The Jacksonville Jaguars are trading wide receiver Christian Kirk to the Houston Texans for a 2026 seventh-round pick, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Schefter says on Wednesday that Jaguars planned to release Kirk when the new league year begins next Wednesday but they instead have found a new trade partner within their own division.
The seventh-round pick headed to Jacksonville originally belonged to the Los Angeles Rams, Schefter added.
Kirk, who is entering the final year of his four-year contract, was scheduled to have the Jaguars’ highest cap number in 2025 at $24.4 million. He is set to be paid a $15.5 million salary in 2025.
Kirk signed a four-year, $72 million deal in 2022 and set career highs in catches (84), receiving yards (1,108) and touchdown receptions (eight) that season.
But he sat out 14 games over the past two seasons because of an abdominal injury and broken collarbone, finishing with a combined 84 catches for 1,166 yards and four TDs in 20 games over that stretch.
Kirk, 28, spent the first four seasons of his career with the Arizona Cardinals, who selected him in the second round of the 2018 draft, catching 236 passes for 2,902 yards and 17 touchdowns.
