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Houston Texans Defense vs Wide Receivers (2025)

In 2025, the Houston Texans allowed 127.2 receiving yards per game to wide receivers — #10 of 32 (1 = stingiest). Our persistence testing says single-season ranks like this mostly do NOT carry over year to year — use with that in mind.

Everything they allowed to wide receivers, per game

Metric	Season	Last 4	Last 2
Targets allowed	17.1	14.2	16.0
Receptions allowed	9.3	8.0	9.0
Rec yds allowed	127.2	131.5	179.0
Rec TD allowed	0.6	0.8	1.0
Yards per target	7.5	9.2	11.2
Explosive receptions (20+)	1.9	1.8	3.0

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

Upcoming: week 1 vs Buffalo Bills

Wide Receivers they'll face first: DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman.

all 32 vs WR · HOU defense by quarter · HOU offense by quarter

Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-07-28.

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