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Draft Selections
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (HOU)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
Draft Picks Received
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BUF)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (BUF)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Players Gained
Head Shot
O'Cyrus Torrence
OG
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
The Texans let Fitzgerald fall into their laps, and walked away with a B+.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Texans watched Ryan Fitzgerald slide 126 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.

If Conner pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Isaiah Bond
In pick No. 30 they get a No. 1 receiver, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell at slot 58 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick89 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
Taking TreVeyon Henderson in the 89th pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick108 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 4 slot with a little surplus value in Kevin Winston Jr.. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick127 Rnd4 Demetrius Knight Jr.
The board fumbled Demetrius Knight Jr. all the way to Round 4, Pick 26, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
Pick167 Rnd5 Hayden Conner
A wild overpay on Hayden Conner in pick 167, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick243 Rnd7 Ryan Fitzgerald
Circle this one: Ryan Fitzgerald at No. 243 is a fall that decides a draft. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.