Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Houston Texans have announced that J.J. Watt will become the third member of their Ring of Honor.
Taken with the 11th Overall Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, Watt became the most dominant Defensive End in the first half of the 2010s. The former Wisconsin Badger won the AP Defensive Player of the Year in 2012, 2014 and 2015, led the league in Sacks in 2012 and 2015, and was alos the league leader in Tackles for Loss in 2012, 2014 and 2015. From 2012 and 2015, Watt was named a First Team All-Pro and to the Pro Bowl, and was also the recipient of the 2014 Bert Bell Award.
Injured through most of 2016 and 2017, Watt was very busy off of the field, with has philanthropic efforts to aid those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Watt would win the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for his efforts.
Watt was healthy in 2018, adding a fifth First Team All-Pro and Pro Bowl. After two more seasons with the Texans, Watt signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2021, and retired at season’s end in 2022.
As a Texan, Watt compiled 101.0 Sacks with 172 Tackles for Loss. He was also named to the 2010s All-Decade Team.
The ceremony will take place on October 1, during their home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate J.J. Watt for earning this impending honor.
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