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Waiver: Kayshon Boutte added, Elijah Sarratt dropped
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Adds: Kayshon Boutte. Drops: Elijah Sarratt
Kayshon Boutte
WR · HOU · 24 yrs · exp 3 · LSU
Status
- Game status
- Active
Keep Trade Cut (SF TEP)
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Value
2,719
Rank
#170
Pos rank
#67
7d trend
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Latest: Sep 7, 2026 · 2,719
News
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FA: Kayshon Boutte dropped
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FA: Kayshon Boutte dropped
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Nico Collins misses practice again on Thursday
Nico Collins absent from practice, likely to miss game this weekend
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Trade: Jayden Daniels, Jonathon Brooks, Tyler Shough +3 more
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A League Of Its Own trade — ⬇️ Pitts and Breeces received: Jayden Daniels, Jonathon Brooks, and Kayshon Boutte. JayC1 received: Carnell Tate, Jadarian Price, and Tyler Shough
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Kayshon Boutte - Set for larger role
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Boutte is in line for a larger role with Nico Collins (hamstring) ruled out for Sunday's game against the Bengals, Aaron Wilson of SportsTalk790AM reports. Boutte was targeted on just two of 25 routes in a Week 1 loss to Buffalo, catching one pass for 21 yards. His 60 percent route share was fourth on the team, behind Collins (86 percent), TE Dalton Schultz (71 percent) and WR Xavier Hutchinson (69 percent). With Collins out of the equation, Hutchinson and Boutte are the safest bets to take WR snaps, with Jaylin Noel and Jared Wayne also having roles. The Texans also may lean into multi-TE formations after using 11 personnel on 58 percent of snaps in their season opener
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Nico Collins' hamstring injury: Status unclear for Week 2, per report
Nico Collins' hamstring injury status unclear for Week 2
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Kayshon Boutte May Have an Expanded Role
Kayshon Boutte may need to take on a larger workload due to Nico Collins' injury
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Kayshon Boutte makes only catch in Texans debut
Kayshon Boutte had a limited debut with the Texans, catching 1-of-2 targets for 21 yards in a loss to the Bills
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Kayshon Boutte - Minimal production in Week 1
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Boutte caught one of two targets for 21 yards in the Texans' 36-31 loss to the Bills on Sunday. Acquired from the Patriots toward the end of training camp, Boutte is still in the process of building rapport with C.J. Stroud while learning the playbook. Boutte played behind both Nico Collins and Xavier Hutchinson against Buffalo, seeing just under 46 percent of the offensive snaps. Boutte's role could grow as the season goes along, but Hutchinson has long been a favorite of the coaching staff, and second-year WR Jaylin Noel also is in the mix for increased reps
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Kayshon Boutte a Deep-League Sleeper in Texans Debut
Houston Texans wide receiver Kayshon Boutte is ready to play his first game for the Texans after joining them via trade from the New England Patriots this preseason. With Jayden Higgins (knee) out for the year, Boutte could emerge as the team's second option behind Nico Collins. Since he hasn't played with QB C.J. Stroud very long, though, it's hard to know exactly what his role will be in Week 1 against the Bills. Last year for the Patriots, Boutte was a home-run threat who was a boom-or-bust play on his way to 551 receiving yards and six touchdowns. He could be in a similar role for the Texans, which makes him a high-risk play in Week 1, when he's ranked as the No. 58 WR in RotoBaller's rankings
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Waiver: Kayshon Boutte added
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FA: Kayshon Boutte added
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Tank Dell Restructures his Deal With Houston
Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell (knee), who is opening the 2026 season on Injured Reserve, renegotiated the final year of his contract and is due $1.704 million, including a $500,000 signing bonus, $1 million total guaranteed, a salary-cap figure of $1.988 million, and a $1.145 million salary, according to Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Sports. Dell was previously due $3.624 million in the final year of his rookie deal with a $3.967 million salary-cap figure. The 26-year-old former third-rounder in 2023 from the University of Houston tore multiple ligaments in his knee in a devastating injury in 2024 and was unable to return at all last year. Dell was slowly being ramped up in training camp this summer, but now that he's on IR, he will not be eligible to make his 2026 season debut until at least Week 5. Even though fellow wideout Jayden Higgins (knee) is out for the year, Dell remains a question mark this year as far as what his role will be when he is cleared to return. The addition of Kayshon Boutte via trade from the New England Patriots will not help Dell's case for fantasy relevance later this year. For now, Nico Collins, Boutte, and Jaylin Noel will be quarterback C.J. Stroud's top three receivers
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Kayshon Boutte takes Mike Vrabel's "inactive" comment in stride
Kayshon Boutte responds to Mike Vrabel's comment that he would have been inactive if he had stayed with the Patriots, expressing no hard feelings and focusing on his role with the Texans
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Kayshon Boutte takes Mike Vrabel's "inactive" comment in stride
In each of the past two seasons, Kayshon Boutte ranked second in receiving yards among Patriots wideouts and first or tied for first in receiving touchdowns
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general
Kayshon Boutte opens up about trade from Patriots to Texans
The wide receiver was sent to Houston last month
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Nick Caserio: Tank Dell is close, but certain things we have to see
The wait for wide receiver Tank Dell to return to the Texans lineup will last at least four more games. Dell was placed on injured reserve as the team moved to a 53-man roster on Sunday and that gives him more time to work on regaining his form after the knee injury that has kept him out since late in the 2024 season. On Tuesday, Texans General Manager Nick Caserio shared why Dell went on injured reserve after avoiding the physically unable to perform list to open camp. “I’d say he’s close ,” Caserio said at a press conference. “He is not quite there, which is why he’s in the category that he’s in. I think we’ll have a better idea with a lot of these guys after four weeks or four games, whatever it is. I’d say he’s definitely closer now than he was — let’s say in training camp. There’s a little bit more work that remains. Overall, he’s in pretty good spirits. There are certain things we just have to see. Some of this too, is honestly for him mentally to make sure he has enough confidence so that he can go out there and perform the way he’s capable of, the way he knows how to.” The Texans traded for Kayshon Boutte after Jayden Higgins tore his ACL this summer, but the return of a healthy Dell would still be a needed boost to the receiving corps at some point this season. It will be several weeks before we have a better idea of when such a return might be possible
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general
Patriots fans split over Kayshon Boutte trade, survey shows
Patriots fans are divided on the recent trade involving wide receiver Kayshon Boutte
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