Houston Texans Mock Seven-Round Draft Analysis from NFL Stock Exchange Podcast

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 28: Jadarian Price #RB15 of Notre Dame participates in a drill during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 28, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) | Getty Images The preeminent NFL Draft podcast in the game is the NFL Stock Exchange featuring former Senior PFF Analyst Trevor Sikkema and NBC’s Connor Rogers. If you haven’t already, go subscribe to their YouTube channel; you’ll be a better football fan for it.

Each year, they subject themselves to a seven-round, seven-hour mock draft for charity . They and special guests made each pick of the upcoming draft. Below are draft picks they selected for the Houston Texans.

My analysis for each pick is below and includes several options that were available (or that I would have taken in past mock drafts ) during their mock. Round 1, Pick 28: Caleb Banks, DT – Florida Grade: C- My choice: Emmanuel Pregnon, OG – Oregon or Kenyon Sadiq, TE – Oregon “but when Banks is right… can you image Banks at his 2024 form in the Texans defense? ” Analysis: This was my worst-case scenario for the Texans in the first round; seven offensive lineman were drafted plus Kayden McDonald was off the board.

Perfect storm of need not matching value by the 28th pick. NFSE hit the nail on the head when they said “when you watch the top 10 best plays from Caleb Banks over the last two years, you go ‘yup, top 15 player, easy…’ the kid has all the talent in the world and a team like the Houston Texans can take swing for a player like the Houston Texans”. Banks re-injured his foot during the NFL Combine preparation.