Cleveland'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • Cleveland DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (HOU)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (HOU)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (HOU)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Brennan Presley Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (HOU)
Brennan Presley
WR Oklahoma State
Draft Picks Received
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (SEA)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (SEA)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (LAC)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LAC)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (LAC)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Tai Felton Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (SEA)
Tai Felton
WR Maryland
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jaret Patterson
RB
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB FutureB
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Texans and Lawson: B.

Somebody in the 164th overall pick was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Texans sat still while Deontae Lawson, the No. 82 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

Every board in the league had Presley lower, and that gap is the story. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In slot 22 they get a potential shutdown corner, and a steal at that.
Pick53 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
A tidy bit of business in the 53rd pick, where Tyler Booker graded well above the range. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick84 Rnd3 Andrew Mukuba
Andrew Mukuba in Round 3, Pick 20 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick136 Rnd4 Jake Majors
Jake Majors in pick 136 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick164 Rnd5 Deontae Lawson
The board fumbled Deontae Lawson all the way to No. 164, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick173 Rnd5 Tahj Brooks
They robbed the room for Tahj Brooks here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick198 Rnd6 Zane Durant
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at the 198th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick235 Rnd7 Brennan Presley
Value said wait; Brennan Presley in pick No. 235 says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.