TEXANS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Houston Texans

The Texans let Golday fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

by jaytex · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 6 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

Thirty-one other rooms let Jake Golday slide, and the Texans were the ones holding the card at the 116th pick. Highway robbery. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. Singleton has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.31 · Pick 31 · CJ Allen · LB · rank 31
In pick No. 31 they get the heartbeat of the defense. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Emmanuel Pregnon · OG · rank 39
Emmanuel Pregnon in pick 38 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Lee Hunter · DT · rank 48
Lee Hunter at No. 59 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jake Slaughter · C · rank 55
They read the board right and Jake Slaughter was the payoff at slot 69. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.31 · Pick 95 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 109
They liked Nicholas Singleton enough to skip the value, taking him in the 95th pick. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Deion Burks · WR · rank 87
They barely believed it either: Deion Burks still on the board at the 106th overall pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.16 · Pick 116 · Jake Golday · OLB · rank 59
Taking Jake Golday in the Round 4 slot is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.1 · Pick 141 · Isaiah World · OT · rank 145
A straight-up fair deal on Isaiah World at Round 5, Pick 1, value and slot in agreement. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.27 · Pick 167 · Zxavian Harris · DT · rank 154
Zxavian Harris in the 167th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.10 · Pick 191 · Le'Veon Moss · RB · rank 203
They jumped the gun on Le'Veon Moss, taking him earlier than his grade liked. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.27 · Pick 243 · Andre Fuller · CB · rank 225
Andre Fuller at pick No. 243 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor itch, scratched.
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