2025 Football Roster
Roster
Agnello, McKenzie

Jersey Number 66
McKenzie Agnello
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 314
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Copperas Cove, Texas
- High School:
- Copperas Cove HS
- Prev School:
- New Mexico
Bio
Prior to Houston
High School
Personal
- Spent 2024 season at New Mexico
- Began collegiate career at East Texas A&M (2021-23)
- 2024 Second Team All-Mountain West Conference
- Started all 12 games for New Mexico in 2024
- 10 starts at center; two starts at right tackle
- 994 snaps played including 861 on offensive line
- 636 snaps at center, 215 snaps at right tackle and 10 snaps at left tackle
- 75.6 PFF run-block grade ranked ninth among FBS centers
- 73.8 PFF overall grade ranked 26th among FBS centers
- No sacks and no quarterback hits in 435 chances
- Held Auburn and Arizona to combined two pressures in back-to-back games
- No quarterback pressures in six of final seven games
- 77.5 PFF offensive grade vs. Air Force (Oct. 12)
- Grade vs. Air Force ranked third among all FBS centers for Week 7
- 66.1 PFF offensive grade at Auburn (Sept. 14)
- Grade at Auburn ranked 13th among Group of 5 centers for Week 3
- 68.9 PFF run-block grade at New Mexico State (Sept. 28)
- Grade at NMSU ranked 10th among FBS centers for Week 5 (min. 20 snaps)
- 72.1 PFF run-block grade at Utah State (Oct. 19)
- Grade at Utah State ranked 10th among FBS centers for Week 8
- 74.9 PFF run-block grade and 77.9 offensive grade at Colorado State (Oct. 26)
- Run-block grade was third, offensive grade was fifth among FBS centers in Week 9
- Played three games in final season at East Texas A&M in 2023
- Appeared in nine games in 2022
- Redshirted and played one game in 2021
High School
- Prepped at Copperas Cove
- Named team’s lineman of the year
Personal
- Nickname: Kenzie
- Hobbies: video games and hunting
- Dream job: owning an athlete’s gym or operating multifamily properties
- Something most people don’t know: random dinosaur knowledge
- Hidden talent: two-stepping
- Chose UH because of the great food and people
- One word to describe himself on the field: Twitchy
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: Hot wings
- Biggest motivation for working hard: his grandpa
- Favorite childhood memory: he and his brother left the hose on in the backyard, accidentally flooded the back yard then just went outside and treated it like a mud slip-n-slide
- Sports hero: Robert Griffin III because they are from the same hometown
- Most memorable athletic accomplishment: being named All-Mountain West Second Team
- Interesting fact: is a goofball
- Gameday ritual: pray at the 50-yard line as soon as he gets on the field
Recap: Houston vs Colorado
Monday, September 15
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Colorado
Friday, September 12
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29