HOUSTON TEXANS 2018 NFL DRAFT GUIDE THURSDAY SATURDAY, APRIL 26 28, 2018 The Houston Texans will participate in the franchise s 17th NFL Draft from Thursday, April 26 through 2018 DRAFT SELECTIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS Saturday, April 28. Houston has eight picks in the Pick Overall 2018 TEXANS SCHEDULE... 2 draft: three in the third round, one in the fourth round, TEXANS DRAFT PARTY INFORMATION... 2 three in the sixth round and one in the seventh round. Round 3 4 68 PROSPECTS ATTENDING THE DRAFT... 2 In the third round, the Texans have the fourth selection Round 3^ 16 80 2018 DRAFT MEDIA AVAILABILITY... 3 of the round (68th overall) and acquired the 16th pick PICK ANNOUNCEMENT INFORMATION... 3 of the round (80th overall) from the Seattle Seahawks. Round 3* 34 98 SEASON TICKET MEMBER EXPERIENCE... 3 Houston was also awarded a compensatory selection in Round 4 3 103 2018 NFL DRAFT INFORMATION... 4 the third round, which is the 34th pick (98th overall). 2018 First-Round Order... 4 The Texans have the third pick in the fourth round Round 6 3 177 TEXANS DRAFT NOTES...5-8 (103rd overall) and will continue on Day 3 with the third Round 6* 37 211 Last Time the Texans Drafted Each Position... 5 selection in the sixth round (177th overall). Houston s 2017 Selections of Texans 2018 Draft Slots... 5 other two sixth round picks are compensatory selections: Round 6* 40 214 All-Time Compensatory Picks... 5 37th (211th overall) and 40th (214th overall). Draft Index... 5 Round 7 4 222 The Texans will close out the draft with the fourth All-Rookie Draft Selections... 5 selection in the seventh round (222nd overall). This ^ - Acquired from Seattle Key Picks Beyond the First & Second Round... 6 marks the first time in franchise history that Houston * - Compensatory Picks 2017 Draft Class Contributions... 7 does not own a first or second round pick. Key Undrafted Free Agents... 7 The first round of the 2018 NFL Draft will start on Draft Picks from Texas... 7 TEXANS PR CONTACTS Thursday with the second and third rounds on Friday, Defense Trending In Higher Rounds... 8 followed by rounds four through seven on Saturday. Built Through The Draft... 8 Amy Palcic Texans fans are invited to come out to the Houston First-Round Factors... 8 Vice President of Communications Texans Draft Party presented by Miller Lite on April 27 Players Picked With 2018 Draft Slots... 9 amy.palcic@houstontexans.com at NRG Stadium. The Draft Party will begin at 6 p.m. CT. TEXANS DRAFT HISTORY...10-14 832-667-2220 The Texans also announced that their Day 3 selections Draft Trade History... 10 Draft History By Year... 11 for the 2018 Draft will be made from the Houston Texans Omar Majzoub Draft History By Position... 12 Teen Club, a center operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs Communications Manager of Greater Houston. Houston Texans Legend and Ring of omar.majzoub@houstontexans.com Draft History By College... 13 Honor Inductee Andre Johnson will make the Round 4 832-667-2241 Draft History by Round... 14 TEXANS ROSTERS...15-17 draft announcement from the Teen Club. The NFL Draft, which was held in Philadelphia last Allie LeClair 2018 Roster By Round... 15 year, will be hosted in the state of Texas for the first Corporate Communications Manager Alphabetical Roster... 16 time in league history. It will be held at AT&T Stadium allie.leclair@houstontexans.com Numerical Roster... 17 832-667-2050 2018 DRAFT ORDER BY ROUND...18-21 in Arlington, Texas, which marks the first time a draft will BRIAN GAINE TRANSCRIPT...22-25 take place in an NFL team s stadium. Nathan Edwards The Draft will be televised nationally by NFL Network, Communications Coordinator MEDIA WORKROOM WIFI ESPN/ESPN 2, FOX and ABC, and can be heard nathan.edwards@houstontexans.com nationwide on Westwood One Radio, SiriusXM NFL SSID: Media2017 832-667-2282 Radio and TuneIn Radio. Network Key: NRG2017press Houston Texans Communications NRG Stadium Two NRG Park Houston, Texas 77054
TEXANS 2018 SCHEDULE PRESEASON Day Date Opponent TV Time Thursday Aug. 9 at Kansas City Chiefs KTRK 7:30 p.m. Saturday Aug. 18 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS KTRK 7:00 p.m. Saturday Aug. 25 at Los Angeles Rams KTRK 3:00 p.m. Thursday Aug. 30 DALLAS COWBOYS KTRK 7:00 p.m. REGULAR SEASON Day Date Opponent TV Time Sunday Sept. 9 at New England Patriots CBS Noon Sunday Sept. 16 at Tennessee Titans CBS Noon Sunday Sept. 23 NEW YORK GIANTS FOX Noon Sunday Sept. 30 at Indianapolis Colts CBS Noon Sunday Oct. 7 DALLAS COWBOYS NBC# 7:20 p.m. Sunday Oct. 14 BUFFALO BILLS CBS Noon Sunday Oct. 21 at Jacksonville Jaguars CBS Noon Thursday Oct. 25 MIAMI DOLPHINS FOX/NFLN# 7:20 p.m. Sunday Nov. 4 at Denver Broncos CBS 3:05 p.m. BYE Sunday Nov. 18 at Washington Redskins CBS Noon Monday Nov. 26 TENNESSEE TITANS ESPN# 7:15 p.m. Sunday Dec. 2 CLEVELAND BROWNS CBS Noon Sunday Dec. 9 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS CBS Noon Saturday Dec. 15 at New York Jets NFLN# TBD Sunday Dec. 23 at Philadelphia Eagles CBS Noon Sunday Dec. 30 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS CBS Noon Italic indicates games subject to flex scheduling. See notes below. All kickoff times are Central; # - Televised Nationally; Home Games in BOLD All games are broadcast live on Texans Radio on SportsRadio610, 100.3 The Bull and in Spanish on Mega 101 FM. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING - Flexible scheduling may be applied in Weeks 5-10. During that period, flexible scheduling can be used in no more than two weeks by shifting a Sunday afternoon game into primetime and moving the Sunday night game to an afternoon start time. - Also, a select number of games are being cross-flexed, moving between CBS and FOX to bring potentially under-distributed games to wider audiences. - Flexible scheduling will be used in Weeks 11-17 as it has been in recent years. In Weeks 11-16, the schedule lists the games tentatively set for Sunday Night Football on NBC. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game would be moved to an afternoon start time. Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday, Saturday or Monday nights. A flexible scheduling move would be announced at least 12 days before the game. For Week 17, the Sunday night game will be announced no later than six days prior to December 30. - The schedule does not list a Sunday night game in Week 17, but an afternoon game with playoff implications will be moved to that time slot. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all Sunday time slots in those weeks and gives surprise teams a chance to play their way into primetime. TEXANS MEDIA SITE Credentials Transcripts Weekly Release Media Guide http://media.houstontexans.com FOR TEXANS NEWS... TEXANS DRAFT BASICS / 2018 SCHEDULE TEXANS FTP SITE To get added to the Houston Texans Share/FTP site, please contact Nathan Edwards at nathan.edwards@houstontexans. com for details and questions. 2 DRAFT PARTY PRESENTED BY MILLER LITE Houston Texans fans are invited to come out to the 2018 Houston Texans Draft Party presented by Miller Lite on Friday, April 27 at NRG Stadium. The Draft Party will begin at 6 p.m. CT. While it is a free event, there were a limited number of tickets available at Ticketmaster.com and the event sold out once again this year. Parking for the Draft Party is also free and will be located in the Blue Lot on the south end of NRG Stadium. On Friday during the second and third round of the 2018 NFL Draft, NFL Network s coverage will be shown on the HD televisions throughout the 100 Level Concourse and Texans Radio on SportsRadio 610 will be broadcast live with commentary and analysis from The Voice of the Texans, Marc Vandermeer, and a number of special guests. Houston Texans players will be available throughout the concourse at Pic with a Player locations to take pictures with fans. Texans Ambassadors will also be on hand to sign autographs throughout the evening. Fans can also get their first glimpse of the 2018 Houston Texans Cheerleaders when the squad makes its debut performance at the event. Young fans can play in the TORO s Kids Club Zone, which will feature interactive games, a balloon artist, face painters and appearances by TORO and Deep Steel Thunder. 22 PROSPECTS TO ATTEND NFL DRAFT Twenty-two prospects are confirmed to attend the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Three colleges Alabama, Louisville and UCLA will each have two players in attendance, while the Southeastern Conference leads all conferences with five prospects confirmed to attend the event. The draft begins with the first round on Thursday night, April 26 and continues Friday, April 27 with Rounds 2-3. The draft will conclude on Saturday, April 28 with Rounds 4-7. The NFL Draft, which was held in Philadelphia last year, will be hosted in the state of Texas for the first time in league history. PROSPECTS ATTENDING THE 2018 NFL DRAFT Name Pos. School Jaire Alexander CB Louisville Josh Allen QB Wyoming Saquon Barkley RB Penn State Taven Bryan DT Florida Bradley Chubb DE North Carolina State Sam Darnold QB Southern California Marcus Davenport DE Texas-San Antonio Tremaine Edmunds LB Virginia Tech Rashaan Evans LB Alabama Minkah Fitzpatrick DB Alabama Shaquem Griffin LB UCF Derrius Guice RB LSU Josh Jackson CB Iowa Lamar Jackson QB Louisville Derwin James S Florida State Kolton Miller T UCLA Josh Rosen QB UCLA Roquan Smith LB Georgia Leighton Vander Esch LB Boise State Vita Vea DT Washington Denzel Ward CB Ohio State Connor Williams T Texas
2018 DRAFT MEDIA AVAILABLITY THURSDAY, APRIL 26 (Round 1) Round 1 begins at 7 p.m. CDT 5:30 p.m. NRG Stadium Media Workroom open to media 6 p.m. Dinner served to media in media workroom 7 p.m. The 83rd NFL Draft begins Note: There are no media availabilities scheduled following the conclusion of the first round. FRIDAY, APRIL 27 (Rounds 2-3 & Texans Draft Party) Round 2 begins at 6 p.m. CDT 4:30 p.m. NRG Stadium Media Workroom open to media 5 p.m. Dinner served to media in media workroom 6 p.m. Round 2 begins End of Day General Manager Brian Gaine will address the media following the team s final selection of the day. Each draft pick will also be made available to media via conference call. B-ROLL OPPORTUNITIES 6-9:30 p.m. Texans Draft Party, presented by Miller Lite (100 Level at NRG Stadium) 6:30 p.m. Houston Texans Cheerleader Performance (Section 123) - Meet Corporate Communications Manager Allie LeClair in the Verizon West Club Lobby (near media entrance) at 6:15 p.m. to be escorted to Section 123 on the Concourse Level to shoot the Cheerleader performance. SATURDAY, APRIL 28 (Rounds 4-7) Round 4 begins at 11 a.m. CDT 9:30 a.m. NRG Stadium Media Workroom open to media 10 a.m. Breakfast served to media in the media workroom 11 a.m. Round 4 begins 4 p.m. Dinner served to media in the media workroom End of Day General Manager Brian Gaine will address the media following the team s final selection of the day. Each draft pick will also be made available to media via conference call TEXANS TO ANNOUNCE DAY 3 DRAFT PICKS FROM TEEN CLUB The Houston Texans announced that their Day 3 selections for the 2018 NFL Draft will be made from the Houston Texans Teen Club, a center operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston. Houston Texans Legend and Ring of Honor Inductee Andre Johnson will make the Round 4 draft announcement from the Teen Club. Across the NFL, clubs are making their picks for Rounds 4 to 6 at locations across the country and around the world, including military bases, state landmarks and major attractions. For the second straight year, Round 6 will be youth football-themed and will be announced by two Houston Texans Teen Club Members who play football. The Texans will also have youth football kids from both tackle and flag teams as part of the pick announcements. The Houston Texans strive to be Champions for Youth because we believe the youth are our future, remarked Houston Texans President Jamey Rootes. So, what better way to get them involved with the Texans than by having them announce the future of our team, our 2018 NFL Draft picks. We are so proud of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston and all they do for the City of Houston. 3 CREDENTIALS Please reach out to Corporate Communications Manager Allie LeClair (allie.leclair@houstontexans.com) if you plan on attending the NFL Draft at NRG Stadium on any day, so you can receive a parking pass and access to the stadium. PARKING Thursday-Saturday: Please park in the Teal Lot on Murworth. You will need a pass to park on Friday (the parking pass will be sent out once you have contacted Allie LeClair regarding credentials). You do not need a pass to park in the Teal Lot on Thursday and Saturday. MEDIA WORKROOM With the exception of the Houston Texans Draft Party presented by Miller Light, all media availabilities, as well as the working press room will be housed in the media workroom of NRG Stadium. Wireless Internet will be available, as well as food and beverage daily. The media workroom is located on the first level of NRG Stadium next to the Verizon West Club Lobby near the media entrance. LIVE SHOTS Any outlets needing to shoot live shots or have satellite truck parking on Friday must contact Allie LeClair (allie.leclair@houstontexans.com) with details for approval. There will be limited space available. SEASON TICKET MEMBER TO EXPERIENCE DRAFT The Houston Texans announced that Dana Elliott, an inaugural seasonticket member, will receive the ultimate NFL Draft experience courtesy of The Membership Club, an NFL league-wide benefits program. Elliott will help kick off festivities and receive behind the scenes access to 2018 Draft celebrations in Arlington. The experience begins on Wednesday, April 25, with a Welcome Reception featuring NFL Head of Officiating Al Riveron and a special You Make the Call session. On Thursday, it continues with a breakfast to kick off Draft Day and an exclusive invite to the NFL Draft Luncheon, featuring an assortment of NFL legends. Elliott will receive a custom team jersey with Draft Day on the nameplate, walk the Red Carpet with NFL prospects, and hand deliver an official New Era Draft Cap to the NFL Draft Theater. The V.I.P. access continues when Elliott will deliver a customized No. 1 Nike jersey from backstage to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on stage as picks are announced. The initiative is part of the NFL s fifth annual Draft Season Ticket Member Experience, which aims to recognize dedicated fans and give them an exclusive opportunity at the event. In total, 32 season ticket members one representing each team will be heading to the 2018 NFL Draft and participating in the festivities. A native Houstonian, Elliott has been a season ticket holder since the inception of the Texans in 2002 and has been present for some of the most celebrated moments in franchise history, including the 19-10 win over the Dallas Cowboys in the team s first-ever game. When not watching Texans games, Elliott enjoys hunting, fishing and taking in college games at his alma mater, Texas A&M. He and his wife, Amy, have three children: Sara, Kyle and Garrett. Additional information on The Membership Club is available at NFL.com/ TheMembershipClub. Fans may visit NFL.com/DraftExperience for details on NFL Draft Experience attractions and events.
