Current roster profile

E.J. Speed

Houston Texans · LB · #45

Height6'4"

Weight227 lb

CollegeTarleton State

Career coverage: 2021–2021. Madden version: madden-26, observed 2026-07-31.

Fantasy and Player Intelligence

PardonMe-derived historical scoring and prior-week usage intelligence. These are not official NFL statistics, predictions, or EA ratings.

2021 regular season

Standard 0.0 pts Position finish unavailable · 2 observed games

Half-PPR 0.0 pts Position finish unavailable · 2 observed games

Full-PPR 0.0 pts Position finish unavailable · 2 observed games

Recent Full-PPR weekly history

2021 · Week 15
0.0 derived points · complete 0.000 carries · 0.000 targets · 0.000 opportunities · prior-3 avg 0.0

2021 · Week 10
0.0 derived points · complete 0.000 carries · 0.000 targets · 0.000 opportunities

Rolling form and position comparisons use prior weeks only. Missing or insufficient samples remain unavailable.

Historical Role and Workload

Postgame snap participation and provider-reported depth evidence. A start appears only when both depth rank and workload support it; missing snaps never mean inactive.

2025 · HOU 0 supported starts 19 workload games · latest role rotational · partial_depth

2024 · IND 15 supported starts 19 workload games · latest role unknown · partial_depth

2023 · IND 10 supported starts 19 workload games · latest role unknown · partial_depth

2022 · IND 1 supported starts 19 workload games · latest role unknown · partial_depth

2021 · IND 0 supported starts 19 workload games · latest role unknown · partial_depth

2020 · IND 0 supported starts 20 workload games · latest role unknown · partial_depth

2025 · Week 20 · HOU
rotational · medium confidence Off 0.0% · Def 12.0% · ST 87.0%

2025 · Week 19 · HOU
rotational · medium confidence Off 0.0% · Def 12.0% · ST 80.0%

2025 · Week 18 · HOU
rotational · medium confidence Off 0.0% · Def 46.0% · ST 39.0%

2025 · Week 17 · HOU
rotational · medium confidence Off 0.0% · Def 25.0% · ST 48.0%

2025 · Week 16 · HOU
rotational · medium confidence Off 0.0% · Def 100.0% · ST 20.0%

2025 · Week 15 · HOU
unknown · low confidence Off unknown · Def unknown · ST unknown

2025 · Week 14 · HOU
rotational · medium confidence Off 0.0% · Def 30.0% · ST 78.0%

2025 · Week 13 · HOU
rotational · medium confidence Off 0.0% · Def 35.0% · ST 64.0%

Madden attributes

Speed88

Acceleration88

Agility83

Awareness73

Strength74

Catching66

Tackle83

Throw Power24

Numeric attributes are supplied by EA. PardonMe tiers are presentation labels only.

Availability

No current official observation entered

PracticeUnknown

Game designationUnknown

Active/inactiveUnknown

ReserveActive pup

RosterUnknown

EvidencePartial

Reported 2026-08-05 05:17:19 · current.

Source: Houston Texans

Prior factual role: Unknown · prior-game workload unknown. This is backward-looking context, not a projection.

Recent availability history

active_pup
2026-08-05 05:17:19reserve

active_pup
2026-08-03 16:41:21reserve

ACT
2026-07-24 23:15:05roster_status

INA
2026-07-24 23:15:05roster_status

Madden history

madden-26
2026-07-3174 OVRSilver · Team unknown

madden-26
2026-07-2374 OVRSilver · Team unknown

Season-by-season career history

Regular season and postseason are kept separate. Totals are sourced from nflverse and retain their source coverage.

2021 REG
IND · 2 gamesGames: 2

Game logs

2021 REG · Week 15
IND vs INDSacks: 0 · INT: 0

2021 REG · Week 10
IND vs INDSacks: 0 · INT: 0

Team and roster history

2025 · HOULB · #45

2024 · INDLB · #45

2023 · INDLB · #45

2022 · INDLB · #45

2021 · INDLB · #45

2020 · INDLB · #45

2019 · INDLB · #45