The Houston Texans revised offensive tackle Trent Brown’s contract for 2026, raising the maximum value of his playing-time incentives from $1.5 million to $2.5 million. The change was reported Sept. 16 by sports.yahoo.com, based on details posted by Spotrac’s Michael Ginnitti.
The updated agreement includes five playing-time triggers worth $500,000 each, tied to Brown appearing in 50%, 55%, 60%, 65% and 70% of the team’s offensive snaps. Brown played 41% of the Texans’ snaps last season.
The contract revision was first reported Sept. 4, but the incentive structure had not been detailed at that point. Over The Cap’s Troy Chapman said the adjustment did not alter Brown’s salary-cap charge or his initial cash flow, and that the new terms added incentives to the original $1.5 million package.
Brown returned to the Texans during the 2026 offseason on a one-year contract worth $5.5 million. Houston signed Braden Smith to a two-year, $20 million deal in free agency after Brown started seven regular-season games and one playoff game in 2025, with injuries affecting him at both the beginning and end of the season.
Smith has since been placed on injured reserve and has not secured the starting job, while Brown remained with the team through the offseason program. Brown started at right tackle in Week 1, and Pro Football Focus ranked him as Houston’s sixth-best pass blocker in that game and its third-best offensive lineman in pass blocking, behind left tackle Aireontae Ersery and center Evan Brown.
