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Texans call up seven players from the practice squad to active roster for Week 17

The Houston Texans called up seven players total from the practice squad for Week 17 against the San Francisco 49ers.

The Houston Texans called up seven players total as they get ready for Week 17 against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday at 3:05 p.m. Central Time at Levi’s Stadium.

The Texans’ two standard elevations were defensive end Michael Dwumfour and linebacker Josh Watson.

The Texans’ five COVID-19 replacements were receiver Jalen Camp, receiver Jordan Veasy, offensive lineman Jordan Steckler, defensive back Cre’von LeBlanc, and running back Jaylen Samuels.

Houston isn’t work through quite as much of a disruption to their roster as they did in Week 16 against the Los Angeles Chargers. The Texans called up 11 players from the practice squad as COVID-19 replacements.

Texans elevate three players ahead of Sunday’s game against the Jaguars

The Houston Texans elevated three players from the practice squad ahead of their Week 15 rematch with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

HOUSTON — Ahead of their Week 15 match against the 2-11 Jacksonville Jaguars, the Houston Texans have elevated wide receiver Jordan Veasy, safety Grayland Arnold and linebacker Connor Strachan from the practice squad.

Veasy signed with the Texans in July, which marked his sixth team after going undrafted in 2018. He appeared in all three preseason games for the Texans, where he recorded five catches for 39 yards on eight targets and one touchdown.

Veasy began his career as a member of the Tennessee Titans before joining the Jaguars, Colts, Steelers, Bills and the Washington Football team.

Arnold will make his second appearance for the Texans following Houston’s 33-13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, his team debut.

The Beaumont native played six games for the 6-7 Philadelphia Eagles in 2020, where he recorded 11 total tackles and one pass deflection.

With several linebackers out due to injuries and COVID, Strachan will make his first appearance with the Texans against the Jaguars. Strachan is a Boston College alumni who recorded 267 tackles and nine sacks during his collegiate career.

The Texans and Jaguars will face off for the final time this season at TIAA Bank Field. Houston will attempt to sweep their regular season series against Jacksonville following a 37-21 Week 1 victory at NRG Stadium in September. Kickoff is at noon Central Time.

3 Texans receivers change their jersey numbers

Houston Texans wideouts Nico Collins, Anthony Miller, and Jordan Veasy picked new jersey numbers.

Three Houston Texans receivers have changed their jersey numbers.

According to Mark Berman of Fox 26 [KRIV-TV], Texans receivers Nico Collins, Anthony Miller, and Jordan Veasy are getting new numbers.

Collins, who was originally No. 84, is switching to No. 12. Miller is going with the No. 18, which was the number for Randall Cobb, who is now with the Green Bay Packers. Veasy is getting Collins’ old number, 84.

The numbers aren’t the crazy derivations that are going across the NFL with some skill positions taking advantage of the expanded number format. However, the players are starting to settle into numbers that seem to fit them a lot better than their original numerals.

The Texans continue their work on the second day of training camp at Houston Methodist Training Center.

3 Texans receivers change their jersey numbers

Houston Texans wideouts Nico Collins, Anthony Miller, and Jordan Veasy picked new jersey numbers.

Three Houston Texans receivers have changed their jersey numbers.

According to Mark Berman of Fox 26 [KRIV-TV], Texans receivers Nico Collins, Anthony Miller, and Jordan Veasy are getting new numbers.

Collins, who was originally No. 84, is switching to No. 12. Miller is going with the No. 18, which was the number for Randall Cobb, who is now with the Green Bay Packers. Veasy is getting Collins’ old number, 84.

The numbers aren’t the crazy derivations that are going across the NFL with some skill positions taking advantage of the expanded number format. However, the players are starting to settle into numbers that seem to fit them a lot better than their original numerals.

The Texans continue their work on the second day of training camp at Houston Methodist Training Center.

Texans sign receiver Jordan Veasy

The Houston Texans have signed former Cal receiver Jordan Veasy to provide depth and competition among their receiving corps for training camp.

The Houston Texans have signed former Cal receiver Jordan Veasy.

The move comes after the Texans traded Randall Cobb back to the Green Bay Packers and released wideout Donte Moncrief.

