The Houston Texans placed cornerback Jeff Okudah on injured reserve Wednesday with an ailing hip.
Okudah will sit out the team’s next four games due to the move to IR.
Injuries are nothing new for Okudah, who played in just nine games during his rookie season in 2020 due to hamstring, shoulder and groin injuries before a ruptured Achilles ended his campaign in Week 1 of 2021. He missed one game in 2022 with a concussion. He sustained his current hip injury on his fifth play of the season in the Texans’ 29-27 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
Okudah, 25, has totaled 168 tackles and two interceptions — including one returned for a touchdown — in 39 career games (31 starts) with the Detroit Lions (2020-22), Atlanta Falcons (2023) and Texans. He was selected by the Lions with the third overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft out of Ohio State, where he was the first Buckeyes cornerback to earn unanimous All-America honors.
Also on Wednesday, the Texans promoted linebacker Rashad Weaver from the practice squad. They also added cornerbacks Desmond King and Troy Pride to the practice squad.
–Field Level Media
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