According to Aaron Wilson, Texans QB Case Keenum is slated to start Week 16 with C.J. Stroud still requiring medical clearance to resume practice on Wednesday.
Wilson writes Stroud is still dealing with sensitivity to light and other concussion symptoms.
Keenum, 35, wound up signing on with the Texans as an undrafted free agent out of Houston back in 2013. He spent two years with the Texans before he was claimed off of waivers by the Rams.
Keenum later returned to the Texans before being traded back to the Rams for a 2016 seventh-round pick. The Rams used a first-round tender on Keenum that paid him $3.635 million for the 2016 season.
After spending a year with the Vikings, Keenum agreed to a two-year, $36 million contract that included $25 million guaranteed with the Broncos in 2018. However, the Broncos later traded him to Washington after just one season.
Keenum signed a three-year, $18 million deal to be a backup with the Browns in 2020, yet was later traded to the Bills in exchange for a 2022 seventh-round draft pick. He was testing the market again when he signed a two-year, $6.2 million deal with the Texans.
In 2023, Keenum has appeared in one game and completed 63.9 percent of his passes for 229 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.
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