{"id":1001958,"date":"2026-09-16T01:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T01:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1001958\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T01:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T01:45:16","slug":"report-ex-cowboys-lb-kenneth-murray-joining-texans-practice-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1001958\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Ex-Cowboys LB Kenneth Murray joining Texans&#8217; practice squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> linebacker Kenneth Murray\u00a0Jr. has reportedly found his next NFL landing spot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rapsheet\/status\/2100003881740579222?s=46&amp;t=qR9tyuLIBVj8gPZBnC0SdA\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport<\/a>, Murray is signing with the Houston Texans and joining their practice squad. Murray could fill a key role on Houston&#8217;s defense after linebacker Henry To&#8217;oTo&#8217;o was placed on injured reserve. Murray visited the Texans on Tuesday before making his signing decision.<\/p>\n<p>In joining the Texans, Murray gets a chance to return to the Houston area. He&#8217;s a Missouri City native who played high school football at Elkins High School, which is located about 18 miles southwest of the Texans&#8217; Reliant Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Murray worked out for several teams throughout the offseason, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/article\/kenneth-murray-jr-new-york-giants-workout-22362629.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> and the Miami Dolphins. Murray manned the middle linebacker role throughout his lone season with the Cowboys in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Murray hit the free agency market during the 2026 offseason, and Dallas opted to move in a different direction at the linebacker position under new defensive coordinator Christian Parker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Kenneth Murray\u00a0Jr. has reportedly found his next NFL landing spot. According to NFL Network&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1001959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[2009,230,229,257,2461,7,6,115985,115811],"class_list":["post-1001958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-cowboys","tag-brief","tag-cowboys","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallascowboys","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-tp-dallas-cowboys","tag-tp-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117278193943305682","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1001959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}