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Houston Texans

AFC South
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Offense
70.4
#23/32
Defense
76.6
#4/32
2026 Cap
$14.9M
dead $66.4M
2027 Cap
$21.7M
2028 Cap
$196.8M
Picks (8)#28#38#59#69#106#141#167#243

Pre-Draft Visits / Meetings

21 reported · sorted by consensus rank · team's position context shown inline
CR#PosNameSchoolNeedPFF Rk

Roster Needs

  • QBPFF 2025 QB rank 26/32 · top-3 avg 65.09/10pff-auto
  • RBPFF 2025 RB rank 24/32 · top-3 avg 71.68/10pff-auto
  • OTPFF 2025 OT rank 23/32 · top-3 avg 69.38/10pff-auto
  • IOLPFF 2025 IOL rank 19/32 · top-3 avg 65.57/10pff-auto
  • LBPFF 2025 LB rank 17/32 · top-3 avg 70.47/10pff-auto
  • DTPFF 2025 DT rank 16/32 · top-3 avg 71.35/10pff-auto
  • CBPFF 2025 CB rank 13/32 · top-3 avg 72.75/10pff-auto
  • WRPFF 2025 WR rank 13/32 · top-3 avg 78.05/10pff-auto

PFF 2025 Position Grades

Color = rank among 32 teams (green #1-5 · red #28-32)
  • QB#26·65.0
    C.J. Stroud 65.0
  • RB#24·71.6
    David Montgomery 75.3Nick Chubb 72.1Woody Marks 67.5
  • OT#23·69.3
    Blake Fisher 73.5Trent Brown 69.0Braden Smith 65.3
  • IOL#19·65.5
    Ed Ingram 73.8Wyatt Teller 62.2Jake Andrews 60.6Jarrett Patterson 60.1
  • LB#17·70.4
    Azeez Al-Shaair 75.8Henry To'oTo'o 65.1
  • DT#16·71.3
    Tommy Togiai 76.4Sheldon Rankins 70.8Logan Hall 66.8
  • WR#13·78.0
    Nico Collins 85.9Jayden Higgins 70.0
  • CB#13·72.7
    Kamari Lassiter 79.8Derek Stingley Jr. 65.6
  • TE#7·73.1
    Dalton Schultz 73.1
  • S#5·76.9
    Jalen Pitre 84.4Calen Bullock 69.4
  • EDGE#2·91.5
    Will Anderson Jr. 93.1Danielle Hunter 89.9

GM / Front Office Tendencies

GM: Nick Caserio
HC: DeMeco Ryans
OC/DC: — / —
  • AUTO: Top-3 positions taken day-1/2 (since 2018)
    OT (3) · CB (3) · WR (3)
  • AUTO: Draft age tendency
    avg 22.5 vs league 22.4 — league-average age preference
  • AUTO: Premium-position rate in top-64
    7/13 = 54% (balanced)
  • AUTO: Most-drafted schools since 2018
    Stanford (4) · Alabama (4) · TCU (3)

Top Prospect Fits for HOU

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