2018 DRAFT INFORMATION WHAT 83rd Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting. WHERE AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas. WHEN 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 26 (Round 1). 7:00 PM ET, Friday, April 27 (Rounds 2-3). Noon ET, Saturday, April 28 (Rounds 4-7). The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 11:30 PM ET. In 2017, the first round consumed three hours and 34 minutes. The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 11:30 PM ET. The second and third rounds took four hours and 27 minutes in 2017. The draft will conclude by approximately 6:30 PM ET on Saturday with the final four rounds. Rounds 4 through 7 took six hours and 29 minutes in 2017. DRAFTING Representatives of the 32 NFL clubs by telephone communication with their general managers, coaches and scouts. ROUNDS Seven Rounds Round 1 on Thursday, April 26; Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday, April 27; and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, April 28. There will be 256 selections, including 32 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 15 teams that suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year. The following 32 compensatory choices will supplement the 224 regular choices in the seven rounds Round 3: Arizona, 33; Houston, 34; Denver, 35; Cincinnati, 36. Round 4: Green Bay, 33; Arizona, 34; New York Giants, 35 (Traded to Los Angeles Rams); New England, 36 (Traded to Los Angeles Rams); Dallas, 37. Round 5: Cincinnati, 33; Dallas, 34; Green Bay, 35; Dallas, 36 (Traded to Oakland); Green Bay, 37. Round 6: Green Bay, 33; Dallas, 34; Kansas City, 35 (Traded to Miami through Los Angeles Rams); Oakland, 36 (Traded to New England); Houston, 37; Oakland, 38; Minnesota, 39; Houston, 40; Baltimore, 41; Oakland, 42; Oakland, 43; Minnesota, 44. Round 7: Los Angeles Chargers, 33; Cincinnati, 34; Cincinnati, 35; Arizona, 36; Tampa Bay, 37; Atlanta, 38. TIME LIMITS Round 1: 10 minutes per selection. Round 2: Seven minutes per selection. Rounds 3 through 6, including Compensatory Picks: Five minutes per selection. Rounds 7, including Compensatory Picks: Four minutes per selection. TELEVISION & RADIO The 2018 NFL Draft will be televised nationally by NFL Network, ESPN/ ESPN 2, FOX and ABC, and can be heard nationwide on Westwood One Radio, SiriusXM NFL Radio and TuneIn Radio. INTERNET Starting at 8:00 PM ET on Thursday, April 26, NFL Now Live provides comprehensive online coverage of the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. Host Matt Money Smith anchors the coverage from NFL Network s studios, alongside NFL Media draft analysts Bucky Brooks and Lance Zierlein. Brooks provides instant draft grades and analysis immediately following each selection, while Zierlein continuously ranks the best players still available. Throughout NFL Now Live s coverage, NFL Network analysts such as Kurt Warner, David Carr, Reggie Bush and Charley Casserly join to provide their analysis of the selections, NFL Fantasy expert Michael Fabiano offers instant fantasy advice. Additionally, Adam Rank monitors social trends and fan reaction in real time. NFL Now Live continues Friday, April 27 at 7:00 PM ET for coverage of Rounds 2-3 and Saturday, April 28 at 12 Noon ET for coverage of Rounds 4-7, and is the only place to view the real-time announcement of every pick of the entire 2018 NFL Draft. NFL Now Live can be accessed at NFL.com/Draft and through the official mobile app of the NFL, NFL Mobile from Verizon, as well as the NFL app on connected TV devices and on desktop and tablet devices such as the NFL app on Windows 10. MOBILE Live NFL Network coverage of the 2018 NFL Draft is available across devices (smartphone, PC, tablet and connected TVs) through the NFL app or NFL.com/watch for subscribers of participating NFL Network providers. 2018 NFL FIRST ROUND DRAFT ORDER Pick Overall Team 1 1 Cleveland Browns 2 2 New York Giants 3 3 New York Jets from Indianapolis Colts 4 4 Cleveland Browns from Houston Texans 5 5 Denver Broncos 6 6 Indianapolis Colts from New York Jets 7 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8 8 Chicago Bears 9 9 San Francisco 49ers 10 10 Oakland Raiders 11 11 Miami Dolphins 12 12 Buffalo Bills from Cincinnati Bengals 13 13 Washington Redskins 14 14 Green Bay Packers 15 15 Arizona Cardinals 16 16 Baltimore Ravens 17 17 Los Angeles Chargers 18 18 Seattle Seahawks 19 19 Dallas Cowboys 20 20 Detroit Lions 21 21 Cincinnati Bengals from Buffalo Bills 22 22 Buffalo Bills from Kansas City Chiefs 23 23 New England Patriots from Los Angeles Rams 24 24 Carolina Panthers 25 25 Tennessee Titans 26 26 Atlanta Falcons 27 27 New Orleans Saints 28 28 Pittsburgh Steelers 29 29 Jacksonville Jaguars 30 30 Minnesota Vikings 31 31 New England Patriots 32 32 Philadelphia Eagles 4
TEXANS DRAFT NOTES THE LAST TIME THE TEXANS DRAFTED A... Pos., College Rd. Overall QB 2017 Deshaun Watson, Clemson 1 12 RB 2017 D Onta Foreman, Texas 3 89 FB 2014 Jay Prosch, Auburn 6 211 WR 2016 Will Fuller V, Notre Dame 1 21 Braxton Miller, Ohio St. 3 85 TE 2014 C.J. Fiedorowicz, Iowa 3 65 T 2017 Julién Davenport, Bucknell 4 130 G 2014 Xavier Su a-filo, UCLA 2 33 C/LS 2017 Kyle Fuller, Baylor 7 243 DE 2017 Carlos Watkins, Clemson 4 142 DT 2016 D.J. Reader, Clemson 5 166 LB 2017 Zach Cunningham, Vanderbilt 2 57 CB 2017 Treston Decoud, Oregon State 5 169 S 2016 K.J. Dillon, West Virginia 5 159 K/P 2012 Randy Bullock, Texas A&M 5 161 2017 SELECTIONS OF TEXANS 2018 DRAFT SLOTS Rd Overall 2017 Pick, Pos. School Team 3 68 Dawuane Smoot, DE Illinois Jacksonville 3 80 Tarell Basham, DE Ohio Indianapolis 3 98 Chad Williams, WR Grambling State Arizona 4 103 Trey Hendrickson, DE Florida Atlantic New Orleans 6 177 Trent Taylor, WR Louisiana Tech San Francisco 6 211 Conor McDermott, T UCLA New England 6 214 Elijah Qualls, DT Washington Philadelphia 7 222 Jalen Myrick, CB Minnesota Jacksonville TEXANS ALL-TIME COMPENSATORY PICKS The Texans were awarded three compensatory picks in the 2018 NFL Draft. They have had 12 compensatory picks in franchise history: HOUSTON TEXANS ALL-TIME COMPENSATORY PICKS Year Rd. Pick Player College Pos. 2004 6 200 Charlie Anderson Mississippi LB 2004 7 248 B.J. Symons Texas Tech QB 2006 7 251 David Anderson Colorado State WR 2011 7 254 Cheta Ozougwu Rice OLB 2013 3 95 Sam Montgomery LSU OLB 2013 6 201 Ryan Griffin Connecticut TE 2014 4 135 Tom Savage Pittsburgh QB 2014 6 211 Jay Prosch Auburn FB 2014 6 256 *Lonnie Ballentine Memphis S 2015 5 175 Keith Mumphery Michigan State WR 2015 6 211 *Reshard Cliett South Florida LB 2015 6 216 Christian Covington Rice DT TEXANS DRAFT INDEX Below is a look at the Texans draft selections by position and round in the NFL Draft since 2002, not including the Supplemental Draft: Draft Round Pos. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total QB 2 1 1 1 1 2 8 RB/FB 1 3 3 1 3 1 12 WR 3 1 4 2 1 2 2 15 TE 1 1 3 1 1 1 8 T 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 11 G 1 2 2 5 C/LS 1 1 1 1 2 6 DE 3 1 1 2 1 2 10 DT 2 3 2 4 1 12 LB 3 4 1 3 2 3 16 CB 3 1 1 3 2 3 1 14 S 1 1 4 3 3 12 K/P 1 1 Total 17 13 22 20 15 24 19 130 TEXANS ALL-ROOKIE DRAFT SELECTIONS The Texans have had 13 draft picks earn spots on the PFW/PFWA All- Rookie Team, with all but one of the players selected from either the first or fourth rounds. TEXANS DRAFT PICKS ON PFW/PFWA ALL-ROOKIE TEAM Rd. 2002 David Carr, QB 1 2003 Andre Johnson, WR 1 Domanick Williams, RB 4 2004 Dunta Robinson, CB 1 2005 Jerome Mathis, KR 4 2006 Owen Daniels, TE 4 DeMeco Ryans, LB 2 2007 Amobi Okoye, DT 1 2008 Xavier Adibi, LB 4 2009 Brian Cushing, LB 1 2011 J.J. Watt, DE 1 2013 DeAndre Hopkins, WR 1 2017 Deshaun Watson, QB 1 Bold indicates made active roster that season * Indicates placed on Injured Reserve that season 5
