- David Carr
David Carr (born July 21, 1979, in Bakersfield, California) is an American football player in the National Football League. An accomplished alumnus of Fresno State, Carr entered the National Football League as the first overall pick of the 2002 NFL Draft. He spent five seasons as the Houston Texans' starting quarterback, but was later released from the team after the 2006 season. The Carolina Panthers subsequently acquired him through free agency.
- Mario Williams
Mario Williams (born January 31, 1985) is an American football defensive end for the Houston Texans franchise of the National Football League. He attended North Carolina State from 2003 to 2005. He was selected first overall by the Texans in the 2006 NFL Draft, being the first Atlantic Coast Conference player chosen as the first overall pick.
- Ahman Green
Ahman Rashad Green (born February 16, 1977 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA) is a running back who plays for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. Between the 2000 and 2004 NFL seasons, Green rushed for more yards, and gained more total yards from scrimmage, than any other running back in the NFL. Ahman was named after former NFL wide receiver and current broadcaster Ahmad Rashad.
- Gary Kubiak
Gary Wayne Kubiak (August 15, 1961 in Houston, Texas) has been the head coach of the Houston Texans of the National Football League since January 26, 2006. Kubiak has previously participated in six Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers, losing three as a player and winning three as a coach
- Demeco Ryans
DeMeco Ryans (born July 28, 1984, in Bessemer, Alabama) is an American football player for the Houston Texans. He was drafted as the first pick of the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
- Cam Cameron
Malcolm "Cam" Cameron (born February 6, 1961 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is currently head coach of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was previously offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers and head coach at Indiana University.
- Owen Daniels
Owen Daniels (born November 9, 1982 in Naperville, Illinois) is an American football tight end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he played under coach Barry Alvarez. At Wisconsin Owen saw few snaps as quarterback. After lifting in the offseason, Owen moved to special teams and eventually took the starting job as the Badgers tight end.
- Jabar Gaffney
Derrick Jabar Gaffney (born December 1, 1980 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted with the 1st pick of the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft out of the University of Florida by the Houston Texans. He is the son of former New York Jets wide receiver Derrick Gaffney and the cousin of current Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Lito Sheppard.
- Danny Clark
Danny Clark IV (born May 9, 1977 in Blue Island, Illinois) is an American football player and a middle linebacker with the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was released by the Oakland Raiders prior to the 2006 season and signed with the Saints, whom he played for one year before signing with Houston in 2007. Clark was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL Draft, with the 245th overall selection.
- Aaron Glenn
Aaron DeVon Glenn (born July 16, 1972 in Humble, Texas) is an NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys. He spent his first eight seasons in the NFL with the New York Jets before being acquired by the Houston Texans through the expansion draft in 2002. He would then spend three seasons with the Texans before his release after the 2004 season. He is a three-time Pro Bowler. He signed with the Dallas Cowboys reuniting him with Bill Parcells, who coached him in New York.
- Chester Pitts
Chester Morise Pitts II (born June 26, 1979) is a National Football League offensive lineman for the Houston Texans. He played college football at San Diego State University.
- Derrick Johnson
Derrick Johnson (born on February 9, 1982 in Riverside, California) is an American football cornerback who currently plays for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round (205th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played collegiately at Washington.
- Eric Winston
Eric Winston (born November 17, 1983 in Midland, Texas) is an offensive tackle for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was selected by the Texans with the 66th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft
- Wali Lundy
Wali Sultan Lundy (born September 8, 1983 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) is a current American football running back who plays for the National Football League's Houston Texans. He was drafted in round six, pick 170 of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football for the University of Virginia.
- Ephraim Salaam
Ephraim Salaam (born June 19, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football player who currently plays offensive tackle for the Houston Texans. He was a three-year starter as both a right and left tackle at San Diego State University, where he played in 31 career games. He was drafted in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons and went to Super Bowl XXXII. He also played for the Denver Broncos.
- Jeb Putzier
Jebediah Lee Putzier (born January 20, 1979 in Eagle, Idaho), aka "The Puzzler", is an American football tight end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was originally selected in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL Draft out of Boise State University by the Denver Broncos. Putzier attended Eagle High School in his hometown Eagle, Idaho.
- Harry Williams
Harry Williams (born August 10 1982 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American football wide receiver in the National Football League who is currently playing for the Houston Texans. He went to Tuskegee University.
- Chris Taylor
Christopher Taylor (born November 7, 1983 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. Taylor was signed by the Texans as an undrafted free agent from Indiana University in 2006. In his first start in his rookie year he had 99 yards on 27 carries in Houston's 14-6 victory over the Cleveland Browns.
- David Anderson
David Kent Anderson (born July 28, 1983) is an American football player, currently a wide receiver for the National Football League's Houston Texans.
- Charley Casserly
Charley Casserly is an NFL football analyst for CBS Sports, who has previously served as General Manager for the Washington Redskins and the Houston Texans. He is known in Houston as the decisionmaker in choosing Mario Williams in the 2006 NFL Draft over Vince Young or Reggie Bush. The Houston Texans only won 23 games in 5 years during his term as General Manager. Previously, he was very successful with 3 Super Bowl wins.
