Overview
- ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Monday that Houston will release safety Jimmie Ward after two seasons with the team.
- The decision yields roughly $750,000 in cap relief and about $2 million in dead money, and his tolled deal had carried a $2.75 million 2026 base salary, per reports.
- Ward missed the entire 2025 season after December 2024 foot surgery and opened training camp on the physically unable to perform list.
- He was placed on the commissioner’s exempt list in August 2025 after two arrests and was removed in September when a Montgomery County grand jury declined to indict.
- In 20 games with Houston he recorded 98 tackles and three interceptions, and local reporting says he is weighing retirement and plans to take classes this offseason.