Will Anderson Jr. expected to play despite not practicing Wednesday due to an ankle injury
HOUSTON – Texans Pro Bowl Bowl defensive end Will Anderson Jr. didn’t practice Wednesday, a precautionary measure due to an ankle injury he returned from last Sunday in a loss to the Tennessee Titans.
There is no concern at this time about Anderson’s availability for Sunday’s road game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The former NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year is expected to play after starting against the Titans and recording two sacks. He played 34 snaps for 51 percent of the overall defensive playing time.
Not practicing Wednesday: defensive end Denico Autry, who played through knee and oblique injuries Sunday despite not practicing all week, defensive tackle Foley Fatukasi (foot), who missed the Titans game, and nickel Jalen Pitre, who has a partially torn pectoral muscle, per league sources, and is out indefinitely as he seeks second opinions to determine whether he’ll undergo season-ending surgery or attempt to play again.
The Texans limited the practice activity of wide receiver Nico Collins, offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil and guard Shaq Mason as rest days.
The following players were also limited: linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair (knee), offensive tackle Blake Fisher (concussion), wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson (shoulder), tight end Teagan Quitoriano (knee) and safety Jimmie Ward (knee), the replacement for Pitre at nickel.
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Texans promote defensive tackle Tommy Togiai to 53-man roster, signs two-year contract
HOUSTON – The Texans signed defensive tackle Tommy Togiai to the active roster, promoting him from the practice squad after previously elevating him the NFL limit of three times.
Togiai signed a two-year contract through the 2025 season, per a league source.
In three games, he has five tackles and one sack.
Togiai played collegiately at Ohio State and was drafted in the fourth round by the Cleveland Browns. He has also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons. He was signed to the Texans’ practice squad in September following a successful tryout that included defensive backs Joshuah Bledsoe, A.J. Green and Tre Herndon.
He has run the 40-yard dash in 4.98 seconds and benched pressed 225 pounds 40 times with a 32-inch vertical leap.
At Ohio State, he had 49 career tackles, 8 1/2 for losses and three sacks with one forced fumble.
He’s a former Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year and blue-chip recruit who recorded 93 tackles, 11 sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception for a state championship team as a high school senior.
are adding depth in the secondary after nickel Jalen Pitre tore his pectoral partially against the Tennessee Titans.
The Texans officially signed former Los Angeles Rams and Carolina Panthers safety Russ Yeast to their practice squad.
The Texans placed cornerback Ka’dar Hollman on injured reserve with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, per a source.
Yeast, 25, (5-foot-10, 195 pounds) has also played for the Arizona Cardinals.
He played collegiately at Louisville and Kansas State.
He was a first-team All-Big 12 selection.
In the NFL, he has 81 career tackles and five passes defensed.
He’s a former Rams seventh-round pick.
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