Houston’s receiver room just took a season-long hit. Texans WR Jayden Higgins tore his ACL in Tuesday’s joint practice with the Raiders and is out for 2026. The No. 34 overall pick in 2025 caught 41 passes for 525 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie and was set up for a much bigger role in year two. DFS angle: that’s a full season of vacated targets in a C.J. Stroud offense. Xavier Hutchinson, Tank Dell and rookie Jaylin Noel all get a clearer runway, and opening-week pricing will not have caught up to whoever actually wins the reps. Watch the preseason finale snap counts before you lock a Texans stack. (source: NFL Network, NFL.com, CBS Sports, Yahoo Sports, NBC Sports/ProFootballTalk, Sports Illustrated)
Texans WR Jayden Higgins Tears ACL in Joint Practice, Out for the 2026 Season
Houston's receiver room just took a season-long hit. Texans WR Jayden Higgins tore his ACL in Tuesday's joint practice with the Raiders and is out for 2026. The No. 34 overall pick in 2025 caught 41 passes for 525 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie and was set up for a much bigger role in year two. DFS angle: that's a full season of vacated targets in a C.J. Stroud offense. Xavier Hutchinson, Tank Dell and rookie Jaylin Noel all get a clearer runway, and opening-week pricing will not have caught up to whoever actually wins the reps. Watch the preseason finale snap counts before you lock a Texans stack. (source: NFL Network, NFL.com, CBS Sports, Yahoo Sports, NBC Sports/ProFootballTalk, Sports Illustrated)