Houston Texans Release WR Jacoby Jones

The Houston Texans have released veteran wide receiver Jacoby Jones.

The move will save the Texans about $2.5 million under the salary cap.

The writing appeared to be on the wall for Jones after Houston spent two of its 2012 draft picks on wide receivers, snatching up Ohio States DeVier Posey in the third round and Keshawn Martin in the fourth round.

The Texans also signed two undrafted free agents in Dwight Jones and Jerrell Jackson.

“We’ve added a couple of receivers to our team," Texans head coach Gary Kubiak said Tuesday in his office at Reliant Stadium. "We’ve got a couple of kids that we think a lot of, Lester Jean being number one, and then also a lot of it’s about doing right Jacoby – our football team but doing right by him, too. [General manager] Rick [Smith] and I talked about it, and he’s handled himself with class."

A third-round pick in 2007, Jones caught 31 passes for 512 yards and two touchdowns last season.

Rushing/Receiving Stats

Year	Team	G	Rush	Yds	Yd/Rush	TDs	Rec	Yds	Yd/Rec	TDs
2007	Hou	14	3	-1	-0.3	0	15	149	9.9	0
2008	Hou	16	1	-5	-5.0	0	3	81	27.0	0
2009	Hou	14	3	22	7.3	0	27	437	16.2	6
2010	Hou	15	2	7	3.5	0	51	562	11.0	3
2011	Hou	16	4	17	4.3	0	31	512	16.5	2
Totals		75	13	40	3.1	0	127	1741	13.7	11

Return Stats

Year	Team	G	Punt Returns	Yds	Avg	TDs	Kick Returns	Yds	Avg	TDs
2007	Hou	14	30	286	9.5	0	4	78	19.5	0
2008	Hou	16	32	386	12.1	2	13	280	21.5	0
2009	Hou	14	39	426	10.9	0	24	638	26.6	1
2010	Hou	15	29	204	7.0	0	23	494	21.5	0
2011	Hou	16	49	518	10.6	1	0	0	-	0
Totals		75	179	1820	10.2	3	64	1490	23.3	1

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