2025 NFL Draft Thread

Corn feed. I approve

 

1. Kelvin Banks/Josh Simmons - OT
2. TJ Sanders/Shemar Turner/Darius Alexander/Alfred Collin’s - DT
3a. Wyatt Milum/Jonah Savaiianea/Marcus Mbow - OG
3b. Denzel Burke/Jack Bech - CB/WR
5. RB
7a. Developmental OT
7b. DB

 

After the Tunsil trade what picks do the Texans currently have?

1-25
2-58
3-79
3-89
5. ?
6?
7?

 

It's my understanding that the trade becomes official today and then I guess we'll know without having to go research it ourselves.

 

166
236
241

 

I too have been trying to track Texans picks for 2025 & 2026

This is what I have so far

2025
1-25
2-58
3-79
3-89
5-166
7-241
7-248

2026
1
2
2 (WSH)
3
4
4 (WSH)
6 (PHI)
6 (MN)
7 (LAR)
7 (SF)

 

YES. Perhaps a lower ceiling, but the performance floor is really good. Smarts, work ethic... won't get caught dealing drugs or with 6 kids by age 23. Will be a nasty competitor, provide good preparation for games, intense weight room guy, and mature locker room presence for years.

 

25. Matthew Golden WRTexas
30. Donovan Jackson OGOhio State
79. Alfred Collins DTTexas
91. Hollin Pierce OTRutgers (This pick and the next, I really didn't know who to grab)
129. Jordan Phillips DTMaryland
166. (?) I raged quit because my late round pick, Jack Nelson, went 5 picks earlier

Edit: I was planning on trading back with 25, but Golden was still on the board, so I took hm. Then Zebel was picked at 29, which usually means Jackson is gone within the next couple of picks. I hoped they would last until the second round, where I could trade back up. So my plan there was rushed and I traded back up to pick Jackson. It did cost me a future 1RD and pick 58.

 

Trade down out of the 1st picking up Draft Capital

49.Aireontae Ersery OT Minnesota - RT

58.Marcus Mbow OT Purdue - OC

79.Mason Taylor TE LSU - Blocks and catches

81.Jack Bech WR TCU - 91 Hands and 81 Blk

89.Hollin Pierce OT Rutgers - LT

166.Luke Kandra OG Cincinnati - RG

236.Dont'e Thornton WR Tennessee

241.Donovan Smith QB Houston

2026 CIN 2nd

Competition with experience at every position except LG. Most are swarm with others uknown.

 

Is Bayshul Tuten projected as a 5th rounder? That would be a steal. I watched him play and didn't see that much difference from Jeanty. Tuten ran the top 4.32 and had the highest vertical at the combine.

 

Love the trade down, hate the selections

 

Donovan Smith is awful

 

To be frank, I chose him as a camp QB who is likely to be cut, but stay in the area in an emergency. I'd prefer Keenum if he doesn't hook up with another team. If I had my way, he's begin a coaching career here as some type of assistant. But it's hard to come to grips with ending your playing days.

 

He played WR at Miami then switched to RB at SMU. Solid speed at 4.39, but at 5'10" 190 range he's likely a 3rd down back/KR type with some change of pace potential. Caley could probably use him in the slot some as well.

 

Every pick from rounds 1-4 should be Oline

 

Indeed. Would be a helluva weapon and can help in the return game.

 

He was a great combo w/ Kevin Jennings for the Ponies until the Penn State game.