{"id":966385,"date":"2026-08-07T04:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/966385\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T04:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:30:30","slug":"former-tide-lb-tootoo-agrees-to-extension-with-the-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/966385\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Tide LB To\u2019oTo\u2019o Agrees to Extension with the Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">HOUSTON, Tex. &#8212; Former Alabama linebacker Henry To\u2019oTo\u2019o has agreed to a two-year, $16 million extension with the Houston Texans, sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2085395513004675317\" rel=\"nofollow\">NFL Network\u2019s Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport <\/a>on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/attachment-900.jpg\" alt=\"Tide 100.9 logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With this reported deal, the 25-year-old To\u2019oTo\u2019o will remain in Houston through the 2028 season. He has been with the franchise since being drafted in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">To\u2019oTo&#8217;o has started 35 of his 46 games with the Texans, tallying 261 tackles (131 solo), four sacks, 18 tackles for loss, one interception, and two forced fumbles. In the playoffs, To&#8217;oTo&#8217;o has started four games and recorded 32 tackles (14 solo) and has one tackle for loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In 2025, To\u2019oTo\u2019o had a strong season, starting 14 of 17 games for Houston and recording 95 tackles (42 solo), nine tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks. He also started in both of the Texans&#8217; playoff games, notching 15 tackles (six solo) and one tackle for loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After transferring to Alabama from Tennessee in 2021 following his sophomore year, To\u2019oTo\u2019o played in 28 games for the Crimson Tide, recording 206 tackles (98 solo), 16 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and one forced fumble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In his senior season, To\u2019oTo\u2019o earned first-team All-SEC honors and was selected as a semifinalist for the Butkus Award, which is presented annually to the nation\u2019s top linebacker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">To\u2019oTo\u2019o is the second member of Houston\u2019s 2023 draft class to secure a contract extension. His former college teammate, <a href=\"https:\/\/tide1009.com\/will-anderson-contract-extension-houston-texans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Anderson Jr.<\/a>, recently signed a historic three-year, $150 million deal that made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Micah Nichols covers Alabama baseball, football, and basketball for Tide100.9. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/micahnichols0\" rel=\"nofollow\">@MicahNichols0<\/a> on X for in-game updates, highlights, and more Crimson Tide content.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama Football&#8217;s Second Practice of 2026 Fall Camp<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Wyatt Fulton<\/p>\n<p>Alabama Football First Practice of Fall Camp 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Wyatt Fulton<\/p>\n<p>Division 1 Super Regionals: Alabama Baseball vs. St. Johns <\/p>\n<p>Division 1 Super Regionals: Alabama Baseball vs. St. Johns. Alabama Baseball sweeps the series against St. Johns to punch their ticket to the College World Series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Jackson O&#8217;Bryant <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Tex. &#8212; Former Alabama linebacker Henry To\u2019oTo\u2019o has agreed to a two-year, $16 million extension with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":966386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[52,405,3106,1104,331,7,221,253,2368,4247,6,8307,9,1957,222],"class_list":["post-966385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-texans","tag-alabama","tag-alabama-football","tag-alabama-sports","tag-articles","tag-college-football","tag-football","tag-houston","tag-houston-texans","tag-houstontexans","tag-local-news","tag-nfl","tag-sec-football","tag-sports","tag-television","tag-texans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117052350415266538","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966385","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=966385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}