Former Houston Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler has retired from the NFL at the age of 28, according to Mike Klis of 9News.
A second-round pick out of Arizona State in 2012, Houston signed Osweiler away from the Denver Broncos in 2016 free agency. Texans brass gave him a four-year, $72 million contract, with $37 million guaranteed.
Osweiler donned battle red and steel blue for one season, passing for 2,975 yards, 15 touchdown and 16 interceptions on a 59% completion rate, good for a 72.2 passer rating. He started 14 games for Houston, as he lost his starting job towards the end of his lone season in Texas to Tom Savage.
The now-retired quarterback won one playoff game for the Texans, a home wildcard bout with the Oakland Raiders — who lacked Derek Carr, their starting quarterback.
After one season, Houston parted ways with Osweiler by trading him along with a 2018 second-round pick to the Cleveland Browns. It was a first of it’s kind NFL “salary dump” trade. He did not play a snap in Cleveland.
Six weeks after the departure of Osweiler, the Texans made another trade with the Browns: trading up to nab quarterback Deshaun Watson. The rest is history.
