TEXANS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Houston Texans

The Texans let Jackson Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

by jaytex · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 8 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future D+

Thirty-one other rooms let Darrell Jackson Jr. slide, and the Texans were the ones holding the card at the Round 5 slot. Highway robbery.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.28 · Pick 28 · Kayden McDonald · DT · rank 18
In pick No. 28 they get a run-stuffing presence up front, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.29 · Pick 29 · Olaivavega Ioane · OG · rank 19
Value with a capital V on Olaivavega Ioane in No. 29, a genuine coup. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Blake Miller · OT · rank 46
Blake Miller at the 47th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Chris Brazzell II · WR · rank 29
Chris Brazzell II at the 59th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Mike Washington Jr. · RB · rank 72
They took Mike Washington Jr. at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Jacob Rodriguez · LB · rank 52
Taking Jacob Rodriguez in pick 106 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.20 · Pick 120 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 112
Nicholas Singleton at slot 120 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.1 · Pick 141 · Chandler Rivers · CB · rank 101
They robbed the room for Chandler Rivers here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R5.27 · Pick 167 · Darrell Jackson Jr. · DT · rank 106
Steal is underselling it; Darrell Jackson Jr. at pick No. 167 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.33 · Pick 214 · Aaron Graves · DT · rank 211
Good price on Aaron Graves in the 214th overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.27 · Pick 243 · Thaddeus Dixon · CB · rank 228
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Thaddeus Dixon in Round 7, Pick 27. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
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