Houston Texans Transactions 2016

December
DATETRANSACTION
December 14, 2016Signed T Laurence Gibson and WR Tevin Jones to the practice roster.
December 13, 2016Placed WR Braxton Miller on injured reserve. Signed WR Wendall Williams from the practice squad.
December 10, 2016Placed WR Jaelen Strong on injured reserve. Signed CB Denzel Rice from the practice squad.
November
DATETRANSACTION
November 26, 2016Waived DE Brandon Dunn. Signed DE Ufomba Kamalu from the practice squad.
November 12, 2016Placed S Lonnie Ballentine on injured reserve. Signed RB Akeem Hunt from the practice squad.
November 9, 2016Signed T Jeff Adams to the practice squad.
November 8, 2016Signed G Josh Walker from the practice squad. Signed WR Wendall Williams to the practice squad. Placed WR Quenton Bundrage on the practice squad injured list.
November 7, 2016Signed TE RaShaun Allen to the practice squad. Waived OT Jeff Adams.
October
DATETRANSACTION
October 27, 2016Signed G Josh Walker to the practice squad. Released OT Joseph Cheek from the practice squad.
October 26, 2016Signed OT Jeff Adams. Placed OT Derek Newton on injured reserve.
October 22, 2016Activated S Lonnie Ballentine from the PUP list. Placed CB Kevin Johnson on injured reserve.
October 19, 2016Signed S Don Jones. Signed DE Brandon Dunn and CB Denxel Rice to the practice squad. Placed S Lonnie Ballentine on the PUP list. Placed S K.J. Dillon and LB Brennan Scarlett on injured reserve.
October 15, 2016Signed DE Brandon Dunn to the practice squad.
October 13, 2016Signed CB Robert Nelson and DE Brandon Dunn from the practice squad.
September
DATETRANSACTION
September 28, 2016Signed DE Antonio Smith. Placed DE J.J. Watt on injured reserve.
September 12, 2016Waived C Dalton Freeman.
September 5, 2016Signed OT Joseph Cheek and DE Brandon Deen to the practice squad.
September 4, 2016Signed WR Quenton Bundrage, RB Akeem Hunt, DE Ufomba Kamalu, LB Eric Lee, CB Robert Nelson, LB Shakeel Rashad, G Chad Slade and TE Eric Tomlinson to the practice squad.
September 3, 2016Activated DE J.J. Watt and OT Duane Brown from the PUP list. Waived-injured C Dalton Freeman and LB Tony Washington Jr. Released WR Cecil Shorts III and S Antonio Allen. Waived OT Jeff Adams, G Karim Barton, WR Quenton Bundrage, LB Reshard Cliett, TE Anthony Denham, DT Brandon Dunn, RB Kenny Hilliard, RB Akeem Hunt, DE Ufomba Kamalu, LB Eric Lee, OT Andrew McDonald, CB Terrance Mitchell, CB Robert Nelson, DE Dan Pettinato, LB Shakeel Rashad, G Chad Slade, TE Eric Tomlinson and WR Wendall Williams.
August
DATETRANSACTION
August 30, 2016Waived DT Ra'Zahn Howard, WR Tevin Jones, LBs Ryan Langford and Carlos Thompson, WR Josh Lenz and Ts Matt Pierson and Arturo Uzdavinis. Waived/injured DE Jeoffrey Pagan, LB Gerald Rivers and CB Duke Thomas. Placed S Kurtis Drummond, K Ka'imi Fairbairn and C Nich Martin on injured reserve. Placed S Lonnie Ballentine on the reserve/PUP list.
August 23, 2016Released DE Alex Carrington.
August 18, 2016Activated LB Brennan Scarlett from the active/non-football injury list.
August 16, 2016Waived/injured FB Soma Vainuku. Signed DE Alex Carrington.
August 11, 2016Waived CB Richard Leonard from reserve/injured with an injury settlement.
July
DATETRANSACTION
July 29, 2016Extended the contract of general manager Rick Smith through the 2020 season.
July 20, 2016Signed DT Ra'Zahn Howard. Waived CB Richard Leonard.
June
DATETRANSACTION
June 28, 2016Signed WR Will Fuller.
June 14, 2016Claimed CB Terrance Mitchell off waivers from Dallas.
May
DATETRANSACTION
May 26, 2016Signed WR Braxton Miller.
May 6, 2016Signed S K.J. Dillon, RB Ervin Tyler, NT D.J. Reader, TE Stephen Anderson, PK Ka'imi Fairbairn, DE Joel Heath, WR Tevin Jones, DE Ufomba Kamalu, LB Eric Lee, CB Richard Leonard, WR Richard Mullaney, LB Shakeel Rashad, LB Brennan Scarlett, CB Duke Thomas, OT Arturo Uzdavinis, FB Soma Vainuku, CB Cleveland Wallace III and WR Wendall Williams.
April
DATETRANSACTION
April 19, 2016Released QB Brian Hoyer.
April 7, 2016Re-signed S Quintin Demps.
March
DATETRANSACTION
March 18, 2016Re-signed RB Jonathan Grimes.
March 16, 2016Signed S Antonio Allen.
March 10, 2016Signed QB Brock Osweiler.
March 9, 2016Agreed to terms with QB Brock Osweiler on a four-year contract.
March 7, 2016Signed G-T Jeff Adams and CB Charles James to contract extensions.
March 3, 2016Released RB Arian Foster, TE Garrett Graham and S Rahim Moore.
January
DATETRANSACTION
January 22, 2016Named Larry Izzo special teams coordinator, Sean Ryan wide receivers coach and Anthony Weaver defensive line coach.
January 12, 2016Signed G Karim Barton, C Dalton Freeman, RB Kenny Hilliard, WR Josh Lenz, DB Robert Nelson, DL Dan Pettinato, DE Gerald Rivers, TE Eric Tomlinson and LB Tony Washington to reserve/future contracts.
January 6, 2016Signed DE Devon Still to a reserve/future contract.
January 5, 2016Signed OT Andrew McDonald from the San Diego practice squad. Placed OT Duane Brown on injured reserve.