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RealTexanfan'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 22, 2026

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Draft Selections
Kayden McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kayden McDonald
DL Ohio State
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (HOU)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
Jonah Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jonah Coleman
RB Washington
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (HOU)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Daylen Everette Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (HOU)
Daylen Everette
CB Georgia
Monroe Freeling Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (HOU)
Monroe Freeling
OT Georgia
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jalon Kilgore
S South Carolina
Tanner Koziol Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tanner Koziol
TE Houston
Lander Barton Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Lander Barton
LB Utah
Haynes King Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Haynes King
QB Georgia Tech
Fred Davis II Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (HOU)
Fred Davis II
CB Northwestern
Draft Picks Received
Kayden McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (NE)
Kayden McDonald
DL Ohio State
Daylen Everette Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (NE)
Daylen Everette
CB Georgia
Tanner Koziol Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (NE)
Tanner Koziol
TE Houston
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Chris Bell Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (NE)
Chris Bell
WR Louisville
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesB FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Texans, and a B to prove it.

The Texans' one glaring miss is wide receiver, a need they left exactly as they found it. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

Coleman at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The cost of the Singleton reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Kayden McDonald
In pick No. 30 they get an anchor for the defensive front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick38 Rnd2 Olaivavega Ioane
They paid sticker price for Olaivavega Ioane in slot 38, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick59 Rnd2 Jonah Coleman
They read the board right and Jonah Coleman was the payoff at pick 59. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick69 Rnd3 Nicholas Singleton
Nicholas Singleton at No. 69 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick94 Rnd3 Daylen Everette
Daylen Everette in the Round 3 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick106 Rnd4 Monroe Freeling
Monroe Freeling at the 106th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jalon Kilgore
Jalon Kilgore slipping to the 128th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick130 Rnd4 Tanner Koziol
The board had cheaper options than Tanner Koziol at Round 4, Pick 30, and it noticed. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick165 Rnd5 Lander Barton
By-the-book stuff, Lander Barton at the 165th pick squarely in line with his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick243 Rnd7 Haynes King
Haynes King in pick No. 243 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick244 Rnd7 Fred Davis II
A wild overpay on Fred Davis II in No. 244, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.