Houston went 10-6 and won the AFC South for the first time in franchise history. Matt Schaub played 10 games before being shut down with a Lisfranc injury that required surgery. Matt Leinart played one game and broke his collarbone; rookie TJ Yates, the fifth-round pick, started the final five games and the playoffs.
Arian Foster ran for 1,224 yards in 13 games. Andre Johnson caught 33 passes for 492 yards in seven games before missing the rest of the year with a hamstring injury. JJ Watt, the rookie 11th overall pick, registered 5.5 sacks in his rookie year. The wild-card round at home against Cincinnati was a 31-10 win, the franchise's first playoff victory; the divisional round at Baltimore was a 20-13 loss in which Yates threw three interceptions. The Texans had the franchise's first playoff banner.

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Arm | Accuracy | Clutch | Ball Security | Release Speed | Scramble | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 677 | Overall 77 | Accuracy 86 | QB | #08 | 677 | 77 | 77 | 86 | 42 | 84 | 48 | 46 | |||||||
| Snaps 57 | Overall 24 | Accuracy 100 | QB | #17 | 57 | 24 | 24 | 100 | 1 | 68 | - | - | |||||||
| Snaps 35 | Overall 17 | Accuracy 100 | QB | #11 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 100 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |||||||
| Snaps 434 | Overall 9 | Accuracy 43 | QB | #13 | 434 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 34 | 6 | 42 | 11 | |||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Rush | Power | Burst | Receiving | Blocking | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 743 | Overall 75 | Rush 67 | RB | #23 | 743 | 75 | 67 | 48 | 74 | 99 | 79 | ||||||||
| Snaps 344 | Overall 48 | Rush 48 | RB | #44 | 344 | 48 | 48 | 94 | 65 | 35 | 68 | ||||||||
| Snaps 65 | Overall 42 | Rush 39 | RB | #32 | 65 | 42 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 74 | ||||||||
| Snaps 381 | Overall 40 | Rush 14 | RB | #86 | 381 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 87 | 89 | ||||||||
| Snaps 275 | Overall 11 | Rush 6 | RB | #47 | 275 | 11 | 6 | 1 | - | 14 | 93 | ||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Route Running | Separation | Hands | YAC | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 442 | Overall 96 | Route Running 96 | WR | #80 | 442 | 96 | 96 | 100 | 50 | 33 | |||||||||
| Snaps 789 | Overall 65 | Route Running 56 | WR | #83 | 789 | 65 | 56 | 41 | 59 | 24 | |||||||||
| Snaps 205 | Overall 54 | Route Running 36 | WR | #89 | 205 | 54 | 36 | 17 | 100 | 1 | |||||||||
| Snaps 827 | Overall 46 | Route Running 37 | WR | #12 | 827 | 46 | 37 | 35 | 58 | 60 | |||||||||
| Snaps 274 | Overall 24 | Route Running 21 | WR | #82 | 274 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Receiving | Separation | Hands | Pass Pro | Run Block | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 802 | Overall 96 | Receiving 81 | TE | #85 | 802 | 96 | 81 | 63 | 75 | 90 | 97 | ||||||||
| Snaps 935 | Overall 90 | Receiving 94 | TE | #81 | 935 | 90 | 94 | 69 | 78 | 12 | 81 | ||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Pass Pro | Drive | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 1,165 | Overall 100 | Pass Pro 97 | C | #55 | 1,165 | 100 | 97 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 1,176 | Overall 97 | Pass Pro 98 | OT | #76 | 1,176 | 97 | 98 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 982 | Overall 96 | Pass Pro 71 | OG | #65 | 982 | 96 | 71 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 1,185 | Overall 92 | Pass