Texans Sign Former Chargers TE

Along with the decision to sign McKitty, the Texans have also opted to place tight end Dalton Keene on Injured Reserve.

The signing of McKitty comes just two days after Jordan went down with a knee injury in Texans training camp practice, resulting in the fifth-year tight end being carted off and eventually ruled out for the 2025 season. Reports surfaced of Houston looking to add another veteran to the position room after losing out on Jordan's services, and the former Los Angeles Chargers tight end appears to be the one of their choosing.

McKitty, who first entered the league as a third round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, was the 97th-overall selection by the Chargers, where he would go on to stay for the next three seasons. In that time, he had 34 games played and 12 starts to log 16 receptions on 26 targets for 117 yards.

Eventually, he would be waived by the Chargers in the middle of his third season with the team, and would go on to join the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns' 90-man unit for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, respectively, but didn't quite have the traction to make it past either's roster cuts.

Now, McKitty gets his look on this Texans' offense with an opportunity to make that noise in the roster discussion. He'll be joining a tight end room held down by the likes of Dalton Schultz, Cade Stover, Luke Lachey, and Irv Smith Jr., so there's sure to be some competition in the mix, but there might be a world where he can find his way onto the team come Week One.

McKitty will have two preseason games with Houston on the horizon to make his mark, starting with a meeting against the Carolina Panthers on Saturday at 1 PM MT. The Texans will also have their scheduled joint practice against the Panthers on Thursday, where McKitty will have an opportunity to get his feet wet in training camp for the tail end of it.