DeMeco Ryans says new Texans DE Logan Hall has performed well in training camp

Last season, the Houston Texans featured one of the league’s top defenses, ranking top-10 in nearly every statistical category. Perhaps their biggest win was keeping opponents at bay, as they allowed 20 points or less in 12 regular-season games.

Nine starters returned from the No. 1-ranked unit, but Houston needed to find a replacement for the interchangeable Denico Autry on the defensive line. Tampa Bay’s defensive end Logan Hall played a role similar to Autry’s during his four seasons with the Buccaneers, collecting 10 sacks, 101 tackles, including 15 for loss, and 23 quarterback hits. 

Hall signed a two-year, $13.75 million contract this offseason with Houston and is already through the early stages of camp; he seems to be coming along the defensive line.

“Logan has done a good job with just working himself back to getting out to playing football. He had surgery in the offseason, so he’s been doing a good job of working with our guys on the side and now getting integrated back to football,” Texans coach DeMeco Ryans said. “He just has to get used to the techniques and the things we’re asking the defensive line to do.”

Houston will be looking for Hall to live up to his expectations coming out of college. A second-round draft pick of the University of Houston, Hall put up 6.5 sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss in his final season of college. 

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While his tenure in Tampa started off slowly, Hall has flashed improvements in his craft over the last two seasons. According to Pro Football Focus, he ranked in the top 40 among defensive linemen last season.

The biggest transition for Hall will be playing in a new-look front. With the Buccaneers, he played a 3-4 defensive end, which usually sets the tone of against the run, working between guards and tackles. With the Texans, he’ll play a tweener-type role, going back and forth between reps at defensive ends on early downs before shifting inside to more of an interior pass-rusher on third down pass-rushing sets.

Matt Burke on Logan Hall:

“We’re not going to limit his role. Whatever he can handle, we’ll let him handle. Excited for him, I was excited when we signed him. I was really high on him in the draft when he came out 4 years ago when I was in Arizona. There’s a lot of potential,… pic.twitter.com/0ALx3mtucD

— Houston Stressans (@TexansCommenter) July 31, 2026

“As we know, it’s a completely different scheme from what he’s used to, so it’ll take some time for him to get caught up with what we’re doing,” Ryans siad. “We’ll see how he continues to grow with that, but he’s done a great job in his first four days.”

The Texans are a good landing spot for Hall.  He will have the chance to learn behind some of the best defenders in the game, including Houston’s dynamic duo Danielle Hunter and Will Anderson Jr. 

Hall could also prove to be a valuable depth piece as the season goes on, something needed for a line that lost arguably its best No. 3 pass-rusher in Derek Barnett this offseason.

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