Players who played for both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans
51 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
51
Players
8
Easy to name
Epic
Best link
Chains matchup: Balanced. Compared with the other 495 team pairs, based on how many of these players are easy to name.
How this plays in The Chains
Every link in a puzzle is scored by how unlikely it was that a fan would name it. Connect a Chiefs player to a Texans player through Demone Harris and the link is rated Epic (+160 bonus points). The obvious answers score little. The deep cuts are where the big points are.
Play today's puzzleEasy to name
Common and Uncommon. The easiest answers between these two teams.
- Common
DeAndre Hopkins
WR · 2013–2025 · KC 2024, HOU 2013–2019
- Common
Tyrann Mathieu
FS · 2013–2024 · KC 2019–2021, HOU 2018
- Common
Jason Babin
OLB · 2004–2015 · KC 2008, HOU 2004–2006
- Common
Justin Reid
DB · 2018–2026 · KC 2022–2024, HOU 2018–2021
- Uncommon
Dunta Robinson
CB · 2004–2013 · KC 2013, HOU 2004–2009
- Uncommon
Bernard Pollard
SS · 2006–2014 · KC 2006–2008, HOU 2009–2010
- Uncommon
Dexter McCleon
DB · 1997–2006 · KC 2003–2005, HOU 2006
- Uncommon
Chris Conley
WR · 2015–2024 · KC 2015–2018, HOU 2021–2022
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Steven Nelson
CB · 2015–2023 · KC 2015–2018, HOU 2022–2023
- Rare
Eric Murray
DB · 2016–2026 · KC 2016–2018, HOU 2020–2024
- Rare
Stanford Routt
CB · 2005–2012 · KC 2012, HOU 2012
- Rare
Quintin Demps
FS · 2008–2017 · KC 2013, HOU 2010–2012, 2015–2016
- Rare
Shawn Barber
LB · 1998–2007 · KC 2003–2005, HOU 2007
- Rare
Charles Omenihu
DL · 2019–2026 · KC 2023–2025, HOU 2019–2021
- Rare
Dameon Pierce
RB · 2022–2026 · KC 2025, HOU 2022–2025
- Rare
Justin Watson
WR · 2018–2026 · KC 2022–2024, 2026, HOU 2025
- Rare
Kendrick Lewis
FS · 2010–2018 · KC 2010–2013, HOU 2014
- Rare
Terrance Mitchell
CB · 2014–2022 · KC 2016–2017, HOU 2021
- Rare
Terrell McClain
DT · 2011–2019 · KC 2019, HOU 2012–2013
- Rare
Kevin Pierre-Louis
OLB · 2014–2022 · KC 2017, HOU 2021–2022
- Rare
Phillip Gaines
CB · 2014–2020 · KC 2014–2017, HOU 2019–2020
- Rare
Tremon Smith
DB · 2018–2026 · KC 2018–2019, HOU 2021–2022, 2025–2026
- Rare
Eric Winston
T · 2006–2017 · KC 2012, HOU 2006–2011
- Rare
Ryan Harris
T · 2007–2016 · KC 2014, HOU 2012–2013
- Rare
Joe Mays
MLB · 2008–2016 · KC 2014, HOU 2013
- Rare
Tommy Townsend
P · 2020–2026 · KC 2020–2023, HOU 2024–2025
- Rare
Lional Dalton
DL · 1998–2006 · KC 2004–2005, HOU 2006
- Rare
Nick Novak
K · 2005–2017 · KC 2008, HOU 2015–2016
- Rare
Jacques Reeves
CB · 2004–2012 · KC 2012, HOU 2008–2009
- Rare
Jeff Allen
G · 2012–2019 · KC 2012–2013, 2015, 2018–2019, HOU 2016–2017
- Rare
Steve Martin
DL · 1996–2004 · KC 2000, HOU 2003
- Rare
Charlie Anderson
OLB · 2004–2010 · KC 2010, HOU 2004–2007
- Rare
Victor Riley
OL · 1998–2005 · KC 1998–2001, HOU 2005
- Rare
Matt Ammendola
K · 2021–2023 · KC 2022, HOU 2023
- Rare
Tyrell Adams
LB · 2016–2021 · KC 2016, HOU 2018–2020
- Rare
Geron Christian
OL · 2018–2024 · KC 2022, HOU 2021, 2023
- Rare
Matthew Wright
K · 2020–2025 · KC 2022, 2024, HOU 2025
- Rare
Xavier Williams
NT · 2015–2021 · KC 2018–2019, HOU 2021
- Rare
Wade Smith
T · 2003–2013 · KC 2008–2009, HOU 2010–2013
- Rare
Taylor Stallworth
DL · 2018–2023 · KC 2022, HOU 2022
- Rare
Phillip Supernaw
TE · 2013–2017 · KC 2014, HOU 2013
- Rare
Jah Reid
T · 2011–2017 · KC 2015–2016, HOU 2017
- Rare
Pat Dennis
DB · 2000–2004 · KC 2000–2001, HOU 2002
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Rare
Jordan Black
T · 2003–2012 · KC 2003–2006, HOU 2007
- Rare
Martinas Rankin
OL · 2018–2020 · KC 2019–2020, HOU 2018
- Rare
Akeem Hunt
RB · 2015–2017 · KC 2017, HOU 2015–2016
- Rare
Zach Fulton
G · 2014–2020 · KC 2014–2017, HOU 2018–2020
- Epic
Eric Kush
C · 2013–2020 · KC 2013–2014, HOU 2015
- Epic
Marcus Spears
OL · 1994–2004 · KC 1997–2003, HOU 2004
- Epic
Jerrell Powe
NT · 2011–2014 · KC 2011–2013, HOU 2014
- Epic
Demone Harris
DL · 2018–2024 · KC 2019–2021, HOU 2021–2022
Teams are counted as franchises, so earlier cities and names are included (the Raiders in Oakland, the Rams in St. Louis, the Titans as the Oilers). Rarity tiers come from the same scoring The Chains uses in its daily puzzles. A small set of one-season 2002 entries that couldn't be verified is left out.
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