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‘26 Texans Mock v3.0

  • jbrandt87 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (HOU)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
LT Overton Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (HOU)
LT Overton
DE-EDGE Alabama
Blake Miller Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Blake Miller
OT Clemson
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (HOU)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Tanner Koziol Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tanner Koziol
TE Houston
Domani Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Domani Jackson
CB Alabama
Le'Veon Moss Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Le'Veon Moss
RB Texas A&M
Haynes King Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Haynes King
QB Georgia Tech
Draft Picks Traded
Jordan Hall Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jordan Hall
DL Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
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Budda Baker
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueC NeedB TradesA FutureC+
The Texans checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Blake Miller, 57 picks early at the 59th pick. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Lawson.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Olaivavega Ioane
Fair-plus on Olaivavega Ioane, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The roster fit checks out.
Pick38 Rnd2 LT Overton
LT Overton at pick 38 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick59 Rnd2 Blake Miller
This one needs a full-page explanation: Blake Miller in Round 2, Pick 27, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick69 Rnd3 Deontae Lawson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Deontae Lawson at the 69th pick is the proof. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick106 Rnd4 Tanner Koziol
Tanner Koziol at the Round 4 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick128 Rnd4 Domani Jackson
Domani Jackson at No. 128 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick165 Rnd5 Le'Veon Moss
They paid up for Le'Veon Moss at slot 165 when waiting would have done the job. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick243 Rnd7 Haynes King
A tidy little value on Haynes King in the Round 7 slot, a step better than break-even. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.