HOUSTON – The Texans elevated two players from the practice squad due to injury concerns and depth issues heading into a Sunday road game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Texans elevated tight end Irv Smith Jr., a former Minnesota Vikings second-round draft pick, days after placing tight end Teagan Quitoriano on injured reserve with a strained calf.
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They also elevated wide receiver Jared Wayne from the practice squad with wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson questionable due to a shoulder injury.
Wayne is a former Pitt standout, an Ontario, Canada native drafted in the second round by the Toronto Argonauts, who’s 6-foot-3, 210 lbs, has posted a 42-inch vertical leap and has run the 40-yard dash in 4.53 seconds.
Wayne caught 60 passes for 1,062 yards and five touchdowns in his final season at Pitt as a second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection. He caught 11 passes for 205 yards and three touchdowns against Miami, finishing his career with 146 career receptions for 2,308 yards.
Smith is a former Alabama standout who has also played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs.
Smith (6-2, 240) was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection for the Crimson Tide and won a national championship.
He has 109 career receptions in the NFL for 973 yards and 10 touchdowns.
He caught 18 passes for 115 yards and one touchdown last season in 12 games for the Bengals on 26 targets.
He caught a career-high 36 passes for 311 yards as a rookie for the Vikings. He had a career-high 365 yards and five touchdowns in 2020 for Minnesota.
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Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com.
