{"id":138143,"date":"2025-08-11T23:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T23:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/138143\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T23:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T23:15:15","slug":"texans-te-brevin-jordan-in-tears-after-suffering-leg-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/138143\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans TE Brevin Jordan in tears after suffering leg injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754954115_164_bien-aime_dj.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>DJ Bien-AimeAug 11, 2025, 06:07 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets for the New York Daily News. He&#8217;s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show &#8220;Talkin&#8217; Texans.&#8221;<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HOUSTON &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-texans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texans<\/a> tight end <a data-player-guid=\"1f1316c2-69bc-83a0-ec78-fe5c15c04546\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4362504\/brevin-jordan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brevin Jordan<\/a> suffered a lower leg injury during a Monday practice and had to be carted off the field after initially trying to walk it off.<\/p>\n<p>The injury happened during an 11-on-11 drill as quarterback <a data-player-guid=\"147e6862-2ac0-3a97-8f36-e3b1c0147320\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4432577\/cj-stroud\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">C.J. Stroud<\/a> threw a pass down the seam to Jordan. The fifth-year tight end jumped, but couldn&#8217;t corral the pass.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45938161\/texans-sign-jalen-mills-cover-depth-issues-safety\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1529952_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45913841\/2025-ranking-best-nfl-quarterbacks-top-10-trait-skill-arm-accuracy-rushing\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nfl_orlovsky-qb-traits_1x1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>When Jordan landed, he immediately fell to the ground and grabbed his lower right leg. He initially got up and was assisted by trainers, but he did not want to walk with them, insisting he was fine. After a few moments of not putting pressure on his leg, he eventually became emotional as the medical cart approached.<\/p>\n<p>Texans players and coaches huddled around Jordan as he was inconsolable and crying while sitting on the cart.<\/p>\n<p>After Jordan was carted away, players huddled and spoke to one another in a circle before resuming practice.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan suffered a torn ACL in Week 2 against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"19d73366-b5a5-cca2-a176-a2c024ce0bb3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/chi\/chicago-bears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bears<\/a> in 2024. He finished that game without knowing it was torn.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 fifth-round pick had 532 receiving yards and five touchdowns before the injury. Despite the injury, the Texans signed Jordan to a one-year extension worth $2.1 million, with $850,000 guaranteed as he was projected to be a free agent in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan was competing for a starting role. <a data-player-guid=\"6713c2d0-5594-f7b2-a1bc-f2a53b907fc0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3117256\/dalton-schultz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dalton Schultz<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"31d50213-bace-aa06-e8af-f1ec60655857\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4426496\/cade-stover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Stover<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"51db3f7a-8e6f-2519-20e6-14f68d73bd06\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3047191\/dalton-keene\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dalton Keene<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"33f8978e-1d5d-39eb-b0df-5e74ba81cd1b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4432338\/luke-lachey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Lachey<\/a> are the other remaining tight ends on the roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DJ Bien-AimeAug 11, 2025, 06:07 PM ET Close DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. 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