Houston Texans Transactions 2016

December
DATETRANSACTION
14 December 2016Signed T Laurence Gibson and WR Tevin Jones to the practice roster.
13 December 2016Placed WR Braxton Miller on injured reserve. Signed WR Wendall Williams from the practice squad.
10 December 2016Placed WR Jaelen Strong on injured reserve. Signed CB Denzel Rice from the practice squad.
November
DATETRANSACTION
26 November 2016Waived DE Brandon Dunn. Signed DE Ufomba Kamalu from the practice squad.
12 November 2016Placed S Lonnie Ballentine on injured reserve. Signed RB Akeem Hunt from the practice squad.
9 November 2016Signed T Jeff Adams to the practice squad.
8 November 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.
7 November 2016Signed TE RaShaun Allen to the practice squad. Waived OT Jeff Adams.
October
DATETRANSACTION
27 October 2016Signed G Josh Walker to the practice squad. Released OT Joseph Cheek from the practice squad.
26 October 2016Signed OT Jeff Adams. Placed OT Derek Newton on injured reserve.
22 October 2016Activated S Lonnie Ballentine from the PUP list. Placed CB Kevin Johnson on injured reserve.
19 October 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.
15 October 2016Signed DE Brandon Dunn to the practice squad.
13 October 2016Signed CB Robert Nelson and DE Brandon Dunn from the practice squad.
September
DATETRANSACTION
28 September 2016Signed DE Antonio Smith. Placed DE J.J. Watt on injured reserve.
12 September 2016Waived C Dalton Freeman.
5 September 2016Signed OT Joseph Cheek and DE Brandon Deen to the practice squad.
4 September 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.
3 September 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
30 August 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.
23 August 2016Released DE Alex Carrington.
18 August 2016Activated LB Brennan Scarlett from the active/non-football injury list.
16 August 2016Waived/injured FB Soma Vainuku. Signed DE Alex Carrington.
11 August 2016Waived CB Richard Leonard from reserve/injured with an injury settlement.
July
DATETRANSACTION
29 July 2016Extended the contract of general manager Rick Smith through the 2020 season.
20 July 2016Signed DT Ra'Zahn Howard. Waived CB Richard Leonard.
June
DATETRANSACTION
28 June 2016Signed WR Will Fuller.
14 June 2016Claimed CB Terrance Mitchell off waivers from Dallas.
May
DATETRANSACTION
26 May 2016Signed WR Braxton Miller.
6 May 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
19 April 2016Released QB Brian Hoyer.
7 April 2016Re-signed S Quintin Demps.
March
DATETRANSACTION
18 March 2016Re-signed RB Jonathan Grimes.
16 March 2016Signed S Antonio Allen.
10 March 2016Signed QB Brock Osweiler.
9 March 2016Agreed to terms with QB Brock Osweiler on a four-year contract.
7 March 2016Signed G-T Jeff Adams and CB Charles James to contract extensions.
3 March 2016Released RB Arian Foster, TE Garrett Graham and S Rahim Moore.
January
DATETRANSACTION
22 January 2016Named Larry Izzo special teams coordinator, Sean Ryan wide receivers coach and Anthony Weaver defensive line coach.
12 January 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.
6 January 2016Signed DE Devon Still to a reserve/future contract.
5 January 2016Signed OT Andrew McDonald from the San Diego practice squad. Placed OT Duane Brown on injured reserve.