Pro 79 | OT | #73 | 1,185 | 92 | 79 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 221 | Overall 84 | Pass Pro 75 | OG | #62 | 221 | 84 | 75 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 1,203 | Overall 72 | Pass Pro 66 | OG | #74 | 1,203 | 72 | 66 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 38 | Overall 33 | Pass Pro 19 | OG | #61 | 38 | 33 | 19 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Snaps 33 | Overall 22 | Pass Pro 75 | OT | #66 | 33 | 22 | 75 | 14 | |||||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Pass Rush | Run Stuff | Hurry | Tackling | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 217 | Overall 87 | Pass Rush 81 | EDGE | #90 | 217 | 87 | 81 | 52 | 100 | 90 | |||||||||
| Snaps 878 | Overall 83 | Pass Rush 62 | DT | #99 | 878 | 83 | 62 | 64 | 93 | 82 | |||||||||
| Snaps 902 | Overall 77 | Pass Rush 47 | EDGE | #58 | 902 | 77 | 47 | 75 | 37 | 81 | |||||||||
| Snaps 1,081 | Overall 72 | Pass Rush 77 | EDGE | #98 | 1,081 | 72 | 77 | 44 | 44 | 89 | |||||||||
| Snaps 366 | Overall 70 | Pass Rush 50 | DT | #96 | 366 | 70 | 50 | 64 | 46 | 62 | |||||||||
| Snaps 808 | Overall 42 | Pass Rush 89 | DT | #94 | 808 | 42 | 89 | 7 | 98 | 71 | |||||||||
| Snaps 42 | Overall 32 | Pass Rush 33 | EDGE | #57 | 42 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 42 | 5 | |||||||||
| Snaps 437 | Overall 37 | Pass Rush 49 | DT | #95 | 437 | 37 | 49 | 29 | 54 | 35 | |||||||||
| Snaps 136 | Overall 30 | Pass Rush 11 | DT | #93 | 136 | 30 | 11 | 27 | 57 | 84 | |||||||||
| Snaps 320 | Overall 25 | Pass Rush 29 | DT | #92 | 320 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 81 | |||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Run Stuff | Cover | Blitz | Tackling | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 1,064 | Overall 95 | Cover 86 | LB | #56 | 1,064 | 95 | 80 | 86 | 85 | 95 | |||||||||
| Snaps 73 | Overall 80 | Cover 80 | LB | #52 | 73 | 80 | 51 | 80 | 37 | 94 | |||||||||
| Snaps 663 | Overall 69 | Cover 64 | LB | #59 | 663 | 69 | 56 | 64 | 8 | 66 | |||||||||
| Snaps 52 | Overall 46 | Cover 11 | LB | #51 | 52 | 46 | 69 | 11 | 34 | 53 | |||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Overall | Cover | Blitz | Run Stuff | Tackling | Ball Hawk | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 465 | Overall 92 | Cover 92 | CB | #21 | 465 | 92 | 92 | 82 | 26 | 65 | 96 | ||||||||
| Snaps 1,022 | Overall 92 | Cover 93 | CB | #24 | 1,022 | 92 | 93 | 1 | 35 | 44 | 82 | ||||||||
| Snaps 544 | Overall 72 | Cover 62 | CB | #30 | 544 | 72 | 62 | 1 | 91 | 82 | 78 | ||||||||
| Snaps 846 | Overall 60 | Cover 53 | S | #38 | 846 | 60 | 53 | 8 | 81 | 100 | 31 | ||||||||
| Snaps 424 | Overall 56 | Cover 47 | S | #33 | 424 | 56 | 47 | 60 | 58 | 92 | 34 | ||||||||
| Snaps 1,119 | Overall 39 | Cover 40 | S | #29 | 1,119 | 39 | 40 | 1 | 52 | 56 | 57 | ||||||||
| Snaps 28 | Overall 25 | Cover 18 | CB | #26 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 63 | 27 | 86 | 6 | ||||||||
| Snaps 621 | Overall 22 | Cover 8 | CB | #25 | 621 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 100 | 97 | 64 | ||||||||
| Snaps 275 | Overall 16 | Cover 12 | S | #27 | 275 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 77 | 63 | 22 | ||||||||
| Snaps 28 | Overall 3 | Cover 11 | S | #31 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 44 | - | 6 | ||||||||

| Player | Pos | # | Snaps | Net | Air Time | Pin | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snaps 8 | Net 1 | Air Time 1 | P | #02 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||||