The Texans don t own a first or second round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft but have been successful drafting in Rounds 3-7 in team history. G FRED WEARY (2002, 3RD ROUND, 66TH PICK) Started 43-of-63 games he appeared in for the Texans from 2002-07. Blocked for two 1,000-yard rushers. RB JONATHAN WELLS (2002, 4TH ROUND, 99TH PICK) Appeared in 60 games (18 starts) from 2002-05 and ran for 1,167 yards and 10 touchdowns on 374 attempts (3.1 avg.). Also caught 44 passes for 323 yards (7.3 avg.) and two touchdowns. CB DEMARCUS FAGGINS (2002, 6TH ROUND, 173RD PICK) Played in 82 games (36 starts) for the Texans from 2002-08, logging 191 total tackles (167 solo), 38 passes defensed, five interceptions, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, 1.0 sack and 26 special teams tackles. Returned an interception 43 yards for a touchdown in 2004. RB DOMANICK WILLIAMS (2003, 4TH ROUND, 101ST PICK) Named NFL Rookie of the Year in 2003 after rushing for 1,031 yards. Went on to post back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. Ranks second in team history with 3,195 career rushing yards and was named to the Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team. Played for the Texans from 2003-05 and started 36-of-40 games played. S GLENN EARL (2004, 4TH ROUND, 122ND PICK) Started 31-of-37 games from 2004-06 and recorded 147 total tackles (112 solo), three interceptions, 10 passes defensed, 2.0 sacks and one forced fumble. LB CHARLIE ANDERSON (2004, 6TH ROUND, 200TH PICK) Appeared in 60 games (five starts) from 2004-07 with the Texans and registered 38 total tackles (25 solo), 3.0 sacks, three forced fumbles, four passes defensed and 40 special teams tackles. WR JEROME MATHIS (2005, 4TH ROUND, 114TH PICK) Named to the 2006 Pro Bowl and All-Pro Team after returning 54 kickoffs for 1,542 yards and two touchdowns in 12 games. Ranked second in the NFL with a 28.6 average and was named to the Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team. Was with the Texans from 2005-07 and appeared in 17 total games. S C.C. BROWN (2005, 6TH ROUND, 188TH PICK) Started 47-of-50 games he played in for the Texans from 2005-08 and tallied 251 total tackles (193 solo), three interceptions, 16 passes defensed, four forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and 1.0 sack. T ERIC WINSTON (2006, 3RD ROUND, 66TH PICK) Started 87 consecutive games at right tackle from 2006-11 and helped lead the Texans offense to three consecutive top-five finishes from 2008-10. TE OWEN DANIELS (2006, 4TH ROUND, 98TH PICK) Posted 385 receptions for 4,617 yards and 29 touchdowns (2006-13). Elected to the 2009 and 2013 Pro Bowls. Named to the Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team after catching 34 passes for 352 yards and five touchdowns. WR JACOBY JONES (2007, 3RD ROUND, 73RD PICK) Ranks first all-time in franchise history in punt return yards with 1,820 to go along with three touchdowns on 179 returns (10.2 avg.). Played in 75 games for the Texans, recording 127 catches for 1,741 yards and 11 touchdowns in five seasons (2007-11). LB ZAC DILES (2007, 7TH ROUND, 218TH PICK) Appeared in 50 games (30 starts) from 2007-10 with the Texans, compiling 212 total tackles (154 solo), 1.0 sack, one interception, five quarterback hits, 14 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, three passes defensed and 11 special teams tackles. RB STEVE SLATON (2008, 3RD ROUND, 89TH PICK) Set a team record as a rookie with 1,282 yards rushing and led the AFC in total yards from scrimmage with 1,659. Ranks sixth in team history in career rushing yards with 1,832. Played in 42 games (26 starts) for the Texans from 2008-2011. S GLOVER QUIN (2009, 4TH ROUND, 112TH PICK) Notched 310 total tackles (248 solo), 47 passes defensed, five interceptions, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and 14 tackles for loss in 63 games played (60 starts) with the Texans (2009-12). Started all 16 games for three straight seasons (2010-12) after starting 12 games as a rookie in 2009. TE JAMES CASEY (2009, 5TH ROUND, 152ND PICK) Appeared in 61 games (20 starts) and caught 66 passes for 752 yards (11.4 avg.) and four touchdowns (2009-12). Also had 28 special teams tackles. TEXANS DRAFT NOTES BEYOND THE FIRST & SECOND 6 CB BRICE MCCAIN (2009, 6TH ROUND, 152ND PICK) Appeared in 72 games from 2009-13 and posted 105 total tackles (88 solo), 33 passes defensed, five interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, and 19 special teams tackles. DT EARL MITCHELL (2010, 3RD ROUND, 81ST PICK) Played in 63 games (17 starts) from 2010-13. Recorded 134 total tackles (81 solo), 3.5 sacks, six quarterback hits, six tackles for loss, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and four passed defensed. TE GARRETT GRAHAM (2010, 4TH ROUND, 118TH PICK) Registered 100 receptions for 1,059 yards and 10 touchdowns in six seasons with the Texans (2010-15). Started 31-of-60 games played and tied for the team lead in receiving touchdowns with five in 2013. QB T.J. YATES (2011, 5TH ROUND, 152ND PICK) Led Houston to its first playoff appearance, first division crown and first postseason win in franchise history. Became the first rookie quarterback in 43 years to lead a team to back-to-back fourth-quarter wins and was the fourth fifth-round pick since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to win his first start. Has served three stints with the Texans (2011-13, 2015 and 2017) and appeared in 21 games (10 starts). T DEREK NEWTON (2011, 7TH ROUND, 214TH PICK) Started in 68-of-82 games he played in from 2011-16, including a 56-game start streak from 2012-16, which marked the fifth-longest active streak in the league at the time. Blocked for four 1,000-yard rushers and played every position on the offensive line except center. G BRANDON BROOKS (2012, 3RD ROUND, 76TH PICK) Started 44-of-50 games played for the Texans at guard from 2012-15 and blocked for two 1,000-yard rushers. C BEN JONES (2012, 4TH ROUND, 99TH PICK) Named Texans Rookie of the Year in 2012 after starting 10 games and playing in 16. Became a mainstay for the Texans on the offensive line and played in 64 consecutive games, including starting all 16 games in 2014 and 2015. Blocked for two 1,000-yard rushers. Spent the 2012-15 seasons with the Texans. DE JARED CRICK (2012, 4TH ROUND, 126TH PICK) Registered 5.5 sacks, including a career-high 3.5 in 2014 with the Texans. Played in 63 games (32 starts) from 2012-15, including starting 31-of-32 games at defensive end in 2014 and 2015. Also recorded 146 total tackles, 13 passes defensed and 24 quarterback hits as a Texan. TE RYAN GRIFFIN (2013, 6TH ROUND, 201ST PICK) Has appeared in 63 games (25 starts) since 2013, logging 112 catches for 1,186 yards (10.6 avg.) and seven touchdowns. TE C.J. FIEDOROWICZ (2014, 3RD ROUND, 65TH PICK) Started 42-of-51 games that he appeared in with the Texans from 2014-17, recording 89 receptions for 881 (9.9 avg.) and six touchdowns. RB ALFRED BLUE (2014, 6TH ROUND, 181ST PICK) Set the franchise record for carries in a game (36) and tied a rookie rushing record with 156 yards at Cleveland (11/16/14). Became the first player in franchise history with a rushing, receiving and return touchdown in the same season in 2014. Has 1,908 rushing yards and eight total touchdowns since joining Houston in 2014. FB JAY PROSCH (2014, 6TH ROUND, 211TH PICK) Played in 63-of-64 possible games since getting drafted in 2014, including 13 starts. Blocked for two 1,000-yard rushers in four seasons. Also has 16 special teams tackles since joining the team. S ANDRE HAL (2014, 7TH ROUND, 216TH PICK) Has played in 61 games (38 starts) and posted 169 total tackles (119 solo), nine interceptions, 26 passes defensed, six tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two quarterback hits and 1.0 sack. First on the Texans with nine interceptions since joining the team in 2014. DE CHRISTIAN COVINGTON (2015, 6TH ROUND, 216TH PICK) Has appeared in 38 games, including seven starts, since getting drafted. Registered 50 total tackles (31 solo), 4.0 sacks, eight quarterback hits, seven tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one pass defensed. NT D.J. READER (2016, 5TH ROUND, 166TH PICK) Set career highs in total tackles (47), quarterback hits (six), tackles for loss (three) and games started (14) in 2017. Has started 21-of-30 games he s appeared in since 2016. Recorded a sack in Houston s Wild Card victory over the Raiders in 2016, becoming the third Texans rookie to record a sack in the postseason.
