The Mock Drafters have hit the reset button on their predictions for the Texans.
The NFL Draft begins Thursday, April 25 in Detroit, but Houston isn't scheduled to pick that evening. The first night of the Draft is solely for the first round, and last week the franchise dealt the 23rd overall pick and a seventh-rounder to Minnesota in exchange for the 42nd overall pick (a 2nd-rounder), a second-rounder next year, and the 188th overall selection.
Since the deal was made, only a handful of mock drafts have emerged that include the Texans. Some have an entire second round mocked, while others add the Texans and a few other teams who don't have first-rounders, and then predict what the team will do with the first draft pick it has. Therefore, we're only including the 42nd overall pick in this version of the roundup.
Eight such mocks are out there currently, and only two had the same player headed to Houston. The other six were split evenly with three predicting a defensive lineman to the Texans, and three others mocking a receiver to Houston.
Iowa State cornerback T.J. Tampa appeared on two mocks drafts as the player Houston would take at 42nd overall. Last season for the Cyclones, the 6-1, 189-pounder finished with 44 tackles and a pair of interceptions.
In all, the Texans have these eight picks in this year's Draft.
| MOCK DRAFT | TEXANS SELECTION |
|---|---|
| HOUSTONTEXANS.COM/FOOTBALL TAKEOVER (JOHN HARRIS) | CB T.J. TAMPA, IOWA STATE |
| PRO FOOTBALL FOCUS (TREVOR SIKKEMA) | CB T.J. TAMPA, IOWA STATE |
| THE DRAFT SCOUT (MELLO) | WR KEON COLEMAN, FLORIDA STATE |
| THE DRAFT NETWORK (RYAN FOWLER) | DT BRADEN FISKE, FLORIDA STATE |
| WALTER FOOTBALL (WALTER CHEREPINSKY) | DT MICHAEL HALL, JR., OHIO STATE |
| SHARP FOOTBALL ANALYSIS (RYAN MCCRYSTAL) | WR LADD MCCONKEY, GEORGIA |
| WALTER FOOTBALL (CHARLIE CAMPBELL) | DT T’VONDRE SWEAT, TEXAS |
| ROTOWORLD (CONNOR RODGERS) | WR ROMAN WILSON, MICHIGAN |
