The Houston Texans do not have a long snapper on the roster.
According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans cut their only long snapper on the roster in Anthony Kukwa.
The Texans originally had a long snapper on the roster in Pro Bowler Jon Weeks. However, the Texans chose to let Weeks’ contract expire and allow the 35-year-old to hit free agency.
Weeks had been the team’s long snapper since 2010 and played 176 games for the Texans, the most in the history of the franchise.
The Texans won’t enter the 2021 season with a long snapper. What is more likely to happen is the Texans evaluate long snappers in training camp. The risk is they will be going with an unknown quantity as opposed to a known quantity, which is what even Kukwa was. The former 2017 undrafted free agent from Lake Erie tried out with the Texans in the 2019 offseason. However, he never caught on with the Texans until 2020, when he spent time claimed, waived, and signed to the practice squad.
