Texans safety Jimmie Ward arrested on felony assault family violence charge: Reports
Ward has started 20 games for the Texans over the past two seasons. (Photo by)
Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward was arrested Thursday morning on a felony assault family violence charge in Montgomery County, Texas, according to reporting by Catherine Dominguez and Jonathan M. Alexander of the Houston Chronicle.
Ward, 33, was accused of strangulation at his home in Magnolia, where he was arrested around 5:30 a.m., per information from the Montgomery County Jail, via the Chronicle.
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Ward is being held without bond, according to the Chronicle.
"We are aware of the report involving Jimmie Ward," Omar Majzoub, the senior director of communications for the Texans, said in a statement.
"We are gathering more information and have no further comment at this time."
Ward signed with the Texans during the 2023 offseason and was voted a team captain in both 2023 and 2024.
The former San Francisco 49er is under contract with Houston through 2025. His deal was expiring in 2024, but the Texans added another year to it last summer. Ward is owed $4.5 million.
He has yet to participate in offseason workouts this year. He's still recovering from the sprained foot he suffered in December last season, an injury that required season-ending surgery.
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Although he hasn't been seen this week at Texans mandatory minicamp, according to the Chronicle, he has been in the building this offseason for treatment.
Ward played in 10 regular-season games last season, piling up 461 defensive snaps along the way, according to Pro Football Focus. Just like the previous season, he recorded only a 5.5% missed tackle rate, per PFF, this time ranking 10th in that category among all NFL safeties with at least 300 regular-season defensive snaps in 2024. He finished ninth on the team with 48 total tackles, with 32 being solos and 5 being TFLs.
In 2023, Ward played a part in the Texans going from worst to first in the AFC South. He also played under Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans in San Francisco, where Ryans previously served as defensive coordinator.
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He played in only 10 games during the 2023 season, too, but his impact was felt as he tallied 50 total tackles, picked off a pass while defending three others and forced a fumble. The 2014 first-round pick out of Northern Illinois flexed his positional versatility, marking his first of two straight seasons in Houston with more than 100 defensive snaps in the box, in the slot and at deep safety, per PFF.
The Texans notably added former Philadelphia Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson this offseason. Second-year safety Calen Bullock is expected to play a big role for Houston this season as well.
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