Woody Marks

Marks offers a steadying presence at running back, where he's just good enough at a breadth of tasks to provide stopgap functions in most running back tasks, yet he probably lacks the explosiveness or otherwise unique traits necessary to stand out. As a rookie fourth-round pick Marks took on unexpected work due to the ongoing absence of Joe Mixon, and in that role Marks held up reasonably well, missing just Week 16 with a light ankle sprain. If 2026 starter David Montgomery were to miss any time then Marks would presumably plug back into the role he had as a rookie, because the rest of the Houston depth chart at running back is sub-NFL caliber. Marks is below-average as a pure runner by starter standards, but there might be some untapped upside as a pass catcher. Marks' receiving production was actually a slight disappointment in 2025, because in college he looked like the kind of running back who could be among the league leaders in target rate at his career peak. Perhaps that pass-catching production was purely the byproduct of Mike Leach's system at Mississippi State, but Marks still presumably fit that system for a reason. Read Past Outlooks