Final season, Mixon had 245 carries, 1,016 dashing yards and 11 dashing touchdowns in 14 regular-season video games.
On Wednesday, the Texans positioned him on the NFI listing. Texans reporter DJ Bien-Aime of ESPN famous that Mixon additionally didn’t take part within the group’s organized group actions (OTAs) and minicamp earlier this offseason.
Mixon, who Houston traded for in a March 2024 cope with the Cincinnati Bengals, is getting into the second 12 months of a three-year, $25.5 million extension he signed after being acquired.
He is not the one Texans working again with an harm concern.
Fourth-year veteran Dameon Pierce started coaching camp on the bodily unable to carry out (PUP) listing with an undisclosed harm.
Seldom-used fifth-year again J.J. Taylor (undisclosed) was positioned on the PUP listing at first of camp, leaving 2025 free-agent signing Nick Chubb, rookie Woody Marks, Dare Ogunbowale, British Brooks and Jawhar Jordan because the group’s wholesome backs.
Chubb, 29, was arguably the league’s finest working again in 2022, however a devastating 2023 ACL harm halted his momentum.
Final season, he appeared in eight video games for the Cleveland Browns and averaged a career-low 3.3 yards per carry, gaining 332 yards on 102 makes an attempt.
The Texans signed him to a one-year, $2.5 million contract in March.
Ogunbowale has 166 profession rush makes an attempt in eight seasons, whereas Jordan, a 2024 sixth-round decide, and Brooks, a 2024 undrafted free agent, mixed for one carry as rookies.
Marks, Houston’s fourth-round decide (No. 116 total) in April’s NFL draft, arguably has essentially the most upside of the group’s wholesome backs. As a fifth-year senior final season at USC, Marks had 198 carries, 1,133 yards (5.7 yards per carry) and 9 dashing touchdowns whereas proving to be a commodity within the go recreation with 47 receptions.
Whereas the energetic members can have an opportunity to make their case for taking part in time this fall with a powerful camp, Houston doubtless wants Mixon to be wholesome and produce at his 2024 clip to get essentially the most out of its offense.
Based mostly on his nagging harm, that may not be anytime quickly.
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