Clowney rejoins Texans, calls deal 'easy decision'
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- Jadeveon Clowney agreed to a contract with the Houston Texans, the team that drafted him No. 1 overall in 2014, confirming reports from NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo.
- Clowney told the Houston Chronicle the move 'wasn't about the money' and said he has 'grown up and learned the game a lot more' since last playing for Houston in 2018, adding he wants to help the younger players and 'what it takes to get to a Super Bowl.'
- The Texans' defense already features pass rushers Will Anderson Jr. (12 sacks) and Danielle Hunter (15 sacks), who combined for 27 sacks last season and earned All-Pro nods — Anderson first team, Hunter second team.
- Clowney led the Dallas Cowboys with 8.5 sacks in 2025 — one off his career high — including three in the season finale against the New York Giants, and finished with 41 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and 33 pressures in 13 games.
- Clowney signed with Dallas on a one-year, $3.5 million deal in mid-September after the Cowboys traded Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers, and his playing time steadily rose from sub-40% early to 42.9% or more in each of his final eight games.
- During his first Texans stint from 2014-2018, Clowney was a three-time Pro Bowler and earned a second-team All-Pro nod; Houston franchised him in July 2019 before trading him to Seattle for a 2020 third-round pick, Barkevious Mingo and Jacob Martin.
Why it matters: Houston is layering a 66.5-career-sack veteran onto a defense that already led the league in pass-rush production, giving the Texans rare front-seven depth for a Super Bowl push. Clowney gets a shot at the postseason success he never reached in his first Houston stint, and the fit is essentially free — the deal wasn't about money, per Clowney himself.
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