon Boutte start at receiver. Week 5, from the depth chart the team filed (as of 2026-10-06) and the injury report (as of 2026-10-08). No listed starter is out or on injured reserve.

Texans offense

Pos	Starter	Next up
QB	C.J. Stroud	Davis Mills
RB	David Montgomery	Woody Marks
WR	Nico Collins
WR	Xavier Hutchinson
WR	Kayshon Boutte	Jaylin Noel
TE	Dalton Schultz	Foster Moreau
LT	Aireontae Ersery	Nate Thomas
LG	Keylan Rutledge	Wyatt Teller
C	Evan Brown	Jake Andrews
RG	Wyatt Teller	Ed Ingram
RT	Trent Brown	Blake Fisher

Texans defense

Pos	Starter	Next up
LDE	Will Anderson Jr.	Dominique Robinson
LDT	Tommy Togiai	Logan Hall
RDT	Sheldon Rankins	Jaden Crumedy
RDE	Danielle Hunter	Jadeveon Clowney
SLB	Jake Hansen	Wade Woodaz
MLB	Azeez Al-Shaair	K.C. Ossai
WLB	Aiden Fisher	Jamal Hill
LCB	Derek Stingley Jr.	Collin Wright
RCB	Kamari Lassiter	Tremon Smith
FS	Calen Bullock
SS	Reed Blankenship	Kamari Ramsey

Special teams

Pos	Starter	Next up
K	Ka'imi Fairbairn
P	Kai Kroeger
LS	Austin Brinkman
KR	Jaylin Noel	Tremon Smith
PR	Jaylin Noel	Tremon Smith

Base personnel: three receivers and one tight end on offense; on defense, the base front plus the slot corner when the base set is short of 11. Rebuilt every Tuesday with the depth chart.

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Source: the depth chart each team files with the league, via nflverse, and the official injury report. Player links go to the StickToTheModel profile.