Texans guard Ed Ingram will not hit free agency after agreeing to return to Houston on a three-year, $37.5 million deal, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Monday.
In addition, defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins also is heading back to the Texans on a two-year deal that includes $12 million guaranteed, agents Matthew Pope and Bill Johnson of Apex Sports Group told NFL Network.
Ingram’s deal, which was agreed to hours before the opening of the NFL’s free agent negotiating window Monday, includes $23.5 million in guarantees, according to sources.
Ingram, 27, would have been one of the top-ranked interior offensive linemen in free agency this year. His return figures to help stabilize an overhauled offensive line for the Texans, who traded away two starters from last season — tackle Tytus Howard and guard Juice Scruggs — in separate deals earlier this month.
The Texans originally acquired Ingram from the Vikings last offseason. He was benched in 2024 with the Vikings but blossomed with Houston in 2025.
Ingram, a 2022 second-round draft pick, allowed the 12th-lowest pressure rate (6.4) among guards with at least 400 pass-block snaps, according to Next Gen Stats.
Ingram has appeared in 62 games — including 55 starts — in four NFL seasons.
Rankins, 31, returned to the Texans last season after a one-year stint with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2024. He started 17 games, finished with three sacks, 35 tackles, and a fumble recovery return for a touchdown.
A first-round pick by the Saints in 2016, Rankins played his first five seasons for the franchise before signing with the Jets as a free agent in 2021. He first joined the Texans in 2023 after two seasons in New York.
In 10 seasons, he has 281 tackles, 33.5 sacks, and five forced fumbles.
Houston also reached a one-year deal with former Bears defensive end Dominique Robinson that is worth up to $4 million, sources told ESPN.
ESPN’s DJ Bien-Aime contributed to this report.