Houston Texans Target Share 2026 — With 2025 Week by Week
2026 so far: Dalton Schultz leads the Houston Texans with 19% of the targets (43 of 231) through 7 games. Nico Collins led the Houston Texans with 21.7% of the team's targets in 2025 (120 of 553), ahead of Dalton Schultz 19.2%, Jayden Higgins 12.3%. Below, every Houston Texans skill player's touches week by week for 2025 — with scoring-territory touches (inside the opponent's 50) beside each number. The season's biggest role shift: Woody Marks took over in week 10 and Nick Chubb's workload never recovered.
2026 target share and carry share — so far
From the play-by-play, updated the morning after each game. 2025 below is the baseline.
2025 target share
Share of the team's total targets, regular season. Carries shown for context — target share counts passing-game usage only.
Touches by week (targets + carries · |inside-50 touches)
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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| Woody Marks RB | 3|1 | 4|0 | 8|3 | 22|13 | 8|5 | — | 15|7 | 15|8 | 13|6 | 17|10 | 19|11 | 17|13 | 20|10 | 29|16 | 8|6 | — | 21|7 | 13|8 |
| Nick Chubb RB | 14|7 | 14|6 | 13|7 | 15|6 | 12|6 | — | 8|1 | 19|6 | 11|7 | 6|4 | 5|2 | 7|2 | 9|6 | 1|0 | — | 7|1 | 1|0 | — |
| Nico Collins WR | 5|1 | 9|7 | 11|4 | 6|3 | 6|3 | — | 10|1 | — | 11|4 | 15|9 | 10|4 | 3|1 | 11|5 | 8|1 | 4|2 | 9|1 | 4|1 | — |
| Dalton Schultz TE | 5|2 | 4|2 | 6|1 | 6|3 | 6|3 | — | 10|7 | 3|0 | 8|3 | 11|8 | 9|4 | 4|4 | 8|1 | 4|1 | 9|6 | 5|2 | 4|1 | 4|1 |
| Jayden Higgins WR | 3|0 | 1|0 | 1|1 | 1|1 | 4|3 | — | 3|2 | 8|4 | 1|0 | 7|5 | 7|4 | 9|4 | 5|2 | 5|2 | 1|1 | 3|0 | 4|0 | 5|4 |
| Xavier Hutchinson WR | 3|0 | 3|1 | 3|1 | 3|2 | 3|3 | — | 4|3 | 6|3 | 5|3 | — | 5|2 | 1|1 | 5|4 | 2|0 | 2|1 | 2|0 | 4|1 | 9|5 |
| Christian Kirk WR | — | — | 8|4 | 4|4 | 4|3 | — | — | — | 8|2 | 3|1 | 4|3 | 6|5 | — | 3|1 | — | 5|2 | 5|1 | 2|1 |
| Jawhar Jordan RB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17|10 | 20|11 | 8|2 | 5|4 |
| C.J. Stroud QB | 5|2 | 4|0 | 4|1 | 4|2 | 1|1 | — | 2|1 | 7|5 | 2|1 | — | — | — | 1|0 | 2|2 | 6|4 | 4|0 | 4|0 | 2|2 |
Amber cells = 18+ touch weeks. — = did not play. Inside-50 =
touches in opponent territory, where game plans concentrate.
Detected role shifts
- Woody Marks rose from 11.0 to 18.0 touches/game starting week 10 — and Nick Chubb fell from 13.2 to 5.1 over the same stretch.
A shift is flagged when one player gained 3+ touches/game and a teammate lost 3+ across the same split week — descriptive, not causal: injuries, trades and game script all move touches.
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