TEXANS DRAFT NOTES FIRST IMPRESSIONS The Texans saw a lot of production from their 2017 draft class on both offense and defense. ILB ZACH CUNNINGHAM (2ND ROUND, 57TH PICK) Finished second on the team and tied for second among all NFL rookies with 82 total tackles (45 solo) while playing in all 16 games (13 starts). Compiled 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble, six passes defensed, two quarterback hits, five tackles for loss and eight total special teams tackles. T JULIÉN DAVENPORT (4TH ROUND, 130TH PICK) Played in 11 total games and made four starts. Started three games at left tackle, including Weeks 16 and 17. RB D ONTA FOREMAN (3RD ROUND, 89TH PICK) Rushed for 327 yards and had 83 receiving yards in 2017 while playing in 10 games. Scored a rushing touchdown on back-to-back carries and tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a rookie in a game in 2017. Became the first Texans player with two rushing touchdowns in a game since 2014. G KYLE FULLER (7TH ROUND, 243RD PICK) Played in nine total games and had two starts. Only commited one penalty. DE CARLOS WATKINS (4TH ROUND, 142ND PICK) Appeared in 12 total games, including six starts, and compiled 21 total tackles (nine solo), three tackles for loss and one pass defensed. QB DESHAUN WATSON (1ST ROUND, 12TH PICK) Played in seven games (six starts) and completed 126-of-204 passes (61.8%) for 1,699 yards and 19 touchdowns. Rushed for 269 yards on 36 attempts (7.5 avg.) and two TDs. Set NFL records for most passing TDs through a player s first seven career games in NFL history and most passing TDs (18, Weeks 3-8) by a rookie over any five-game span in NFL history. THE EIGHTH ROUND The Texans have had success with college free agents, including a number of players on the current roster who have been contributiors. TE STEPHEN ANDERSON (2016) - Started a career-high five games in 2017, catching 25 passes for 342 yards and a touchdown. ILB DYLAN COLE (2017) - The only CFA in the NFL with a pick-six in 2017 and the first CFA linebacker to do so since 2005. S KURTIS DRUMMOND (2015) - Led the Texans with 11 special teams tackles in 2017, giving him 21 for his career. K KA IMI FAIRBAIRN (2016) - Made 11 straight field goal attempts to start 2017, the most to start a career in team history. Had 49 touchbacks and a 66.2 touchback percentage, which are both single-season franchise records. DE JOEL HEATH (2016) - Started 15 games over two seasons and became the first undrafted Texans rookie with 2.0 sacks in a game. T KENDALL LAMM (2015) - Matched a career high with four starts in 2017 and has played in 40 career games in three seasons. C/G GREG MANCZ (2015) - Started 23 games over the past two seasons, including 18 at center and five at guard. S COREY MOORE (2015) - Appeared in 31 career games and stands tied for fourth on the Texans with 16 special teams tackles since entering the NFL. OLB BRENNAN SCARLETT (2016) - Joined Steelers OLB James Harrison as the only undrafted linebackers with a 2.0-sack game in 2017. WR CHRIS THOMPSON (2017) - Led the NFL in punt and kick return yards among undrafted rookies in 2017 and had six special teams tackles. 7 HOME GROWN The Texans have drafted 19 players overall and at least one player in all but the 2013, 2014 and 2016 drafts that either went to college or high school in Texas or has some connection to the state. Houston took two players with Texas ties in the 2017 NFL Draft, RB D Onta Foreman and C Kyle Fuller, which marked the first time the Texans have drafted multiple players with connections to Texas since 2009. Below is a look at players the Texans have drafted who are either from Texas or went to college in Texas. TEXANS DRAFTED BY THE TEXANS Rd. Pick Player College Pos. Hometown 2002 6 173 DeMarcus Faggins Kansas State CB Irving 2003 7 233 Chance Pearce Texas A&M LS Brownwood 2004 6 170 Vontez Duff Notre Dame CB Copperas Cove 7 211 Sloan Thomas Texas WR Clarksville, Tenn. 7 248 B.J. Symons Texas Tech QB Houston 2005 7 227 Kenneth Pettway Grambling State LB Houston 2006 3 66 Eric Winston Miami T Midland 2007 6 183 Kasey Studdard Texas G Denver, Colo. 7 218 Zac Diles Kansas State LB Abilene 2008 5 151 Frank Okam Texas DT Pine Bluff, Ark. 2009 4 122 Anthony Hill North Carolina St. TE Houston 5 152 James Casey Rice TE Azle 6 188 Brice McCain Utah CB Terrell 2010 3 81 Earl Mitchell Arizona DT Houston 2011 7 254 Cheta Ozougwu Rice OLB Houston 2012 5 161 Randy Bullock Texas A&M K Klein 2015 6 216 Christian Covington Rice DT Vancouver, BC, Canada 2017 3 89 D Onta Foreman Texas RB Texas City, Texas 7 243 Kyle Fuller Baylor C Wylie, Texas Bold indicates made active roster that season
The Texans drafted ILB Zach Cunningham (left) in the secound round of the 2017 NFL Draft and ILB Benardrick McKinney (right) in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft. McKinney led the team in total tackles with 95 in 2017 while Cunningham finished second with 82. In 2017, for the second year in a row, the Texans drafted an offensive player in the first round. It was the second time in team history the Texans took a offensive player in the first round in back-to-back drafts and the first time since 2002-03. Houston then drafted a defensive player in the second round. Historically, the Texans have drafted mostly defensive players in the first two rounds. Only seven of Houston s 25 first- or second-round picks since 2004 have been on the offensive side of the ball. HOUSTON TEXANS FIRST AND SECOND ROUND DRAFT PICKS, 2004-17 Pos. Rd. Pk College 2017 Deshaun Watson QB 1 12 Clemson 2017 Zach Cunningham ILB 2 57 Vanderbilt 2016 Will Fuller V WR 1 21 Notre Dame 2016 Nick Martin C 2 50 Notre Dame 2015 Kevin Johnson CB 1 16 Wake Forest 2015 Benardrick McKinney ILB 2 43 Mississippi State 2014 Jadeveon Clowney OLB 1 1 South Carolina 2014 Xavier Su a-filo G 2 33 UCLA 2013 DeAndre Hopkins WR 1 27 Clemson 2013 D.J. Swearinger S 2 57 South Carolina 2012 Whitney Mercilus OLB 1 26 Illinois 2011 J.J. Watt DE 1 11 Wisconsin 2011 Brooks Reed OLB 2 42 Arizona 2011 Brandon Harris CB 2 60 Miami 2010 Kareem Jackson CB 1 20 Alabama 2010 Ben Tate RB 2 58 Auburn 2009 Brian Cushing LB 1 15 USC 2009 Connor Barwin DE 2 46 Cincinnati 2008 Duane Brown T 1 26 Virginia Tech 2007 Amobi Okoye DT 1 10 Louisville 2006 Mario Williams DE 1 1 N.C. State 2006 DeMeco Ryans LB 2 33 Alabama 2005 Travis Johnson DT 1 16 Florida State 2004 Dunta Robinson CB 1 10 South Carolina 2004 Jason Babin LB 1 27 Western Michigan Defensive players in italics DEFENSIVE TREND TEXANS DRAFT NOTES 8 The Texans are the only team in the NFL with every first round pick since 2010 still on its roster. Houston s first-round draft picks have made immediate impacts, with all but two playing in 14-or-more games as a rookie. TEXANS FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICKS, Rookie Year GP/GS Year Pk Player GP GS 2002 1 David Carr, QB 16 16 2003 3 Andre Johnson, WR 16 16 2004 10 Dunta Robinson, CB 16 16 2004 27 Jason Babin, OLB 16 16 2005 16 Travis Johnson, DT 15 3 2006 1 Mario Williams, DE 16 16 2007 10 Amobi Okoye, DT 16 14 2008 26 Duane Brown, T 16 16 2009 15 Brian Cushing, LB 16 16 2010 20 Kareem Jackson, CB 16 16 2011 11 J.J. Watt, DE 16 16 2012 26 Whitney Mercilus, OLB 16 4 2013 27 DeAndre Hopkins, WR 16 16 2014 1 Jadeveon Clowney, DE/OLB 4 4 2015 16 Kevin Johnson, CB 16 10 2016 21 Will Fuller V, WR 14 13 2017 12 Deshaun Watson, QB 7 6 Bold indicates current Texan. BUILT THROUGH THE DRAFT The Texans had one of the best offensive seasons in franchise history in 2017. Houston posted the third-most passing touchdowns in a single season in team history (28), the most touchdown passes of 20-or-more yards (12) and the most completions over 25 yards (38). The Texans also scored 30-or-more points six times in 2017, which tied the franchise record for the most games with 30-or-more points in a season (2012). From Weeks 3-8, Houston scored 30-or-more points in five straight games for the first time in franchise history and was one of two teams in the NFL to score 30-or-more points in five straight games, joining the Eagles (Weeks 7-12). Houston gained 340-or-more yards of offense in five straight games from Weeks 3-8, which tied for the fourth-longest streak in team history. The Texans scored five-or-more touchdowns in back-to-back games in Weeks 4-5 for the first time in team history. Houston s 2017 rookie class posted 2,179 total net yards (net passing yards and rushing yards), which were the third-most by a team s rookies in the NFL, trailing the Browns (3,101) and Bears (2,636). Houston also was one of three teams in the NFL with two players in the top-20 in rookie rushing yards (Green Bay and Chicago). HOUSTON TEXANS 2017 OFFENSIVE LEADERS PASSING Player Yards TDs How Acquired Deshaun Watson 1,699 19 D1-17 RUSHING Player Yards TDs How Acquired Lamar Miller 888 3 UFA- 16 (MIA) D Onta Foreman 327 2 D3-17 RECEIVING Player Yards TDs How Acquired DeAndre Hopkins 1,378 13 D1-13 Will Fuller V 423 7 D1-16 Stephen Anderson 342 1 CFA- 16 Bold indicates player was drafted by the Texans or signed as a college free agent. FIRST-ROUND FACTORS
