HOUSTON -- Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt said he is on track to return from his broken leg by training camp and is “very pleased with the progress” he has made in his rehab.

Watt broke his leg in the Texans’ Week 5 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

“It’s doing really, really well,” Watt said. “[I’m] very excited about where it’s going. It’s getting stronger every single day. They let me do a little bit more and more. I get to run again in a little while.

“I’m on track for training camp. But my assumption is that it shouldn’t be any problem, but if it needs a couple extra weeks, whatever, we’ll take it. From my understanding and from everybody here’s understanding, the way it’s looking, everything’s going really well. There shouldn’t be any issues.”

Watt said he does not know if he will be back for the Texans’ organized team activities that go from mid-April to mid-June.

“I’d like to, but I also know that I’m not going to push it,” Watt said. “If I can, I can. If I can’t, I can’t. My goal is to come back for training camp and be ready to go.”

After playing in all 16 games in the first five seasons of his NFL career, Watt missed all but three in 2016 after he needed back surgery in late September. Watt rehabbed from the back injury to return to training camp and play this season but was back on injured reserve in October.

“I think I’ve gone through a whole lot of phases over the last two years,” Watt said. “I’ve gone through disappointment and depression of missing a year. I’ve gone through the excitement of working to come back, and then I’ve gone through the hurt and heartbreak of missing another year.”

“[I’m] disappointed by it, but not going to let it define who I am or what I’m about. Very, very excited coming out and looking forward to getting back to being even better than I was before.”