Nick Chubb Retires From NFL After One Season With Texans

Nick Chubb, the former Houston Texans running back, has officially called it a career in the NFL.

According to an emotional social media post from Chubb, the 30-year-old runner will be retiring from the NFL after eight seasons of playing.

Chubb was one of the top stars at his position throughout the first few years of his time with the Cleveland Browns. He had four straight seasons logging over 1,000 yards on the ground, and had over 8,000 yards from scrimmage throughout his career since 2018.

The best season of Chubb's career came with the Browns in 2022, where he found his way to over 1,500 yards on the ground and 13 total touchdowns.

And it was at the tail-end of that career of Chubb's where he played one season with the Texans––a campaign that came off an injury-riddled 2023 and 2024 season with the Browns, and signed late in the 2025 offseason after Houston first learned about a foot injury suffered by Joe Mixon.

A Look at Nick Chubb's Time With the Texans

Chubb, in his retirement post, said that he wanted to end his career on a healthy season and on a winning team. And with the Texans back in 2025, he was able to do just that.

Chubb played 15 games with the Texans throughout the 2025 season, ultimately totaling 122 carries for 506 yards and three touchdowns.

He was a top-two runner in Houston's offense throughout the season next to rookie Woody Marks, which came as a result of the season-ending injury that Mixon suffered earlier in the offseason.

All things considered, with a tenure that came on short notice and after an injury-riddled season the year before, Chubb's 2025 campaign wasn't too bad of a turnout.

He was healthy throughout most of the season, a productive player in his role as a bruising, powerful complement to a smaller, explosive back in Marks, and a steady veteran Houston could rely on in a room that lacked depth and overall firepower.

Dec 21, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Texans running back Nick Chubb (21) runs with the ball as Las Vegas Raiders defensive tackle Tonka Hemingway (97) makes a tackle during the fourth quarter at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Eventually, Houston would call it a wrap on their partnership with Chubb this offseason. His one-year deal came to an end, and the Texans didn't have interest in running it back for 2026 as they would turn in another direction at running back for the season ahead.

At the same time, it's not to say that Chubb's time in Houston could be considered a failure. From Chubb's perspective, that brief period with the Texans is a bit of a perfct statement to end to his career on.

The presence Chubb brought to Houston for the 2025 season won't stack up to his Cleveland days, where he emerged as one of the most powerful and explosive backs in the NFL that powered an otherwise lackluster Browns offense for multiple years.

But his one-year period with the Texans does mark an important time in his turbulent career: a quiet, yet graceful end to one of the league's more unlucky stars health-wise in recent memory, but an ending he's also able to make happen on his own terms.

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