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jaytex'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 15, 2026

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  • jaytex DRAFTING FOR THE
    Texans
Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (HOU)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Christen Miller Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (HOU)
Christen Miller
DL Georgia
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (HOU)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Kaytron Allen Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kaytron Allen
RB Penn State
Jude Bowry Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jude Bowry
OT Boston College
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (HOU)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Le'Veon Moss Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (HOU)
Le'Veon Moss
RB Texas A&M
Draft Picks Received
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (NE)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Kaytron Allen Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ATL)
Kaytron Allen
RB Penn State
Jude Bowry Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NE)
Jude Bowry
OT Boston College
Le'Veon Moss Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (TB)
Le'Veon Moss
RB Texas A&M
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NE)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYG)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (TB)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Chris Brazzell II Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (NE)
Chris Brazzell II
WR Tennessee
Taurean York Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (ATL)
Taurean York
LB Texas A&M
Zavion Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (ATL)
Zavion Thomas
WR LSU
Robert Henry Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (NYG)
Robert Henry Jr.
RB UTSA
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LV)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Ben Brown
OG
Players traded away
Head Shot
Cade Stover
TE
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Texans.

The Texans bet big and early on Kaytron Allen, 27 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Getting Stowers where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.

They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Adding Ben Brown by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In No. 31 they get a three-down second-level presence at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
Pick38 Rnd2 Christen Miller
Christen Miller at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick59 Rnd2 Jake Slaughter
A clean, defensible pick in the 59th overall pick with a little surplus value in Jake Slaughter. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick69 Rnd3 Eli Stowers
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Eli Stowers in Round 3, Pick 5. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick114 Rnd4 Kaytron Allen
Kaytron Allen at slot 114 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick131 Rnd4 Jude Bowry
Jude Bowry slipping to pick No. 131 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The roster fit checks out.
Pick141 Rnd5 DeMonte Capehart
Quietly one of the better values of the day, DeMonte Capehart at pick 141. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick167 Rnd5 DJ Campbell
A conviction pick on DJ Campbell at the Round 5 slot that the board grades a round light. It fills a real need, too.
Pick195 Rnd6 Le'Veon Moss
Le'Veon Moss in Round 6, Pick 14 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.