- Jamar Fletcher
Jamar Mondell Fletcher (born August 28, 1979 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American football cornerback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He played high school football at Hazelwood East. He was originally a first round pick in the 2001 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and in 2004 was traded to the San Diego Chargers. It was announced that Fletcher signed a one-year deal with the Detroit Lions on May 1, 2006.
- Jameel Cook
Jameel Cook (born February 8, 1979, in Miami, Florida) is an American football fullback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. Cook was originally a sixth-round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before signing with the Texans in the 2006 offseason.
- Mike Flanagan
Michael Christopher Flanagan (born November 10, 1973 in Washington, D.C.) is an American Football center who currently plays for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. Flanagan was forced to sit out all of the 2004 NFL season with a knee injury. He graduated from UCLA after playing collegiate football there.
- Von Hutchins
Tahaya De'Von Hutchins (born February 14, 1981 in Natchez, Mississippi) is an American football defensive back for the Houston Texans of the NFL. He was origninally selected in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts out of the University of Mississippi.
- Chad Stanley
Benjamin Chadwick Stanley (born January 29, 1976) is a National Football League punter for the Houston Texans.
- Bryan Pittman
Bryan Pittman (born January 20, 1977) is a National Football League long snapper for the Houston Texans.
- Tony Boselli
Don Anthony "Tony" Boselli, Jr. (born April 17, 1972 in Boulder, Colorado) is a former NFL offensive tackle, who played the entirety of his career with the Jacksonville Jaguars, excluding a season with the Houston Texans in 2002 in which he never played a down.
- Jared Zabransky
Jared Zabransky (born December 4, 1983) is an American football quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League and formerly of Boise State University. Zabransky, the son of a potato farmer, graduated from Hermiston High School in Hermiston, Oregon and majored in social science at Boise State. The 6'-2", 203 pounds "Z", as he is nicknamed, …
- Cedric Killings
Cedric Laquon Killings (born December 14, 1977 in Miami, Florida) is an American football player who currently plays defensive tackle for the Houston Texans of the NFL.
- Kenny Wright
Kenneth D. Wright (born September 14, 1977 in Ruston, Louisiana) is an American football player who currently plays cornerback for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. On March 4, 2007, the Cleveland Browns signed Kenny Wright to a 3-year deal. Kenny is a nine year veteran who had previous 3-year stints with the Minnesota Vikings and Houston Texans, one with the Jacksonville Jaguars and one with the Washington Redskins.
- Dexter McCleon
Dexter Keith McCleon (born October 9, 1973 in Meridian, Mississippi) is a American Football safety who currently plays for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He also played for the St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs in his nine year career that started in 1997. McCleon was a All-American quarterback at Meridian High School in Meridian, …
- Dexter Wynn
Dexter Wynn (born February 25, 1981 in Sumter, South Carolina) is a National Football League cornerback for the Houston Texans. He played college football at Colorado State University and was selected in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Wynn spent all of 2004 and 2005 with the Eagles as a backup cornerback and kick returner. In 2006, he was initially cut at the beginning of the season and re-signed after injuries to the Eagles defensive backfield.
- Seth Payne
Seth Copeland Payne (born February 12, 1975) is a National Football League defensive tackle free agent. He attended Cornell University, Victor Senior High School and played with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 1997 through 2001. Payne was selected by the Houston Texans in the Expansion Draft in 2002. He was selected along with Jaguar teammates Tony Boselli and Gary Walker. The move allowed the Jaguars to be under the salary cap.
- Domanick Williams
Domanick Williams (born Domanick Davis October 1, 1980 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American football running back. He played three years for the Houston Texans of the National Football League before being released. He was drafted by Houston in the 4th round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of LSU. He was named the 2003 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year, an award created in 2002, in which fans vote online from a pool of 5 candidates to determine the winner.
- Tramon Williams
Tramon Williams (born March 16, 1983) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. Williams was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent from Louisiana Tech on May 2, 2006 but was released in the final preseason roster reduction. He was picked up by the Packers on November 29, 2006. He played both high school football and basketball at Assumption High School in Napoleonville, Louisiana.
- Chris Palmer
Chris Palmer (born September 23, 1949 in Brewster, New York) is a former American football head coach of the Cleveland Browns and former assistant coach of the Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was the former quarterbacks coach for the Dallas Cowboys. He is currently the Quarterbacks Coach for the New York Giants.
- Travares Tillman
Travares Arastius Tillman (born October 8, 1977 in Lyons, Georgia) is an American football safety who currently plays for the Miami Dolphins. He played collegiately at Georgia Tech.
- Bradlee van Pelt
Bradlee Van Pelt (born July 3, 1980 in Owosso, Michigan) is a quarterback for the Houston Texans. He transferred to Colorado State University from Michigan State University. Widely considered one of Colorado State's greatest quarterbacks, he set numerous records while the starting signal caller there. He is the son of former NFL linebacker Brad Van Pelt. Despite numerous critics, Van Pelt insists that he is a quarterback, …
- Jethro Franklin
Jethro Franklin (born October 25, 1960 in St. Lazaire, France) is the defensive line coach for the National Football League Houston Texans.
- Atiyyah Ellison
Atiyyah Ramadan Ellison is a defensive tackle who plays for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. Ellison was taken in the 3rd round (89th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft. Ellison attended the University of Missouri–Columbia, where he started 31 of 36 games for the Tigers at defensive tackle and defensive end. He made the All-Big 12 Conference team his junior and senior years.