TEXANS DRAFT SLOTS (2008-17) Below is a look at who has been drafted with the selections the Texans have in the 2018 NFL Draft since 2008. #68 OVERALL Pos College Team 2017 Dawuane Smoot DE Illinois Jacksonville Jaguars 2016 Will Redmond CB Mississippi State San Francisco 49ers 2015 Clive Walford TE Miami (FL) Oakland Raiders 2014 Dezmen Southward S Wisconsin Atlanta Falcons 2013 Leon McFadden CB San Diego State Cleveland Browns 2012 DeVier Posey WR Ohio State Houston Texans 2011 Kelvin Sheppard LB LSU Buffalo Bills 2010 Jon Asamoah G Illinois Kansas City Chiefs 2009 Jarron Gilbert DT San Jose State Chicago Bears 2008 Chevis Jackson CB LSU Atlanta Falcons #80 OVERALL Pos College Team 2017 Tarell Basham DE Ohio Indianapolis Colts 2016 Adolphus Washington DT Ohio State Buffalo Bills 2015 Alex Carter CB Stanford Detroit Lions 2014 Dexter McDougle CB Maryland New York Jets 2013 J.J. Wilcox S Georgia Southern Dallas Cowboys 2012 Jamell Fleming CB Oklahoma Arizona Cardinals 2011 Chris Culliver CB South Carolina San Francisco 49ers 2010 J.D. Walton C Baylor Denver Broncos 2009 Kevin Barnes CB Maryland Washington Redskins 2008 Bryan Smith DE McNeese State Philadelphia Eagles #98 OVERALL Pos College Team 2017 Chad Williams WR Grambling State Arizona Cardinals 2016 Justin Simmons S Boston College Denver Broncos 2015 Steven Nelson CB Oregon State Kansas City Chiefs 2014 Richard Rodgers TE California Green Bay Packers 2013 Matt Barkley QB USC Philadelphia Eagles 2012 Gino Gradkowski G Delaware Baltimore Ravens 2011 Brandon Hogan CB West Virginia Carolina Panthers 2010 Mike Johnson G Alabama Atlanta Falcons 2009 Chase Coffman TE Missouri Cincinnati Bengals 2008 Thomas DeCoud S California Atlanta Falcons The Texans used the 211th overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft on FB Jay Prosch, who has played in 63-of-64 possible games since getting drafted, including 13 starts. Prosch has blocked for two 1,000-yard rushers in four seasons and has 16 special teams tackles. #103 OVERALL Pos College Team 2017 Trey Hendrickson DE Florida Atlantic New Orleans Saints 2016 Sheldon Day DT Notre Dame Jacksonville Jaguars 2015 Bryce Petty QB Baylor New York Jets 2014 Devonta Freeman RB Florida State Atlanta Falcons 2013 Alex Okafor LB Texas Arizona Cardinals 2012 Frank Alexander DE Oklahoma Carolina Panthers 2011 Sam Acho LB Texas Arizona Cardinals 2010 Perry Riley Jr. LB LSU Washington Redskins 2009 Darell Scott DT Clemson St. Louis Rams 2008 William Hayes DE Winston-Salem Tennessee Titans #177 OVERALL Pos College Team 2017 Trent Taylor WR Louisiana Tech San Francisco 49ers 2016 Temarrick Hemingway TE South Carolina State Los Angeles Rams 2015 Deiontrez Mount LB Louisville Tennessee Titans 2014 Jeoffrey Pagan DE Alabama Houston Texans 2013 Dustin Hopkins K Florida State Buffalo Bills 2012 Justin Bethel CB Presbyterian Arizona Cardinals 2011 Evan Royster RB Penn State Washington Redskins 2010 Carlton Mitchell WR South Florida Cleveland Browns 2009 Don Carey CB Norfolk State Cleveland Browns 2008 Corey Lynch S Appalachian State Cincinnati Bengals #211 OVERALL Pos College Team 2017 Conor McDermott T UCLA New England Patriots 2016 Kelvin Taylor RB Florida San Francisco 49ers 2015 Reshard Cliett LB South Florida Houston Texans 2014 Jay Prosch RB Auburn Houston Texans 2013 Michael Williams TE Alabama Detroit Lions 2012 Scott Solomon DE Rice Tennessee Titans 2011 Bruce Miller RB UCF San Francisco 49ers 2010 Marquis Johnson CB Alabama St. Louis Rams 2009 Chris Ogbonnaya RB Texas St. Louis Rams 2008 Nate Garner T Arkansas New York Jets #214 OVERALL Pos College Team 2017 Elijah Qualls DT Washington Philadelphia Eagles 2016 Elandon Roberts LB Houston New England Patriots 2015 Kristjan Sokoli DT Buffalo Seattle Seahawks 2014 Garrett Gilbert QB Southern Methodist St. Louis Rams 2013 Travis Bond G North Carolina Minnesota Vikings 2012 Tim Fugger LB Vanderbilt Indianapolis Colts 2011 Derek Newton T Arkansas State Houston Texans 2010 Mickey Shuler TE Penn State Minnesota Vikings 2009 J.D. Folsom LB Weber State Miami Dolphins 2008 Larry Grant LB Ohio State San Francisco 49ers #222 OVERALL Pos College Team 2017 Jalen Myrick CB Minnesota Jacksonville Jaguars 2016 Aaron Wallace LB UCLA Tennessee Titans 2015 Austin Reiter C South Florida Washington Redskins 2014 Storm Johnson RB UCF Jacksonville Jaguars 2013 Chris Gragg TE Arkansas Buffalo Bills 2012 Caleb McSurdy LB Montana Dallas Cowboys 2011 Anthony Gaitor CB Florida International Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2010 Marc Mariani WR Montana Tennessee Titans 2009 Pat McAfee P West Virginia Indianapolis Colts 2008 Chester Adams G Georgia Chicago Bears Bold indicates pick was made by Texans. 9
TEXANS DRAFT TRADE HISTORY The Texans have executed 23 draft day trades. Below is a look at those trades and who was selected with the acquired picks: HOUSTON TEXANS DRAFT DAY TRADE HISTORY Year Trade Partner Gave Up Received 2017 Cleveland 1st round (25) 1st round (12 - Deshaun Watson) 1st round in 2018 2016 Atlanta 2nd round (52) 2nd round (50 - Nick Martin) 6th round (195) 2016 Washington 1st round (22) 1st round (21 - Will Fuller V) 6th round in 2017 2015 N.Y. Jets WR DeVier Posey 3rd round (70 - Jaelen Strong) 3rd round (82) 5th round (152) 7th round (229) 2015 Cleveland 2nd round (51) 2nd round (43 - Benardrick McKinney) 4th round (116) 7th round (229 - traded) 6th round (195) 2014 Philadelphia 4th round (101) 3rd round (83 - Louis Nix III) 5th round (141) 2013 Oakland 6th round (184) 6th round (176 - David Quessenberry) 7th round (233) 2013 St. Louis 5th round (160) 6th round (184 - traded) 6th round (198 - Chris Jones) 2012 Tampa Bay 2nd round (58) 3rd round (68 - DeVier Posey) 7th round (233) 4th round (126 - Jared Crick) 2011 Washington 4th round (105) 4th round (127 - Roc Carmichael) 6th round (178) 5th round (144 - Shiloh Keo) 5th round (152 - T.J. Yates) 2011 New England 3rd round (73) 2nd round (60 - Brandon Harris) 5th round (138) 2010 Kansas City 3rd round (93) 4th round (102 Darryl Sharpton) 5th round (144 Sherrick McManis) 2010 New England 2nd round (62) 2nd round (58 Ben Tate) 5th round (150) 2010 Minnesota 2nd round (51) 2nd round (62 traded) 3rd round (93 - traded) 2008 Baltimore 1st round (18) 1st round (26 Duane Brown) 3rd round (89 Steve Slaton) 6th round (173 Dominique Barber) 2007 New Orleans 4th round (107) 4th round (123 Fred Bennett) 5th round (163 Brandon Frye) 2005 New Orleans 1st round (13) 1st round (16 Travis Johnson) 2006 3rd round (66 Eric Winston) 2004 Jacksonville 5th round (159) 6th round (175 Jammal Lord) 7th round (210 Raheem Orr) 2004 Tennessee 2nd round (40) 1st round (27 Jason Babin) 3rd round (71) 5th round (159 traded) 4th round (103) 5th round (138) 2003 Indianapolis 5th round (138) 2004 4th round (122 Glenn Earl) 2003 Oakland 3rd round (83) 2004 2nd round (supplemental 7th round (262) Tony Hollings) 2003 New England 2nd round (36) 2nd round (41 Bennie Joppru) 4th round (117) 3rd round (75 Seth Wand) 2002 Atlanta 4th round (116) 2003 3rd (88 Dave Ragone) Apr. 21, 2002: Traded fourth-round pick in 2002 to Atlanta in exchange for 2003 third-round pick (88th overall-dave Ragone). Apr. 26, 2003: Traded second-round pick (36th overall) and fourth-round pick (117th overall) to New England for second-round pick (41st overall- Bennie Joppru) and third-round pick (75th overall-seth Wand). Traded third-round pick (83rd overall) and seventh-round pick (262nd overall) to Oakland in exchange for 2004 second-round pick (supplemental draft pick-tony Hollings). Apr. 27, 2003: Traded fifth-round pick (138th overall) to Indianapolis for 2004 fourth-round pick (122nd overall-glenn Earl). Apr. 24, 2004: Traded second-round pick (40th overall), third-round pick (71st overall), fourth-round pick (103rd overall) to Tennessee in exchange for first-round pick (27th overall-jason Babin); also exchanged fifth-round picks (138th to 159th overall) with Tennessee. Apr. 25, 2004: Traded fifth-round pick (159th overall) to Jacksonville in exchange for sixth-round pick (175th overall - Jammal Lord) and seventh-round pick (210th overall - Raheem Orr). Apr. 23, 2005: Traded first-round pick (13th overall) to New Orleans in exchange for first round pick (16th overall-travis Johnson) in 2005 draft and third-round selection in 2006 draft (66th overall-eric Winston). Apr. 29, 2007: Traded fourth-round draft pick (107th overall) to the New Orleans Saints in exchange for the Saints 2007 fourth-round pick (123rd overall-fred Bennett) and a 2007 fifth-round pick (163rd overall-brandon Frye). Apr. 26, 2008: Traded first-round pick (No. 18 overall) to the Baltimore Ravens for first-round pick (No. 26 overall-duane Brown) a third-round pick (89th overall-steve Slaton) and a sixth-round pick (173rd overall- Dominique Barber). Apr. 23, 2010: Traded second-round pick (51st overall) to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for Minnesota s second- and third-round picks (62nd and 93rd, respectively). Traded the 62nd overall pick and a fifth-round pick (150th overall) to New England 58th overall pick in Round 2 (RB Ben Tate). Traded the 93rd pick to Kansas City in exchange for fourth-round pick (102nd overall - LB Darryl Sharpton) and a fifth-rounder (144th overall - CB Sherrick McManis) from the Chiefs. April 29, 2011: Traded a third- (73rd overall) and fifth-round (138th overall) pick with New England for a second-round (60th overall) pick. Houston selected Miami CB Brandon Harris with its new pick. April 30, 2011: Acquired a fourth-round pick (127th overall) and two fifth-round picks (144th and 152nd) from the Washington Redskins in exchange for the Texans original fourth-round pick (105th overall) and sixth-round pick (178th). With their picks, Houston selected Virginia Tech CB Roc Carmichael (127th overall), Idaho S Shiloh Keo (144th) and North Carolina QB T.J. Yates (152nd) with those acquired picks. April 27, 2012: Traded second- and seventh-round picks (58th and 233rd overall to Tampa Bay for picks in the third and fourth rounds. The Texans selected