Veasy is on his sixth team since going undrafted in 2018. The Tennessee Titans signed him after the draft, and he stayed on with the club through the preseason.

In December of 2018, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Veasy to the practice squad. After the season, Veasy signed a reserve/future contract with the Indianapolis Colts, who also cut him at the end of preseason in 2019.

The Buffalo Bills signed Veasy to their practice squad in late September, dropped him, and then added him back before dropping him again by mid-October.

Veasy signed with Washington as a member of their practice squad, and stayed on with the team until he was waived early October of 2020.

Part of what has helped Veasy stay in the football consciousness is his participation in the HUB Football camp. According to the camp started by agent Don Yee, Veasy was a participant in the camp, and the Texans had a scout at the camp.

 

WATCH: WR Veasy signs deal to join Redskins practice squad after participating in Kaepernick’s open workout

Wide receiver Jordan Veasy just signed a contract with the Redskins after participating in Colin Kaepernick’s public workout.

Colin Kaepernick still doesn’t have an NFL contract three weeks after his public workout at an Atlanta area high school, however, one of the wide receivers who worked out with the former 49ers quarterback did just sign a contract with the Redskins.

Jordan Veasy went undrafted out of California in 2018. In was at the university that the receiver met Kaepernick, Veasy told the Washington Post, while the quarterback was still with the 49ers. Kaepernick was auditing a class on black representation in popular culture which Veasy was a student in.

Veasy told the Post that he reached out to Kaepernick’s agent when he heard that Kaepernick would be working out two hours away from the receiver’s hometown of Gadsen, Alabama.

“I was going to be in Gadsden running routes anyway,” Veasy told the Post. “Might as well run ’em in front of some scouts.”

Veasy’s visibility got a lift by him being on the receiving end of some of the more memorable passes from Kaepernick during the workout, including a deep ball to the endzone.

The contract with Washington is not Veasy’s first with an NFL team. As an undrafted free agent, Veasy has also signed contracts with the Titans, Jaguars, Colts, and Bills. Most recently, the receiver spent time on Buffalo’s practice squad this season.

WR Veasy signs deal to join Redskins practice squad after participating in Kaepernick’s open workout

Wide receiver Jordan Veasy just signed a contract with the Redskins after participating in Colin Kaepernick’s public workout.

Wide receiver Jordan Veasy just signed a contract with the Redskins after participating in Colin Kaepernick’s public workout.

WR Veasy signs deal to join Redskins practice squad after participating in Kaepernick’s open workout

Wide receiver Jordan Veasy just signed a contract with the Redskins after participating in Colin Kaepernick’s public workout.

Wide receiver Jordan Veasy just signed a contract with the Redskins after participating in Colin Kaepernick’s public workout.

Newest Redskins’ WR says Colin Kaepernick workout is reason he’s in the NFL

Veasy played a receiving role at Kaepernick’s public workout last month, and he says the exposure helped land him on an NFL team.

When free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick held a tryout with NFL teams in November, it may not have ended with a contract signing for himself, but it might have benefited a few players around him.

Jordan Veasy, a young wide receiver who was a few years removed from playing for the University of California, was among the players who attended the workout to catch passes for Kaepernick. On Wednesday, the Washington Redskins signed him to their practice squad without a tryout. He says it was the public workout that put him back on the map.

“It helped,” Veasy said, via the Washington Post. “That’s one of the reasons I wanted to be a part of it. Just being a part of the history of it, and I knew it was going to help me.”

Veasy first met Kaepernick while taking a class at Cal in which the NFL QB was auditing. After graduating, he has spent his time bouncing around from practice squad to practice squad in the NFL after going undrafted in the 2018 NFL Draft. He said that when he heard that the workout for Kaepernick would be taking place just a couple hours away from his home in Georgia, it made too much sense for him to be there.

In the workout, all eyes were focused on the QB of course, but the young WR impressed as well. On one clip that went viral after showing the supreme arm strength of Kaepernick, it was Veasy who hauled in the deep ball launched downfield.

After the workout, Veasy got a call from the Cleveland Browns, according to the Washington Post article, but he left the facility with no contract signed. Later this week, the Redskins gave him a call and offered a spot on their practice squad on the spot; for them, his performance at the workout was all they needed to see.

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