A turf toe injury is expected to end his year, a source confirmed.
The Texans placed wide receiver Jaylin Noel on injured reserve, and the team expects the turf toe injury to keep him out for the rest of the season.
Turf toe is the kind of injury that lingers, and the Texans are treating this one as season-ending rather than a short stint on IR. No corresponding roster move or return timeline has been announced beyond the expectation that Noel is done for the year.
For Houston, it means adjusting the receiver rotation without a player they had been counting on. The team has not detailed who absorbs his snaps, but losing a contributor to IR this way typically shuffles target share across the rest of the depth chart.
There is no word yet on next steps for the Texans at the position.