The Houston Texans are less than 100 days away from kicking off the 2025 season in Los Angeles against the Rams at SoFi Stadium and we’re counting down the days until a victory ensues on the west coast.
Texans Wire will each day tell you which player has worn the number of the day leading up to kickoff and pick the player who ensured the number best during their time at NRG Stadium. As for today, let’s take a look at who has won No. 91 since the inaugural season in 2002.
Texans players to wear No. 91
No. 91 currently belongs to Folorunso Fatukasi, who returned to Houston on a one-year deal earlier this offseason. He was Houston’s best interior run defender for a unit that finished top 10 in run defense en route to another AFC South division title. He’s been a solid depth piece since joining the Texans in 2024, recording 24 tackles and one sack last season.
Is Fatukasi the best player to wear No. 91? The list isn’t filled with many faces of the franchise-type players, so come back after this season to find out how well he improves to compete for that title.
- DL Foley Fatukasi (2024-present)
- DL Hassan Ridgeway(2023)
- DL Roy Lopez (2021-2022)
- DE Carlos Watkins (2017-2020)
- DE Devon Still (2016)
- LB Jason Ankrah (2014)
- DE Ricky Sapp (2013)
- NT Ra’Shon Harris (2011-2012)
- DT Amobi Akoye (2007-2010)
- DL Seth Payne (2002-2006)
Best Player: Seth Payne
Akoye had a case for the title since he was a first-round pick, but he was also expected to become a staple for the franchise as the youngest player ever drafted in the first round. He finished with 10 sacks in four years while Payne, a first-round pick in the expansion draft of 2002, had 9.5 after a promising stint as a rotational player in Jacksonville.
As the eighth overall pick in the expansion draft, Payne finally had his chance to start. Over four seasons, he started 46 games, helping Houston become a franchise on the come-up. That has to carry some weight , right?
This article originally appeared on Texans Wire: 91 days until the Texans’ 2025 season opener: Who has worn No. 91?