WR DeVier Posey with the 68th overall pick and DE Jared Crick with the 126th overall pick. April 27, 2013: Traded fifth-round pick (160th overall) to St. Louis for two picks in the sixth round (184th and 198th overall). The Texans included the 184th pick in a subsequent trade and selected DT Chris Jones with the 198th overall pick. Traded sixth-round pick (184th overall) and seventh-round pick (233rd overall) to Oakland for a sixth-round pick (176th overall). The Texans selected T David Quessenberry with that pick. May 9, 2014: Traded fourth- and fifth-round picks (101st and 141st overall) to Philadelphia for a third-round pick (83rd overall). The Texans selected NT Louis Nix III with that pick. May 1, 2015: Traded second-, fourth-, and sixth-round picks (51st, 116th and 195th overall) to Cleveland for a second- and seventh-round pick (43rd and 229th overall). The Texans selected LB Benardrick McKinney with the second-round pick and traded the seventh-round pick. Traded WR DeVier Posey and third-, fifth- and seventh-round picks (82nd, 152nd and 229th overall) for a third-round pick (70th overall). The Texans selected WR Jaelen Strong with the pick. Apr. 28, 2016: Traded first-round pick (22nd overall) in 2016 and sixthround pick in 2017 to Washington for a first-round pick (21st overall). The Texans selected WR Will Fuller V with the pick. Apr. 29, 2016: Traded second-round (52nd overall) and sixth-round (195th overall) picks in 2016 to Atlanta for a second-round pick (50th overall). The Texans selected C Nick Martin with the pick. Apr. 27, 2017: Traded first-round pick (25th overall) and first-round pick in 2018 to Cleveland for the 12th overall pick. The Texans selected QB Deshaun Watson with the pick. 10
TEXANS DRAFT HISTORY BY YEAR 2002 1 1 QB David Carr Fresno State 2 33 WR Jabar Gaffney Florida 2 50 T Chester Pitts San Diego State 3 66 C Fred Weary Tennessee 3 83 DT Charles Hill Maryland 4 99 RB Jonathan Wells Ohio State 5 136 FB Jarrod Baxter New Mexico 5 153 FS Ramon Walker Pittsburgh 6 173 CB DeMarcus Faggins Kansas State 6 190 DT Howard Green LSU 7 229 LB Greg White Minnesota 7 261 DT Ahmad Miller UNLV 2002 SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT 6 G Milford Brown Florida State 2003 1 3 WR Andre Johnson Miami 2 41 *TE Bennie Joppru Michigan 3 67 DE Antwan Peek Cincinnati 3 75 T Seth Wand NW Missouri St. 3 88 QB Dave Ragone Louisville 4 104 RB Domanick Williams LSU 6 192 QB Drew Henson Michigan 6 214 DT Keith Wright Missouri 7 217 SS Curry Burns Louisville 7 233 LS Chance Pearce Texas A&M 2003 SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT 2 RB Tony Hollings Georgia Tech 2004 1 10 CB Dunta Robinson South Carolina 1 27 DE Jason Babin Western Michigan 4 122 S Glenn Earl Notre Dame 6 170 CB Vontez Duff Notre Dame 6 175 FS Jammal Lord Nebraska 6 200 LB Charlie Anderson Mississippi 7 210 DE Raheem Orr Rutgers 7 211 WR Sloan Thomas Texas 7 248 QB B.J. Symons Texas Tech 2005 1 16 DT Travis Johnson Florida State 3 73 RB Vernand Morency Oklahoma State 4 114 WR Jerome Mathis Hampton 5 151 C Drew Hodgdon Arizona State 6 188 SS C.C. Brown La.-Lafayette 7 227 LB Kenneth Pettway Grambling State Bold indicates made active roster that season * Indicates placed on injured reserve NOTE: Some players played positions different than what they are listed at 2006 1 1 DE Mario Williams North Carolina St. 2 33 LB DeMeco Ryans Alabama 3 65 T Charles Spencer Pittsburgh 3 66 T Eric Winston Miami 4 98 TE Owen Daniels Wisconsin 6 170 RB Wali Lundy Virginia 7 251 WR David Anderson Colorado State 2007 1 10 DT Amobi Okoye Louisville 3 73 WR Jacoby Jones Lane College 4 123 CB Fred Bennett South Carolina 5 144 *S Brandon Harrison Stanford 5 163 T Brandon Frye Virginia Tech 6 183 G Kasey Studdard Texas 7 218 LB Zac Diles Kansas State 2008 1 26 T Duane Brown Virginia Tech 3 79 CB Antwaun Molden Eastern Kentucky 3 89 RB Steve Slaton West Virginia 4 118 LB Xavier Adibi Virginia Tech 5 151 DT Frank Okam Texas 6 173 S Dominique Barber Minnesota 7 223 QB Alex Brink Washington State 2009 1 15 LB Brian Cushing USC 2 46 DE Connor Barwin Cincinnati 3 77 G Antoine Caldwell Alabama 4 112 CB Glover Quin New Mexico 4 122 TE Anthony Hill North Carolina St. 5 152 TE James Casey Rice 6 188 CB Brice McCain Utah 7 223 *S Troy Nolan Arizona State 2010 1 20 CB Kareem Jackson Alabama 2 58 *RB Ben Tate Auburn 3 81 DT Earl Mitchell Arizona 4 102 LB Darryl Sharpton Miami 4 118 TE Garrett Graham Wisconsin 5 144 CB Sherrick McManis Northwestern 6 187 G Shelley Smith Colorado State 6 197 *WR Trindon Holliday LSU 7 227 TE Dorin Dickerson Pittsburgh 2011 1 11 DE J.J. Watt Wisconsin 2 42 OLB Brooks Reed Arizona 2 60 CB Brandon Harris Miami 4 127 *CB Roc Carmichael Virginia Tech 5 144 S Shiloh Keo Idaho 5 152 QB T.J. Yates North Carolina 7 214 T Derek Newton Arkansas State 7 254 OLB Cheta Ozougwu Rice 2012 1 26 OLB Whitney Mercilus Illinois 3 68 WR DeVier Posey Ohio State 3 76 G Brandon Brooks Miami (Ohio) 4 99 C Ben Jones Georgia 4 121 WR Keshawn Martin Michigan State 4 126 DE Jared Crick Nebraska 5 161 *K Randy Bullock Texas A&M 6 195 T Nick Mondek Purdue 2013 1 27 WR DeAndre Hopkins Clemson 2 57 S D.J. Swearinger South Carolina 3 89 *T Brennan Williams North Carolina 3 95 OLB Sam Montgomery LSU 4 124 *OLB Trevardo Williams Connecticut 6 176 *T David Quessenberry San Jose State 6 195 *WR Alan Bonner Jacksonville State 6 198 DT Chris Jones Bowling Green 6 201 TE Ryan Griffin Connecticut 2014 1 1 OLB Jadeveon Clowney South Carolina 2 33 G Xavier Su a-filo UCLA 3 65 TE C.J. Fiedorowicz Iowa 3 83 *NT Louis Nix III Notre Dame 4 135 QB Tom Savage Pittsburgh 6 177 DE Jeoffrey Pagan Alabama 6 181 RB Alfred Blue LSU 6 211 FB Jay Prosch Auburn 7 216 CB Andre Hal Vanderbilt 7 256 *S Lonnie Ballentine Memphis 2015 Rd Pick Player College 1 16 CB Kevin Johnson Wake Forest 2 43 LB Benardrick McKinney Mississippi St. 3 70 WR Jaelen Strong Arizona St. 5 175 WR Keith Mumphery Michigan St. 6 211 *LB Reshard Cliett South Florida 6 216 DT Christian Covington Rice 7 235 RB Kenny Hilliard LSU 2016 Rd Pick Player College 1 21 WR Will Fuller V Notre Dame 2 50 *C Nick Martin Notre Dame 3 85 WR Braxton Miller Ohio State 4 119 RB Tyler Ervin San Jose State 5 159 *S K.J. Dillon West Virginia 5 166 NT D.J. Reader Clemson 2017 Rd Pick Player College 1 12 *QB Deshaun Watson Clemson 2 57 ILB Zach Cunningham Vanderbilt 3 89 *RB D Onta Foreman Texas 4 130 T Julién Davenport Bucknell 4 142 DE Carlos Watkins Clemson 5 169 CB Treston Decoud Oregon State 7 243 C Kyle Fuller Baylor 11
TEXANS DRAFT HISTORY BY POSITION LINEBACKERS (16) 2017 Zach Cunningham 2 57 2015 Benardrick McKinney 2 43 2015 Reshard Cliett 6 211 2014 Jadeveon Clowney 1 1 2013 Sam Montgomery 3 95 2013 Trevardo Williams 4 124 2012 Whitney Mercilus 1 26 2011 Brooks Reed 2 42 2011 Cheta Ozougwu 7 254 2010 Darryl Sharpton 4 102 2009 Brian Cushing 1 15 2008 Xavier Adibi 4 118 2007 Zac Diles 7 218 2006 DeMeco Ryans 2 33 2005 Kenneth Pettway 7 227 2004 Charlie Anderson 6 200 WIDE RECEIVERS (15) 2016 Will Fuller V 1 21 2016 Braxton Miller 3 85 2015 Jaelen Strong 3 70 2015 Keith Mumphery 5 175 2013 DeAndre Hopkins 1 27 2013 Alan Bonner 6 195 2012 DeVier Posey 3 68 2012 Keshawn Martin 4 121 2010 Trindon Holliday 6 197 2007 Jacoby Jones 3 73 2006 David Anderson 7 251 2005 Jerome Mathis 4 114 2004 Sloan Thomas 7 211 2003 Andre Johnson 1 3 2002 Jabar Gaffney 2 33 CORNERBACKS (14) 2017 Treston Decoud 5 169 2015 Kevin Johnson 1 16 2014 Andre Hal 7 216 2011 Brandon Harris 2 60 2011 Roc Carmichael 4 127 2010 Kareem Jackson 1 20 2010 Sherrick McManis 5 144 2009 Glover Quin 4 112 2009 Brice McCain 6 188 2008 Antwaun Molden 3 79 2007 Fred Bennett 4 123 2004 Dunta Robinson 1 10 2004 Vontez Duff 6 170 2002 DeMarcus Faggins 6 173 SAFETIES (12) 2016 K.J. Dillon 5 159 2014 Lonnie Ballentine 7 256 2013 D.J. Swearinger 2 57 2011 Shiloh Keo 5 144 2009 Troy Nolan 7 223 2008 Dominique Barber 6 173 2007 Brandon Harrison 5 144 2005 C.C. Brown 6 188 2004 Glenn Earl 4 122 2004 Jammal Lord 6 175 2003 Curry Burns 7 217 2002 Ramon Walker 5 153 DEFENSIVE TACKLES (12) 2016 D.J. Reader 5 166 2015 Christian Covington 6 216 2014 Louis Nix III 3 83 2013 Chris Jones 6 198 2010 Earl Mitchell 3 81 2008 Frank Okam 5 151 2007 Amobi Okoye 1 10 2005 Travis Johnson 1 16 2003 Keith Wright 6 214 2002 Charles Hill 3 83 2002 Howard Green 6 190 2002 Ahmad Miller 7 261 RUNNING BACKS/FULLBACKS (12) 2017 D Onta Foreman 3 89 2016 Tyler Ervin 4 119 2015 Kenny Hilliard 7 235 2014 Alfred Blue 6 181 2014 Jay Prosch (FB) 6 211 2010 Ben Tate 2 33 2008 Steve Slaton 3 89 2006 Wali Lundy 6 170 2005 Vernand Morency 3 73 2003 Domanick Williams 4 101 2002 Jonathan Wells 4 99 2002 Jarrod Baxter (FB) 5 136 OFFENSIVE TACKLES (11) 2017 Julién Davenport 4 130 2013 Brennan Williams 3 89 2013 David Quessenberry 6 176 2012 Nick Mondek 6 195 2011 Derek Newton 7 214 2008 Duane Brown 1 26 2007 Brandon Frye 5 163 2006 Charles Spencer 3 65 2006 Eric Winston 3 66 2003 Seth Wand 3 75 2002 Chester Pitts 2 50 DEFENSIVE ENDS (10) 2017 Carlos Watkins 4 142 2014 Jeoffrey Pagan 6 177 2012 Jared Crick 4 126 2011 J.J. Watt 1 11 2009 Connor Barwin 2 46 2006 Mario Williams 1 1 2004 Jason Babin 1 27 2004 Raheem Orr 7 210 2003 Antwan Peek 3 67 2002 Stylez G White 7 229 TIGHT ENDS (8) 2014 C.J. Fiedorowicz 3 65 2013 Ryan Griffin 6 201 2010 Garrett Graham 4 118 2010 Dorin Dickerson 7 227 2009 Anthony Hill 4 122 2009 James Casey 5 152 2006 Owen Daniels 4 98 2003 Bennie Joppru 2 41 QUARTERBACKS (8) 2017 Deshaun Watson 1 12 2014 Tom Savage 4 135 2011 T.J. Yates 5 152 2008 Alex Brink 7 223 2004 B.J. Symons 7 248 2004 Drew Henson 6 192 2003 Dave Ragone 3 88 2002 David Carr 1 1 CENTERS/LONG SNAPPERS (6) 2017 Kyle Fuller 7 243 2016 Nick Martin 2 50 2012 Ben Jones 4 99 2005 Drew Hodgdon 5 151 2003 Chance Pearce (LS) 7 233 2002 Fred Weary 3 66 GUARDS (5) 2014 Xavier Su a-filo 2 33 2012 Brandon Brooks 3 76 2010 Shelley Smith 6 187 2009 Antoine Caldwell 3 77 2007 Kasey Studdard 6 183 KICKERS/PUNTERS (1) 2012 Randy Bullock 5 161 NOTE: Some players played different positions after being drafted 12
