HOUSTON – The Texans traded wide receiver John Metchie III to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for veteran tight end Harrison Bryant, per league sources.
The deal also involves a swap of third-day draft selection with the Texans acquiring a 2026 fifth-round pick from Philadelphia in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round selection, per sources. The draft pick is their original selection sent to Philadelphia as part of the trade for safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson with former first-round guard Kenyon Green.
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The Eagles later made the trade official, announcing the deal.
Bryant, 27, is a 6-foot-5, 243-pound former Cleveland Browns fourth-round draft pick from Florida Atlantic who has caught 98 career passes for 877 yards and 10 touchdowns. He spent last season with the Las Vegas Raiders
In college, he caught 149 career passes for 2,137 yards and 16 touchdowns. catching nine passes for 86 yards in 13 games and three starts.
The Texans needed depth at the position after losing tight end Brevin Jordan for the second year in a row to a season-ending right knee injury.
In 2022, Bryant caught a career-high 31 passes for 239 yards and one score for the Browns.
Metchie, the former second-round draft pick from Alabama, caught a team-high five passes for 45 yards on eight targets in the preseason opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
Metchie, who caught 24 passes for 254 yards and one touchdown last season, was having a solid training camp. He recently beat All-Pro corner Derek Stingley Jr. for a pair of touchdown in a red-zone drill.
Metchie was praised after the Vikings game by Texans coach DeMeco Ryans.
Now, he moves on to another NFL employer.
“All our receivers did a really nice job, John Metchie showed up,” Ryans said. “A ton of different guys showing up, so they’re still, you know, we got a really full room of guys there who can play in the NFL, so it’s tight competition going down to the wire.”
A former national champion for the Crimson Tide and All-Southeastern Conference selection, Metchie is a former Ed Block Courage award winner for his inspirational comeback after being diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia and missing his entire rookie season being treated at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com