Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON OCT 24, 2025

2026 draft 44mm

  • Jaybeast17 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Texans
Draft Selections
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Tre Williams Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tre Williams
DT Clemson
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
Jordan James Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jordan James
RB Oregon
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Picks Traded
Nic Scourton Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (CLE)
Nic Scourton
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Donovan Ezeiruaku Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (NO)
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE-EDGE Boston College
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYJ)
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Players traded away
Head Shot
Tytus Howard
OT
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall D
ValueF NeedA- TradesB+ FutureD-
The board sent warnings the Texans ignored, and it shows: D.

Nobody had Tre Williams this high, and it is not close. The Texans reached 324 spots to get him at the 89th pick. Too much went sideways, and the D is the honest tally.

However the rest shakes out, James at that price is a win they earned. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

On the needs board they went 3 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and wide receiver is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Ollie Gordon II
In pick 2 they get a workhorse for the backfield, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick79 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Circle this one: Xavier Watts at the Round 3 slot is a fall that decides a draft. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick89 Rnd3 Tre Williams
Tre Williams at No. 89 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick166 Rnd5 Ryan Fitzgerald
Ryan Fitzgerald in the 166th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick236 Rnd7 Jordan James
They will replay Jordan James at pick No. 236 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick241 Rnd7 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
Jamon Dumas-Johnson at the 241st overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It fills a real need, too.