Former Texans QB coach Jerrod Johnson joining Eagles staff: Source

Former Texans quarterback coach Jerrod Johnson is joining the Philadelphia Eagles staff, a league source told The Athletic. The move is not yet finalized.

Johnson is joining the Eagles just days after the Texans parted with him. Quarterback C.J. Stroud, who initially flourished while working with Johnson, experienced a regression that peaked in a turnover-heavy 2025 playoff run. According to the Houston Chronicle, Jerry Schuplinski, who is already on staff as a senior offensive assistant and pass game specialist, will next be working directly with Stroud.

Johnson, 37, spent three seasons with Stroud. The 2023 No. 2 overall pick won the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year award in their first year together. Johnson interviewed with several NFL teams for offensive coordinator jobs due to Stroud’s early success and Johnson’s involvement with a team that reached the AFC divisional round in three straight seasons. The Eagles twice interviewed Johnson before hiring Sean Mannion, and they also interviewed Johnson in 2024 before hiring Kellen Moore.

Johnson, a former Texas A&M quarterback, signed with the Eagles in 2011 as an undrafted free agent before the team waived him in training camp. Johnson first worked with Sirianni in 2019, when Johnson joined the Indianapolis Colts as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity coaching fellowship. Then-Colts coach Frank Reich promoted Johnson to offensive quality control coach in 2020. Sirianni was Reich’s offensive coordinator for both of those seasons before the Eagles hired him as their head coach in 2021.

Johnson also has ties to both the offensive system the Eagles intend to run in 2026 and a position coach they acquired in their staff overhaul. Johnson began his NFL coaching career in 2017 through the Bill Walsh Diversity coaching fellowship with the San Francisco 49ers under coach Kyle Shanahan, who majors in the outside-zone, play-action game concepts the Eagles are adopting. In 2022, Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell hired Johnson away from the Colts to be his assistant quarterback coach. Johnson spent that season working with offensive line coach Chris Kuper, whom the Eagles hired in February for the same role after Kuper’s contract with the Vikings was not renewed.

While Johnson’s experience with Stroud can support the overall offense and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts in his upcoming transition into yet another system, the Eagles have already tapped former pass game coordinator Parks Frazier as their quarterbacks coach. Johnson, widely considered a rising coach in league circles, has quickly found a landing spot after his first firing with a familiar team, system and coaches.