JR24HT03'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • JR24HT03 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Texans
Draft Selections
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Tyrone Tracy Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
WR Purdue
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (HOU)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (HOU)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Daijun Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Daijun Edwards
RB Georgia
Trajan Jeffcoat Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Trajan Jeffcoat
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Draft Picks Received
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (SF)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (SF)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (SF)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (SF)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (SF)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Players Gained
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Tay Martin
WR
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Brett Toth
OT
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB+ FutureB-
The Texans did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Texans took Trajan Jeffcoat a full 61 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. The bottom line is a respectable B.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. McGlothern at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
No drama and no debate, T'Vondre Sweat went about where he belonged in the 42nd pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick63 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson in pick No. 63 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick86 Rnd3 Audric Estime
A reach on Audric Estime in No. 86; the board had better options right there. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick123 Rnd4 Josh Newton
They paid sticker price for Josh Newton in the Round 4 slot, and that is fine. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick127 Rnd4 Tyrone Tracy Jr.
Tyrone Tracy Jr. in slot 127 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick133 Rnd4 Layden Robinson
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Layden Robinson well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick176 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Dwight McGlothern in pick 176. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick188 Rnd6 Daijun Edwards
Daijun Edwards in the 188th pick is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick247 Rnd7 Trajan Jeffcoat
They reached into another round for Trajan Jeffcoat, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.