TEXANS DRAFT HISTORY BY COLLEGE 6 3 (cont.) 2 (cont.) 1 (cont.) LSU DT Howard Green 2002 RB Domanick Williams 2003 WR/KR Trindon Holliday 2010 OLB Sam Montgomery 2013 RB Alfred Blue 2014 RB Kenny Hilliard 2015 5 NOTRE DAME SS Glenn Earl 2004 CB Vontez Duff 2004 NT Louis Nix III 2014 WR Will Fuller V 2016 C Nick Martin 2016 4 ALABAMA LB DeMeco Ryans 2006 C Antoine Caldwell 2009 CB Kareem Jackson 2010 DE Jeoffrey Pagan 2014 CLEMSON WR DeAndre Hopkins 2013 NT D.J. Reader 2016 DE Carlos Watkins 2017 QB Deshaun Watson 2017 MIAMI WR Andre Johnson 2003 T Eric Winston 2006 LB Darryl Sharpton 2010 CB Brandon Harris 2011 PITTSBURGH SS Ramon Walker 2002 T Charles Spencer 2006 WR Dorin Dickerson 2010 QB Tom Savage 2014 SOUTH CAROLINA CB Dunta Robinson 2004 CB Fred Bennett 2007 S D.J. Swearinger 2013 OLB Jadeveon Clowney 2014 TEXAS WR Sloan Thomas 2004 G Kasey Studdard 2007 DT Frank Okam 2008 RB D Onta Foreman 2017 VIRGINIA TECH T Brandon Frye 2007 T Duane Brown 2008 LB Xavier Adibi 2008 CB Roc Carmichael 2011 3 ARIZONA STATE C Drew Hodgdon 2005 S Troy Nolan 2009 WR Jaelen Strong 2015 LOUISVILLE QB Dave Ragone 2003 SS Curry Burns 2003 DT Amobi Okoye 2007 OHIO STATE RB Jonathan Wells 2002 WR DeVier Posey 2012 WR Braxton Miller 2016 RICE TE James Casey 2009 LB Cheta Ozougwu 2011 DT Christian Covington 2015 WISCONSIN TE Owen Daniels 2006 TE Garrett Graham 2010 DE J.J. Watt 2011 2 ARIZONA DT Earl Mitchell 2010 LB Brooks Reed 2011 AUBURN FB Jay Prosch 2014 RB Ben Tate 2010 CINCINNATI LB Antwan Peek 2003 DE Connor Barwin 2009 COLORADO STATE WR David Anderson 2006 G Shelley Smith 2010 CONNECTICUT OLB Trevardo Williams 2013 TE Ryan Griffin 2013 KANSAS STATE CB DeMarcus Faggins 2002 LB Zac Diles 2007 MICHIGAN TE Bennie Joppru 2003 QB Drew Henson 2003 MINNESOTA LB Greg White 2002 S Dominique Barber 2008 NEBRASKA FS Jammal Lord 2004 DE Jared Crick 2012 NEW MEXICO FB Jarrod Baxter 2002 CB Glover Quin 2009 NORTH CAROLINA QB T.J. Yates 2011 T Brennan Williams 2013 NORTH CAROLINA STATE DE Mario Williams 2006 TE Anthony Hill 2009 SAN JOSE STATE T David Quessenberry 2013 RB Tyler Ervin 2016 TEXAS A&M LS/C Chance Pearce 2003 K Randy Bullock 2012 MICHIGAN STATE WR Keshawn Martin 2012 WR Keith Mumphery 2015 VANDERBILT CB Andre Hal 2014 ILB Zach Cunningham 2017 WEST VIRGINIA RB Steve Slaton 2008 S K.J. Dillon 2016 1 ARKANSAS STATE T Derek Newton 2011 BAYLOR C Kyle Fuller 2017 BOWLING GREEN DT Chris Jones 2013 BUCKNELL T Julién Davenport 2017 EASTERN KENTUCKY CB Antwaun Molden 2008 FLORIDA WR Jabar Gaffney 2002 FLORIDA STATE DT Travis Johnson 2005 FRESNO STATE QB David Carr 2002 GEORGIA C Ben Jones 2012 GRAMBLING LB Kenneth Pettway 2005 HAMPTON WR Jerome Mathis 2005 IDAHO S Shiloh Keo 2011 IOWA TE C.J. Fiedorowicz 2014 ILLINOIS OLB Whitney Mercilus 2012 JACKSONVILLE STATE WR Alan Bonner 2013 LANE COLLEGE WR Jacoby Jones 2007 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE SS C.C. Brown 2005 MARYLAND DT Charles Hill 2002 MEMPHIS S Lonnie Ballentine 2014 MIAMI (OHIO) G Brandon Brooks 2012 MISSISSIPPI LB Charlie Anderson 2004 MISSISSIPPI STATE LB Benardrick McKinney 2015 MISSOURI DT Keith Wright 2003 NORTHWEST MISSOURI ST. T Seth Wand 2003 NORTHWESTERN CB Sherrick McManis 2010 OKLAHOMA STATE RB Vernand Morency 2005 OREGON STATE CB Treston Decoud 2017 PURDUE T Nick Mondek 2012 RUTGERS LB Raheem Orr 2004 SAN DIEGO STATE T Chester Pitts 2002 SOUTH FLORIDA LB Reshard Cliett 2015 STANFORD S Brandon Harrison 2007 TENNESSEE G Fred Weary 2002 TEXAS TECH QB B.J. Symons 2004 UCLA G Xavier Su a-filo 2014 UNLV DT Ahmad Miller 2002 USC LB Brian Cushing 2009 UTAH CB Brice McCain 2009 VIRGINIA RB Wali Lundy 2006 WAKE FOREST CB Kevin Johnson 2015 WASHINGTON STATE QB Alex Brink 2008 WESTERN MICHIGAN LB Jason Babin 2004 13
TEXANS DRAFT HISTORY BY ROUND First (17) Second (13) Third (22) Fourth (20) Fifth (15) Sixth (24) Seventh (19) 2002 QB David Carr 1-1 Fresno State 2002 WR Jabar Gaffney 1-33 Florida 2002 C Fred Weary 1-66 Tennessee 2002 RB Jonathan Wells 1-99 Ohio State 2002 RB Jarrod Baxter 1-136 New Mexico 2002 CB Demarcus Faggins 1-173 Kansas State 2002 DE Stylez G White 18-229 Minnesota 2003 WR Andre Johnson 3-3 Miami (Fla.) 2002 T Chester Pitts 18-50 San Diego State 2002 DT Charles Hill 18-83 Maryland 2003 RB Domanick Williams 4-101 LSU 2002 S Ramon Walker 18-153 Pittsburgh 2002 DT Howard Green 18-190 LSU 2002 DT Ahmad Miller 50-261 UNLV 2004 CB Dunta Robinson 10-10 South Carolina 2003 TE Bennie Joppru 9-41 Michigan 2003 DE Antwan Peek 3-67 Cincinnati 2004 S Glenn Earl 26-122 Notre Dame 2005 C Drew Hodgdon 15-151 Arizona State 2003 QB Drew Henson 19-192 Michigan 2003 S Curry Burns 3-217 Louisville 2004 LB Jason Babin 27-27 Western Michigan 2006 LB DeMeco Ryans 1-33 Alabama 2003 T Seth Wand 11-75 NW Missouri State 2005 WR Jerome Mathis 13-114 Hampton 2007 S Brandon Harrison 7-144 Stanford 2003 DT Keith Wright 41-214 Missouri 2003 C Chance Pearce 19-233 Texas A&M 2005 DT Travis Johnson 16-16 Florida State 2009 DE Connor Barwin 14-49 Cincinnati 2003 QB Dave Ragone 24-88 Louisville 2006 TE Owen Daniels 1-98 Wisconsin 2007 T Brandon Frye 26-163 Virginia Tech 2004 CB Vontez Duff 5-170 Notre Dame 2004 DE Raheem Orr 9-210 Rutgers 2006 DE Mario Williams 1-1 North Carolina State 2010 RB Ben Tate 26-58 Auburn 2005 RB Vernand Morency 9-73 Oklahoma State 2007 CB Fred Bennett 24-123 South Carolina 2008 DT Frank Okam 16-151 Texas 2004 S Jammal Lord 10-175 Nebraska 2004 WR Sloan Thomas 10-211 Texas 2007 DT Amobi Okoye 10-10 Louisville 2011 LB Brooks Reed 10-42 Arizona 2006 T Charles Spencer 1-65 Pittsburgh 2008 LB Xavier Adibi 19-118 Virginia Tech 2009 TE James Casey 16-152 Rice 2004 LB Charlie Anderson 35-200 Mississippi 2004 QB B.J. Symons 47-248 Texas Tech 2008 T Duane Brown 26-26 Virginia Tech 2011 CB Brandon Harris 28-60 Miami (Fla.) 2006 T Eric Winston 2-66 Miami (Fla.) 2009 CB Glover Quin 12-112 New Mexico 2010 CB Sherrick McManis 13-144 Northwestern 2005 S C.C. Brown 14-188 Louisiana-Lafayette 2005 LB Kenny Pettway 13-227 Grambling State 2009 LB Brian Cushing 15-15 USC 2013 S D.J. Swearinger 25-57 South Carolina 2007 WR Jacoby Jones 9-73 Lane College 2009 TE Anthony Hill 22-122 North Carolina St. 2011 S Shiloh Keo 13-144 Idaho 2006 RB Wali Lundy 1-170 Virginia 2006 WR David Anderson 43-251 Colorado State 2010 CB Kareem Jackson 20-20 Alabama 2014 G Xavier Su a-filo 1-33 UCLA 2008 CB Antwaun Molden 16-79 Eastern Kentucky 2010 LB Darryl Sharpton 4-102 Miami (Fla.) 2011 QB T.J. Yates 21-152 North Carolina 2007 G Kasey Studdard 9-183 Texas 2007 LB Zac Diles 8-218 Kansas State 2011 DE J.J. Watt 11-11 Wisconsin 2015 LB Benardrick McKinney 11-43 Mississippi State 2008 RB Steve Slaton 26-89 West Virginia 2010 TE Garrett Graham 20-118 Wisconsin 2012 K Randy Bullock 26-161 Texas A&M 2008 S Dominique Barber 7-173 Minnesota 2008 QB Alex Brink 16-223 Washington State 2012 OLB Whitney Mercilus 26-26 Illinois 2016 C Nick Martin 19-50 Notre Dame 2009 G Antoine Caldwell 13-77 Alabama 2011 CB Roc Carmichael 30-127 Virginia Tech 2015 WR Keith Mumphery 39-175 Michigan State 2009 CB Brice McCain 15-188 Utah 2009 S Troy Nolan 14-223 Arizona State 2013 WR DeAndre Hopkins 27-27 Clemson 2017 ILB Zach Cunningham 25-57 Vanderbilt 2010 DT Earl Mitchell 17-81 Arizona 2012 C Ben Jones 4-99 Georgia 2016 S K.J. Dillon 20-159 West Virginia 2010 G Shelley Smith 18-187 Colorado State 2010 TE Dorin Dickerson 20-227 Pittsburgh 2014 DE Jadeveon Clowney 1-1 South Carolina 2012 WR DeVier Posey 5-68 Ohio State 2012 WR Keshawn Martin 26-121 Michigan State 2016 NT D.J. Reader 27-166 Clemson 2010 WR Trindon Holliday 28-197 LSU 2012 T Derek Newton 11-214 Arkansas State 2015 CB Kevin Johnson 16-16 Wake Forest 2012 G Brandon Brooks 13-76 Miami (Ohio) 2012 DE Jared Crick 31-126 Nebraska 2017 CB Treston Decoud 25-169 Oregon State 2012 T Nick Mondek 25-195 Purdue 2012 LB Cheta Ozugwu 51-254 Rice 2016 WR Will Fuller V 21-21 Notre Dame 2013 T Brennan Williams 27-89 North Carolina 2013 LB Trevardo Williams 27-124 Connecticut 2013 T David Quessenberry 8-176 San Jose State 2014 CB Andre Hal 1-216 Vanderbilt 2017 QB Deshaun Watson 12-12 Clemson 2013 LB Sam Montgomery 33-95 LSU 2014 QB Tom Savage 35-135 Pittsburgh 2013 WR Alan Bonner 27-195 Jacksonville State 2014 S Lonnie Ballentine 41-256 Memphis 2014 TE C.J. Fiedorowicz 33-65 Iowa 2016 RB Tyler Ervin 22-159 San Jose State 2013 DT Chris Jones 30-198 Bowling Green 2015 RB Kenny Hilliard 18-235 LSU 2014 NT Louis Nix III 19-83 Notre Dame 2017 T Julién Davenport 24-130 Bucknell 2013 TE Ryan Griffin 33-201 Connecticut 2017 C Kyle Fuller 25-243 Baylor 2015 WR Jaelen Strong 6-70 Arizona State 2017 DE Carlos Watkins 36-142 Clemson 2014 DE Jeoffrey Pagan 1-177 Alabama 2016 WR Braxton Miller 22-85 Ohio State 2014 RB Alfred Blue 5-181 LSU 2017 RB D Onta Foreman 25-89 Texas 2014 FB Jay Prosch 35-211 Auburn 2015 LB Reshard Cliett 35-211 South Florida 2015 DT Christian Covington 40-216 Rice 14
