Texans elevate wide receiver Johnny Johnson with Noah Brown, Robert Woods out

INDIANAPOLIS – The Texans elevated wide receiver Johnny Johnson III because of their lack of depth at the position due to injuries.

Noah Brown is out with a back injury (transverse process fracture, per sources). And Robert Woods was ruled out with a hip injury and didn’t practice all week. His status was determined leading up to kickoff after he tested it out during warmups.

Johnson is a former undrafted free agent from Oregon. He has played in one NFL game as a rookie last year.

At Oregon, he caught 139 career passes for 1,928 yards.

Johnson was signed to the Texans’ practice squad in August.

Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com.