The Houston Texans are pressing forward with their efforts to bolster their roster this offseason, and free agency has been far more active on Days 2 and 3 than it was at the outset. The third day of action saw the Texans tab Foster Moreau.
Houston experienced plenty of attrition at tight end during the 2025 season, cycling through several options alongside starter Dalton Schultz, who battled injuries in the playoffs.
The Texans hope Moreau is a part of the solution.
Texans Add Former Saints TE Foster Moreau
- GettyFoster Moreau #87 of the Las Vegas Raiders catches a pass during warmups before a game against the Miami Dolphins.
“Current expectation is that Foster Moreau will be signing with another team,” NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill reported on X on March 11. “He’s been in talks with the Houston Texans, per source.”
The situation escalated quickly.
“This is done,” Underhill said in a follow-up post on X roughly one hour after his initial reporting. “He’s a Texan.”
Moreau, who turns 29 in May, caught seven passes for 59 yards in 11 games as a reserve for the New Orleans Saints this past season. He has a 151-1,772-18 line for his career, which began as a fourth-round pick (137th overall) by the Las Vegas (then-Oakland) Raiders in 2019.
Moreau is coming off a three-year, $12.2 million contract with $17.5 million in career earnings.
KPRC 2’s Aaron Wilson reported that Moreau’s contract is “two years for $6.3 million guaranteed with another $1 million [in] incentives.”
The Texans have gone with several bargain options, but re-committed to Schultz with an extension this offseason. That could mean more of the same amid a top-heavy tight end class in the 2026 draft.
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- GettyDalton Schultz #86 of the Houston Texans stiff arms Devin White #45 of the Las Vegas Raiders.
The veteran tight end has started 70 of the 104 games that he has played in, including nine contests for the Saints during the 2025 campaign.
Moreau joins a crowded room, headlined by Schultz, and including Brevin Jordan, Cade Stover, Layne Pryor, and Luke Lachey. The Texans signed Schultz in free agency in 2023, drafted Jordan (2021), Stover (2024), and Lachey (2025), and added Pryor as an undrafted free agent.
Lachey and Pryor do not have any NFL regular-season experience.
Jordan missed the entire 2025 season, while Stover also battled injuries, underscoring the Texans’ need for a reliable option like Moreau.
Foster Moreau Overcame Major Life Challenge Off the Field
GettyFoster Moreau #87 of the Las Vegas Raiders warms up before a game against the New England Patriots.
Moreau is a Louisiana native who played his college ball at LSU. But Moreau faced his greatest challenge long before free agency, and signing with the Texans during the 2026 offseason.
During the 2023 offseason, doctors diagnosed Moreau with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Three months later, he announced that he was in full remission. He took the field that season and drew attention with a touchdown and his very emotional reaction.
Moreau credited God for the outcome, and should fit in well in Houston because of it.
Several Texans, including head coach DeMeco Ryans and stars C.J. Stroud and Will Anderson Jr., are very outspoken about their faith.
Free agency, like with the draft, is often more about fit between players and teams rather than the name attached to the transaction. The Texans’ addition of Moreau may not trigger the high alerts of other blockbuster deals, but it could check all of the requisite boxes of roster building.
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