HOUSTON – Today, the Houston Texans announced DE Will Anderson Jr. as an NFL Global Flag Football Ambassador. Anderson joins current NFL and flag football players, Legends, coaches and officials who work together to raise the global profile and promote one of the world’s fastest-growing sports.

Also representing the Texans as a Global Flag Football Ambassador is U.S. Women’s National Flag Team star and Texas native Ashlea Klam. Klam has played flag football since the age of 6 and serves as an inspiration to young girls who strive to represent their country playing the sport they love. She was recognized on-field at NRG Stadium during the team’s Week 12 matchup.

The Flag Football ambassadors team supports the combined global efforts of the NFL to increase awareness, interest, and participation in flag football internationally and drives forward the development of the game. Flag football is played by an estimated 20 million people in more than 100 countries across 6 continents. It is the most inclusive and accessible format of football, played by people of all ages and genders, with women and girls driving some of the sport’s fastest growth.

In 2023, the Texans established a Girls Flag Football Program to help create equitable opportunities for young female athletes in Houston. In 2025, the team will expand the program even further by bringing girls flag to all Houston ISD high schools and other schools across Texas. The Texans’ goal is to create access to girls flag football for all girls in H-Town who want to play the sport and ultimately, make Texas the next state to sanction girls flag.