The Houston Texans traded wide receiver John Metchie III to the Philadelphia Eagles, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Sunday.
The Texans received tight end Harrison Bryant and a fifth-round draft pick in exchange for Metchie and a sixth-round pick, sources told ESPN.
The trade for Bryant comes after the Texans lost tight end Brevin Jordan to a season-ending knee injury last week. The Texans had only two tight ends they truly trusted in Dalton Schultz and 2024 fourth-round pick Cade Stover.
Metchie, entering his fourth NFL season, has 40 receptions for 412 yards and a touchdown in 29 games.
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He missed his entire rookie season while getting treatment for leukemia after the Texans selected him in the second round of the 2022 draft.
Metchie leads Texans receivers this preseason with 53 receiving yards (on six catches) in two games. However, he was at best the fifth wide receiver on Houston’s depth chart, which is led by veterans Nico Collins and Christian Kirk along with rookies Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel.
Metchie also provided little special teams value, while wideout Braxton Berrios is a kick return specialist.
In Philadelphia, Metchie joins a depth chart led by star wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith that also includes Jahan Dotson and Johnny Wilson.
Smith and Metchie were teammates at Alabama and were members of the Crimson Tide’s 2020 national championship-winning team.
The Eagles wanted to make their wide receiver room even stronger, and Metchie provides a different skill set than other depth players such as Wilson and Ainias Smith.
Bryant, who is entering his sixth NFL season, has 98 receptions for 877 yards and 10 touchdowns in his NFL career.
ESPN’s DJ Bien-Aime and Tim McManus contributed to this report.
