E.J. Speed

E.J. Speed

LB Houston Texans
Age 31
Height/Weight 6'4", 227 Lbs
College Tarleton State
Drafted Round 5 Pick 164
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Projections: IDP

Expert Total Pts Individual Defensive Players
2PR AST BLK FMR FMF INT PD SCK SAF TAC TFL TD
Footballguys Logo Footballguys Consensus
84.26 - 26.87 - 0.7 0.7 0.4 3.33 0.47 - 34.17 - 0.03
Expert Avatar Joseph Haggan
78.8 - 20 - 1.5 1.1 1 6 1 - 26 - -
Expert Avatar John Norton
74.25 - 31 - 0.5 0.5 - 2 - - 30 - -
Expert Avatar Aaron Rudnicki
99.63 - 29.6 - 0.1 0.5 0.2 2 0.4 - 46.5 - 0.08

Rankings

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LB96
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John Norton
LB71
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Aaron Rudnicki
LB73
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Jeff Haseley
LB81
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Gary Davenport
LB98
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Joseph Haggan
LB84
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Kyle Bellefeuil
LB86

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John Norton
LB69
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Joseph Haggan
LB56
 

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Schedule

Houston Texans Schedule

Week Date & Time Opponent TV Spread/Total Weather
1 Sunday, September 13
1:00 PM
vs Buffalo Bills
CBS/P
+1.0
O/U 44.5
2 Sunday, September 20
1:00 PM
vs Cincinnati Bengals
CBS/P
3 Sunday, September 27
1:00 PM
@ Indianapolis Colts
CBS/P
4 Sunday, October 4
1:00 PM
vs Dallas Cowboys
FOX
5 Sunday, October 11
1:00 PM
@ Tennessee Titans
CBS/P
6 Sunday, October 18
9:30 AM
@ Jacksonville Jaguars
NFLN
-1.5
O/U 40.5
7 Sunday, October 25
1:00 PM
vs New York Giants
FOX
9 Sunday, November 8
4:05 PM
@ Los Angeles Chargers
CBS/P
10 Sunday, November 15
1:00 PM
@ Cleveland Browns
FOX
11 Thursday, November 19
8:15 PM
vs Indianapolis Colts
AMZN
12 Sunday, November 29
1:00 PM
vs Baltimore Ravens
CBS/P
13 Sunday, December 6
8:20 PM
@ Pittsburgh Steelers
NBC/P
14 Sunday, December 13
1:00 PM
@ Washington Commanders
CBS/P
15 Sunday, December 20
1:00 PM
vs Jacksonville Jaguars
CBS/P
16 Thursday, December 24
8:15 PM
@ Philadelphia Eagles
AMZN
-2.5
O/U 37.5
17 Monday, January 4
8:15 PM
@ Green Bay Packers
ESPN
18 Sunday, January 10
--:--
vs Tennessee Titans

Career Stats

YR TM G TKL AST SCK FF FR INT PD TD
2019 IND 13 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 IND 16 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 IND 17 23 8 0 1 0 0 1 0
2022 IND 17 32 25 1 2 0 0 2 0
2023 IND 16 76 24 1 3 0 0 4 0
2024 IND 15 93 49 0 0 0 1 5 0
2025 HOU 16 23 26 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 110 259 135 2 6 0 1 13 0

Game Logs

YR WK OPP dSNAP TKL AST SCK FF FR INT PD TD
2025 TEN 429 23 26 0 0 0 0 1 0
2025 1 LAR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 2 TB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 3 JAX 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 4 TEN 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 5 BAL 28 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 7 SEA 48 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 8 SF 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 9 DEN 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 10 JAX 51 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 11 TEN 46 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
2025 12 BUF 31 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 13 IND 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 14 KC 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 16 LV 54 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 17 LAC 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 18 IND 30 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 TEN 1010 93 49 0 0 0 1 5 0
2024 1 HOU 77 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 2 GB 69 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 3 CHI 90 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 4 PIT 70 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 5 JAX 58 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 6 TEN 58 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 8 HOU 71 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
2024 9 MIN 70 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 10 BUF 74 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 0
2024 11 NYJ 49 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 12 DET 70 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 13 NE 70 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2024 15 DEN 61 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 17 NYG 55 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 18 JAX 68 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023 TEN 728 76 24 1 3 0 0 4 0
2023 1 JAX 29 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
2023 2 HOU 45 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2023 3 BAL 36 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 4 LAR 45 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023 5 TEN 59 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023 6 JAX 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 7 CLE 30 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 8 NO 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 9 CAR 32 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2023 10 NE 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 12 TB 57 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 13 TEN 78 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 15 PIT 52 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2023 16 ATL 61 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
2023 17 LV 69 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 18 HOU 55 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 WAS 314 32 25 1 2 0 0 2 0
2022 1 HOU 38 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
2022 2 JAX 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 3 KC 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2022 4 TEN 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 5 DEN 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 6 JAX 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 7 TEN 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 8 WAS 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 9 NE 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 10 LV 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 11 PHI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 12 PIT 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 13 DAL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 15 MIN 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 16 LAC 25 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 17 NYG 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 18 HOU 41 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
2021 TEN 146 23 8 0 1 0 0 1 0
2021 1 SEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 2 LAR 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2021 3 TEN 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 4 MIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 5 BAL 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 6 HOU 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 7 SF 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 8 TEN 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 9 NYJ 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 10 JAX 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 11 BUF 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 12 TB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 13 HOU 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 15 NE 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 16 ARI 65 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021 17 LV 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 18 JAX 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 TEN 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 1 JAX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 2 MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 3 NYJ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 4 CHI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 5 CLE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 6 CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 8 DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 9 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 10 TEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 11 GB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 12 TEN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 13 HOU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 14 LV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 15 HOU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 16 PIT 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 17 JAX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 TEN 30 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 4 OAK 28 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 5 KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 7 HOU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 8 DEN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 9 PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 10 MIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 11 JAX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 12 HOU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 13 TEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 14 TB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 15 NO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 16 CAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 17 JAX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Sat Jun 27 15:49
Two candidates for PUP list

Houston Texans LB E.J. Speed (quadriceps) and CB M.J. Stewart (quadriceps) are candidates for to start the 2026 season on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list, in the opinion of The Houston Chronicle's Jonathan M. Alexander.

Fri May 22 15:57
E.J. Speed partially tears quadriceps

Houston Texans LB E.J. Speed partially tore his quadriceps on Friday, May 22. He will have surgery next week and is expected back at some point in the regular season.