{"id":199594,"date":"2026-03-11T08:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/199594\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:57:17","slug":"texans-reach-two-year-deal-with-ex-colts-ot-braden-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/199594\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans reach two-year deal with ex-Colts OT Braden Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mar 10, 2026, 02:12 PM ET<\/p>\n

Free agent offensive tackle Braden Smith<\/a> reached agreement with the Houston Texans<\/a> on a two-year, $25 million contract that includes $13.5 million fully guaranteed, agent Michael Perrett of Priority Sports told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n

It’s the latest move made by the Texans this offseason to address their offensive line, following the agreements to re-sign Trent Brown<\/a> and Ed Ingram<\/a>. Houston also traded offensive tackle Tytus Howard<\/a> (to the Cleveland Browns<\/a>) and interior lineman Juice Scruggs<\/a> (to the Detroit Lions<\/a>) last week.<\/p>\n

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Smith, 29, made a successful return to the NFL last season after missing the final five games of 2024 for the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> because of mental health challenges. Smith ended that season on the non-football illness list, revealing later that he was dealing with a debilitating case<\/a> of obsessive compulsive disorder.<\/p>\n

But he came back last season after a breakthrough and started 13 games for the Colts at right tackle. Known for his powerful run blocking, Smith was part of an offensive line that helped running back Jonathan Taylor<\/a> dominate most of the season before a late fall off following the team’s quarterback injuries.<\/p>\n

Smith is a 2018 second-round pick of the Colts who became a starter from Day 1 in his career. That success helped him earn a lucrative contract extension in 2021 that made him the league’s highest-paid right tackle at the time.<\/p>\n

He has appeared in 107 games, starting 105, during his eight NFL seasons.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Stephen Holder contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar 10, 2026, 02:12 PM ET Free agent offensive tackle Braden Smith reached agreement with the Houston Texans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-199594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}