No. 8 – Houston Texans | |||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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Born: | Taipei, Taiwan | July 18, 2000||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 187 lb (85 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | St. James (Hagerstown, MD) Peddie (Hightstown, NJ) | ||||||
College: | Alabama (2019–2021) | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2022 / round: 2 / pick: 44 | ||||||
CFL draft: | 2022 / round: 7 / pick: 59 | ||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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John Metchie III (born July 18, 2000) is a Taiwanese-Canadian professional football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, winning the Jon Cornish Trophy twice prior to being selected by the Texans in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft. Metchie sat out his rookie season after being diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia and returned to play in 2023.