HOUSTON – The Texans signed defensive tackle Tommy Togiai to the active roster, promoting him from the practice squad after previously elevating him the NFL limit of three times.
Togiai signed a two-year contract through the 2025 season, per a league source.
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In three games, he has five tackles and one sack.
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
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.
are adding depth in the secondary after nickel Jalen Pitre tore his pectoral partially against the Tennessee Titans.
The Texans officially signed former Los Angeles Rams and Carolina Panthers safety Russ Yeast to their practice squad.
The Texans placed cornerback Ka’dar Hollman on injured reserve with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, per a source.
Yeast, 25, (5-foot-10, 195 pounds) has also played for the Arizona Cardinals.
He played collegiately at Louisville and Kansas State.
He was a first-team All-Big 12 selection.
In the NFL, he has 81 career tackles and five passes defensed.
He’s a former Rams seventh-round pick.
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Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com
