John Metchie III

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans in the second round (44th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft...Placed on the active/non-football illness list on July 24, 2022...Reinstated from the active/non-football illness list on Feb. 15, 2023.

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans in the second round (44th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft...Placed on the active/non-football illness list on July 24, 2022...Reinstated from the active/non-football illness list on Feb. 15, 2023.

CAREER:

• Has competed in 16 games, collecting 16 receptions for 158 yards (9.9 avg.) and one rush for four yards. Recorded three receptions for 44 yards (14.7 avg.) and rushed once for nine yards in his two career playoff games

2023 Houston (16/0, 2/0)

• Returned to the field this season for the first time since 2021 and played in 16 games, totaling 16 receptions for 158 yards and one rush for 4 yards
• Made his NFL debut and recorded one reception for 17 yards in Week 2 vs. Indianapolis (9/17)
• In the Week 4 win vs. Pittsburgh (10/1), recorded a 22-yard reception in the second quarter, which is the longest play of his career
• Caught two receptions for 25 yards in the Week 10 win at Cincinnati (11/12), which is the most yards he's had in a game in his career
• Recorded 44 receiving yards on three catches in the Wild Card win vs. Cleveland (1/13) and his 27-yard reception in the first quarter stands as the longest reception of his career
• Saw action in the Divisonal Round at Baltimore (1/20)

2022 Houston (0/0)

• Spent the entire season on the Reserve/NFILL list, getting treatment for a form of leukemia

COLLEGE:

• Played three seasons (2019-21) at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he played in 39 games and recorded 155 receptions for 2,081 receiving yards (13.5 avg.) and 14 touchdowns

2021 (Alabama):

• Played in 13 games and tallied 96 receptions for 1,142 receiving yards (11.9 avg.) and eight touchdowns
• Led Alabama and ranked second in the SEC with 96 receptions prior to suffering a season-ending knee injury in the SEC Championship Game vs. Georgia (12/4)
• Earned All-SEC second-team honors from the Associated Press and the league's coaches
• Recorded two touchdowns and 121 receiving yards vs. Tennessee (10/23)
• Notched a season-high 173 receiving yards and one touchdown vs. Arkansas (11/20)
• Posted a career-high 13 receptions for 150 yards at Auburn (11/27)

2020 (Alabama):

• Appeared in 13 games and totaled 916 receiving yards and six touchdowns with 55 receptions (16.7 avg.)
• Converted a first down or scored a touchdown on 35 of his 55 receptions as a sophomore
• Led all wide receivers with 181 receiving yards and two touchdowns with five receptions vs. Texas A&M (10/3)

2019 (Alabama):

• Saw action in 13 games and registered four catches for 23 yards
• Made his first career reception for a five-yard gain vs. Duke (8/31)

PERSONAL:

• Attended St. James School in Hagerstown, Md., and recorded 42 touchdowns along with over 1,300 rushing yards and 2,500 receiving yards before transferring to Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J.
• Ranked by ESPN.com as the No. 39 player in the East Region and the No. 7 player from New Jersey while earning four-star ratings
• Was born in Taiwan before moving to Ghana and eventually to Canada from the age of six until high school