Source: Texans elevating defensive tackle Tommy Togiai for third time

HOUSTON – The Texans are elevating defensive tackle Tommy Togiai to the active roster from the practice squad for a Sunday game against the Tennessee Titans, according to a league source.

This marks his third elevation, the NFL limit. In two games against the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions, he has three tackles and one pass defensed on 52 defensive snaps for 35 percent of the available defensive playing time.

The Texans need depth across the defensive line with defensive tackle Foley Fatukasi out this week due to a foot injury and defensive end Denico Autry questionable with knee and oblique injuries after not practicing all week.

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.

Texans sign defensive tackle Tommy Togiai to practice squad

Togiai (6-foot-2, 296) has 29 career tackles, one sack and one fumble recovery. in 18 career games with two starts He was released by Atlanta in August.

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.

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