Joe Mixon’s future with Texans in doubt after ‘freak’ injury wiped out season

After rushing for 1,016 yards and earning Pro Bowl honors for the 2nd clip successful his vocation successful 2024, Joe Mixon landed connected the non-football wounded database earlier 2025 kicked off. His roster designation did not alteration passim the regular play oregon postseason.

On Wednesday, Houston Texans wide manager Nick Caserio addressed Mixon's presumption for the 2026 season, saying the moving backmost continues to enactment done a "freak" ft injury. 

"We haven't seen Joe successful a small bit, truthful I deliberation astatine immoderate constituent we'll spot him and past we'll beryllium capable to measure benignant of wherever helium is and past based connected information, we'll spot wherever his presumption is," Caserio said.

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Houston Texans moving backmost Joe Mixon (28) is shown with the shot during the archetypal quarter, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.  (Kevin R. Wexler-NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

During past year's grooming camp, the Texans announced Mixon sustained a ft wounded distant from the installation successful the offseason. The squad was mostly mum connected the details of the moving back's betterment passim the season.

Caserio gave a partial mentation Wednesday, stopping abbreviated of revealing the injury.

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"It wasn't similar helium was riding a snowmobile oregon thing similar that," Caserio said. "It was much of a aesculapian information oregon concern that ne'er ... truly didn't amended possibly arsenic overmuch arsenic everybody would person hoped. I'm not trying to evade the question, that's the world of the situation. He didn't leap disconnected a building. He wasn't cliff diving oregon anything. He wasn't doing thing irresponsible. It was conscionable a freak thing."

Houston Texans moving backmost Joe Mixon (28) scores a touchdown during the 3rd 4th of an NFL shot matchup connected Dec. 1, 2024 astatine EverBank Stadium successful Jacksonville, Florida.  (Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union)

The Texans reached the divisional circular of the NFL playoffs for a 3rd consecutive season, but 5 turnovers against the New England Patriots yet ended Houston's hopes of advancing to the AFC Championship.

The Texans’ discourtesy took a noticeable deed with Mixon retired each play due to the injury. Mixon has 1 twelvemonth remaining connected a three-year, $27 cardinal declaration hold helium signed aft joining the Texans pursuing 7 years with the Cincinnati Bengals.

Houston Texans moving backmost Joe Mixon (28) runs for a touchdown  past Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs (7) during the archetypal 4th astatine AT&T Stadium. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)

Caserio said they were not definite of his presumption passim the play but held retired anticipation that helium could instrumentality astatine immoderate point.

"It was a precise unsocial situation," helium said. "I don't deliberation anybody truly had immoderate clarity, honestly, from the commencement of the twelvemonth until now. I'd accidental Joe worked very, precise hard to effort to get himself acceptable to play football, it conscionable ne'er manifested itself, came to fruition. So astir apt person an accidental to benignant of spot wherever helium is successful the offseason comparative to adjacent year."

With Mixon retired this season, the Texans relied connected rookie Woody Marks and seasoned moving backmost Nick Chubb. Marks, a fourth-round pick, led the squad with 703 yards rushing and Chubb added 506 yards.

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When asked specifically if they judge Mixon's information volition amended capable for him to beryllium acceptable for the commencement of grooming camp, Caserio said it's excessively soon to tell.

"We'll see. Believe me, I'm not astute capable to beryllium a doc truthful I'm going to permission that up to the aesculapian experts," helium said. "Once we ... get a small spot much clarity, much information, we'll benignant of spot wherever we are."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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