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RUN ON FEB 16, 2026

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Texans Rebuild

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Draft Selections
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (HOU)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (HOU)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Michael Taaffe Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (HOU)
Michael Taaffe
S Texas
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Bryce Lance Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (HOU)
Bryce Lance
WR North Dakota State
Cole Payton Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cole Payton
QB North Dakota State
Jaydn Ott Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jaydn Ott
RB Oklahoma
Korey Foreman Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Korey Foreman
DL-EDGE Fresno State
Behren Morton Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Behren Morton
QB Texas Tech
Tony Rojas Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tony Rojas
LB Penn State
Draft Picks Received
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (NYG)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Bryce Lance Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NYG)
Bryce Lance
WR North Dakota State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYG)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (SEA)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Players Gained
Head Shot
Braelon Allen
RB
Head Shot
Jaxson Dart
QB
Head Shot
Jalen Sundell
OT
Head Shot
Grey Zabel
OG
Players traded away
Head Shot
Azeez Al-Shaair
LB
Head Shot
Blake Fisher
OT
Head Shot
C.J. Stroud
QB
Head Shot
Joe Mixon
RB
Head Shot
Nick Chubb
RB
Head Shot
Woody Marks
RB
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall F
ValueD NeedB- TradesF FutureB+
The Texans reached for Foreman and never recovered. Grade: F.

The Texans did not so much draft Korey Foreman as overpay for him, 168 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. There is no dressing it up: a F.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The veteran additions, Jaxson Dart chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.

Job largely done: running back settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

There is no soft landing here; this class has to massively overperform just to matter.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Anthony Hill Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece, though they paid up to get him. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick37 Rnd2 D'Angelo Ponds
They liked D'Angelo Ponds enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 2, Pick 5. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick38 Rnd2 Michael Taaffe
They paid a round early for Michael Taaffe in the 38th overall pick, more than the board wanted. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick59 Rnd2 Jacob Rodriguez
A wild overpay on Jacob Rodriguez in No. 59, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.
Pick105 Rnd4 Bryce Lance
Bryce Lance in pick No. 105 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick106 Rnd4 Cole Payton
Cole Payton at slot 106 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It fills a real need, too.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jaydn Ott
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jaydn Ott this early at Round 4, Pick 28. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick165 Rnd5 Korey Foreman
A big swing on Korey Foreman at the 165th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick243 Rnd7 Behren Morton
They talked themselves into Behren Morton at the Round 7 slot, and the board did not agree. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick244 Rnd7 Tony Rojas
They reached into another round for Tony Rojas, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.