{"id":435039,"date":"2024-11-10T22:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T03:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=435039"},"modified":"2024-11-10T22:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T03:03:23","slug":"former-alabama-star-john-metchie-iii-scores-1st-nfl-td-in-breakout-performance-for-texans","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/alabama-football\/former-alabama-star-john-metchie-iii-scores-1st-nfl-td-in-breakout-performance-for-texans\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Alabama star John Metchie III scores 1st NFL TD in breakout performance for Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Alabama star John Metchie III did not have a traditional start to his NFL career. However, he&#8217;s finally ready and poised to be a contributor for the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p>After 4 catches for 36 yards so far this season, Metchie is in the middle of a breakout performance in place of the injured Stefon Diggs on Sunday Night Football. Facing the Detroit Lions, Metchie was everywhere for the Texans with 4 catches for 65 yards.<\/p>\n<p>It is already a career-high night for Metchie, and he put a punctuation mark on his breakout first half. He hauled in his first NFL touchdown via a pass from CJ Stroud to cap a dominant half of football from the Texans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stroud. Metchie. TOUCHDOWN!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s his first career TD catch <\/p>\n<p>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DETvsHOU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DETvsHOU<\/a> on NBC\/Peacock<br \/>\n: Stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OrlPB7UHjE\">pic.twitter.com\/OrlPB7UHjE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1855804942105330121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Metchie was a key contributor for Alabama&#8217;s 2020 national champion team with 916 yards that season before going for over 1,100 yards and 8 touchdowns in the 2021 season. He is even going up against fellow running mate Jameson Williams, a member of the Detroit Lions, on Sunday Night Football.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s touchdown has to feel especially sweet for Metchie after his winding path. A 2nd-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, Metchie missed all of the 2022 season after being diagnosed with leukemia.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to action in the 2023 season in a limited role. Now, he is turning in a breakout performance under the bright lights for the Texans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Alabama receiver John Metchie III finally has his first NFL touchdown after a winding path early in his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":275545,"featured_media":435040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-435039","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","teams-alabama-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/435039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/275545"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}