TEXANS ROSTER BY ROUND The Texans have 44 players on their active roster who were drafted, including 10 former first-round picks, four from each the second and third rounds, nine former fourth-round picks, six former fifth-round picks, seven former sixth-round picks and four former seventh-round picks. There are also 31 undrafted players on the Texans 75-man active roster. FIRST ROUND (10) Pos. Player Year Pick Team CB Johnathan Joseph 2006 24 Cincinnati CB Kareem Jackson 2010 20 Houston DE J.J. Watt 2011 11 Houston QB Brandon Weeden 2012 22 Cleveland OLB Whitney Mercilus 2012 26 Houston WR DeAndre Hopkins 2013 27 Houston DE/OLB Jadeveon Clowney 2014 1 Houston CB Kevin Johnson 2015 16 Houston WR Will Fuller V 2016 21 Houston QB Deshaun Watson 2017 12 Houston SECOND ROUND (4) Pos. Player Year Pick Team G Jeff Allen 2012 44 Kansas City ILB Benardrick McKinney 2015 43 Houston C Nick Martin 2016 50 Houston ILB Zach Cunningham 2017 57 Houston THIRD ROUND (4) Pos. Player Year Pick Team S Tyrann Mathieu 2013 69 Arizona WR Sammie Coates 2015 87 Pittsburgh WR Braxton Miller 2016 85 Houston RB D Onta Foreman 2017 89 Houston FOURTH ROUND (9) Pos. Player Year Pick Team RB Lamar Miller 2012 97 Miami WR Bruce Ellington 2014 106 San Francisco CB Aaron Colvin 2014 114 Jacksonville DE Angelo Blackson 2015 100 Tennessee S Ibraheim Campbell 2015 115 Cleveland NT Marcus Hardison 2015 135 Cincinnati RB Tyler Ervin 2016 119 Houston T Julién Davenport 2017 130 Houston DE Carlos Watkins 2017 142 Houston FIFTH ROUND (6) Pos. Player Year Pick Team P Shane Lechler 2000 142 Oakland G Senio Kelemete 2012 151 Arizona ILB Ben Heeney 2015 140 Oakland TE MyCole Pruitt 2015 143 Minnesota NT D.J. Reader 2016 166 Houston CB Treston Decoud 2017 169 Houston SIXTH ROUND (7) Pos. Player Year Pick Team QB Joe Webb III 2010 199 Minnesota G David Quessenberry 2013 176 Houston TE Ryan Griffin 2013 201 Houston C/G Zach Fulton 2014 193 Kansas City FB Jay Prosch 2014 211 Houston NT Darius Kilgo 2015 203 Denver DE Christian Covington 2015 216 Houston SEVENTH ROUND (4) Pos. Player Year Pick Team CB Andre Hal 2014 216 Houston T Seantrel Henderson 2014 237 Buffalo T Jake Rodgers 2015 225 Atlanta G Kyle Fuller 2017 243 Houston UNDRAFTED (31) Pos. Player Year Team LS Jon Weeks 2010 Houston CB Johnson Bademosi 2012 Cleveland DE Brandon Dunn 2014 Chicago S Kurtis Drummond 2015 Houston ILB Josh Keyes 2015 Tampa Bay T Kendall Lamm 2015 Houston TE Matt Lengel 2015 Cincinnati C/G Greg Mancz 2015 Houston S Corey Moore 2015 Houston ILB Brian Peters 2015 Minnesota G Chad Slade 2015 Houston WR DeAndrew White 2015 San Francisco TE Stephen Anderson 2016 Houston K Ka imi Fairbairn 2016 Houston DE Joel Heath 2016 Houston OLB Ufomba Kamalu 2016 Houston TE Ryan Malleck 2016 N.Y. Giants RB Troymaine Pope 2016 Seattle OLB Brennan Scarlett 2016 Houston ILB Dylan Cole 2017 Houston TE Zach Conque 2017 Houston WR Montay Crockett 2017 Green Bay ILB Kennan Gilchrist 2017 Dallas DE Matthew Godin 2017 Houston CB Bryce Jones 2017 Houston OLB LaTroy Lewis 2017 Oakland OLB Gimel President 2017 Houston TE Jevoni Robinson 2017 Houston WR Chris Thompson 2017 Houston CB Josh Thornton 2017 Detroit CB Dee Virgin 2017 Houston 15
TEXANS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NFL 2017 Season NO. NAME POS HT WT AGE EXP COLLEGE HOMETOWN GP-GS-DNP-IA 71 Allen, Jeff G 6-4 305 28 7 Illinois Chicago, Ill. 12-12-0-4 89 Anderson, Stephen TE 6-3 230 25 3 California San Jose, Calif. 15-5-0-1 20 Bademosi, Johnson CB 6-0 205 27 7 Stanford Silver Spring, Md. 0-0-0-0 97 Blackson, Angelo DE 6-4 320 25 4 Auburn Bear, Del. 9-1-0-0 39 Campbell, Ibraheim S 5-11 210 25 4 Northwestern Philadelphia, Pa. 1-0-0-1 90 Clowney, Jadeveon OLB/DE 6-5 270 25 5 South Carolina Rock Hill, S.C. 16-16-0-0 18 Coates, Sammie WR 6-1 210 25 4 Auburn Leroy, Ala. 0-0-0-0 51 Cole, Dylan ILB 6-1 240 23 2 Missouri State Springfield, Mo. 12-1-0-4 22 Colvin, Aaron CB 6-0 195 26 5 Oklahoma Tulsa, Okla. 0-0-0-0 86 Conque, Zach TE 6-6 240 23 1 Stephen F. Austin Little Rock, Ark. 0-0-0-0 95 Covington, Christian DE 6-2 290 24 4 Rice Vancouver, B.C., Canada 7-2-0-0 19 Crockett, Montay WR 6-0 185 24 1 Georgia Southern Rock Hill, S.C. 0-0-0-0 41 Cunningham, Zach ILB 6-4 230 23 2 Vanderbilt Pinson, Ala. 16-13-0-0 70 Davenport, Julién T 6-7 315 23 2 Bucknell Paulsboro, N.J. 11-4-0-5 31 Decoud, Treston CB 6-3 210 24 2 Oregon State Covington, La. 10-0-1-5 23 Drummond, Kurtis S 6-1 210 26 4 Michigan State Masury, Ohio 15-0-0-0 92 Dunn, Brandon NT 6-2 300 25 3 Louisville Louisville, Ky. 16-8-0-0 12 Ellington, Bruce WR 5-9 200 26 5 South Carolina Moncks Corner, S.C. 11-6-0-1 21 Ervin, Tyler RB 5-10 180 24 3 San Jose State San Bernardino, Calif. 4-0-0-0 7 Fairbairn, Ka imi K 6-0 190 24 3 UCLA Kailua, Hawaii 16-0-0-0 27 Foreman, D Onta RB 6-0 235 21 2 Texas Texas City, Texas 10-1-0-0 15 Fuller V, Will WR 6-0 185 24 3 Notre Dame Philadelphia, Pa. 10-10-0-6 61 Fuller, Kyle G 6-5 315 24 2 Baylor Wylie, Texas 9-2-0-7 73 Fulton, Zach C/G 6-5 315 26 5 Tennessee Homewood, Ill. 0-0-0-0 47 Gilchrist, Kennan ILB 6-1 230 23 1 Appalachian State Abbeville, S.C. 0-0-0-0 69 Godin, Matthew DE 6-6 295 24 2 Michigan Novi, Mich. 0-0-0-0 84 Griffin, Ryan TE 6-6 255 28 6 Connecticut Londonderry, N.H. 7-6-0-1 29 Hal, Andre S 5-10 190 25 5 Vanderbilt Port Allen, La. 16-16-0-0 67 Hardison, Marcus NT 6-3 310 26 3 Arizona State Punta Gorda, Fla. 0-0-0-0 93 Heath, Joel DE 6-6 295 24 3 Michigan State Cincinnati, Ohio 13-9-0-3 50 Heeney, Ben ILB 6-0 230 25 4 Kansas Overland Park, Kan. 5-0-0-2 76 Henderson, Seantrel T 6-7 330 26 5 Miami (Fla.) St. Paul, Minn. 0-0-0-0 10 Hopkins, DeAndre WR 6-1 210 25 6 Clemson Central, S.C. 15-15-0-1 25 Jackson, Kareem CB 5-10 190 30 9 Alabama Macon, Ga. 16-14-0-0 30 Johnson, Kevin CB 6-0 190 25 4 Wake Forest Clarksville, Md. 12-4-0-4 37 Jones, Bryce CB 6-0 180 23 1 Akron University Heights, Ohio 0-0-0-0 24 Joseph, Johnathan CB 5-11 190 34 13 South Carolina Rock Hill, S.C. 16-16-0-0 94 Kamalu, Ufomba OLB 6-6 300 25 3 Miami (Fla.) Fayetteville, Ga. 9-2-2-5 64 Kelemete, Senio G 6-3 300 27 6 Washington Seattle, Wash. 0-0-0-0 49 Keyes, Josh ILB 6-2 230 25 4 Boston College Philmont, N.Y. 0-0-0-0 96 Kilgo, Darius NT 6-3 320 26 3 Maryland Matthews, N.C. 0-0-0-0 63 Lamm, Kendall T 6-6 305 25 4 Appalachian State Charlotte, N.C. 10-4-0-5 9 Lechler, Shane P 6-2 240 41 19 Texas A&M East Bernard, Texas 16-0-0-0 82 Lengel, Matt TE 6-7 265 27 3 Eastern Kentucky Mechanicsburg, Pa. 0-0-0-0 54 Lewis, LaTroy OLB 6-3 255 24 1 Tennessee Akron, Ohio 2-0-0-3 88 Malleck, Ryan TE 6-4 250 24 1 Virginia Tech Point Pleasant, N.J. 2-0-0-0 65 Mancz, Greg C/G 6-4 300 25 4 Toledo Cincinnati, Ohio 10-7-3-3 66 Martin, Nick C 6-5 300 24 3 Notre Dame Indianapolis, Ind. 14-14-0-0 32 Mathieu, Tyrann S 5-9 185 25 6 LSU New Orleans, La. 0-0-0-0 55 McKinney, Benardrick ILB 6-4 250 25 4 Mississippi State Tunica, Miss. 16-16-0-0 59 Mercilus, Whitney OLB 6-4 260 27 7 Illinois Akron, Ohio 5-5-0-0 13 Miller, Braxton WR 6-2 215 25 3 Ohio State Springfield, Ohio 11-3-0-5 26 Miller, Lamar RB 5-10 225 26 7 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. 16-13-0-0 43 Moore, Corey S 6-2 205 25 3 Georgia Griffin, Ga. 14-3-0-1 52 Peters, Brian ILB 6-4 235 29 4 Northwestern Pickerington, Ohio 16-0-0-0 33 Pope, Troymaine RB 5-8 205 24 2 Jacksonville State Anniston, Ala. 0-0-0-0 53 President, Gimel OLB 6-4 275 24 1 Illinois Mt. Pleasant, S.C. 4-0-0-1 45 Prosch, Jay FB 6-1 255 25 5 Auburn Mobile, Ala. 16-5-0-0 85 Pruitt, MyCole TE 6-2 260 26 2 Southern Illinois South Bend, Ind. 1-0-0-1 77 Quessenberry, David G 6-5 310 27 1 San Jose State Encinitas, Calif. 2-0-0-0 98 Reader, D.J. NT/DE 6-3 325 23 3 Clemson Greensboro, N.C. 14-14-0-0 81 Robinson, Jevoni TE 6-7 240 25 1 North Carolina State Charlotte, N.C. 0-0-0-0 78 Rodgers, Jake T 6-6 320 26 1 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. 0-0-0-0 57 Scarlett, Brennan OLB 6-4 265 24 3 Stanford Portland, Ore. 11-5-0-1 62 Slade, Chad G 6-5 315 25 2 Auburn Moody, Ala. 5-3-0-0 14 Thompson, Chris WR 6-0 170 23 2 Florida Gainesville, Fla. 13-0-0-0 36 Thornton, Josh CB 5-11 185 25 1 Southern Utah West Palm Beach, Fla. 0-0-0-0 34 Virgin, Dee CB 5-10 205 24 1 West Alabama Donalsonville, Ga. 0-0-0-0 91 Watkins, Carlos DE 6-3 305 24 2 Clemson Mooresboro, N.C. 12-6-1-3 4 Watson, Deshaun QB 6-3 215 22 2 Clemson Gainesville, Ga. 7-6-0-0 99 Watt, J.J. DE 6-5 290 29 8 Wisconsin Pewaukee, Wis. 5-5-0-0 5 Webb III, Joe QB 6-4 230 31 9 Alabama-Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. 0-0-0-0 3 Weeden, Brandon QB 6-3 230 34 7 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. 0-0-0-0 46 Weeks, Jon LS 5-10 250 32 9 Baylor Bethpage, N.Y. 16-0-0-0 11 White, DeAndrew WR 6-0 195 26 2 Alabama Houston, Texas 2-1-0-2 COACHING ROSTER COACH POSITION Bill O Brien Head Coach Romeo Crennel Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator Brad Seely Special Teams Coordinator Danny Barrett Running Backs Mike Devlin Offensive Line Mike Eubanks Assistant Strength & Conditioning Jason George Assistant Strength & Conditioning Tim Kelly Tight Ends Bobby King Inside Linebackers Will Lawing Offensive Asst. / Offensive Line D Anton Lynn Assistant Secondary Anthony Midget Secondary Matt O Donnell Defensive Quality Control John Pagano Senior Defensive Assistant / Outside Linebackers John Perry Wide Receivers Luke Richesson Sr. Director of Sports Performance Sean Ryan Quarterbacks Tracy Smith Assistant Special Teams Billy Voltaire Assistant Strength & Conditioning / Performance Therapist Anthony Weaver Defensive Line Wes Welker Offensive / Special Teams Asst. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PLAYER Ibraheim Campbell ee-bra-heim Jadeveon Clowney juh-dev-ee-on Julién Davenport jew-lee-own Treston Decoud DAY-coo Ka imi Fairbairn kai-ee-me FAIR-bairn D Onta Foreman dee-on-tay Matthew Godin GO-din DeAndre Hopkins dee-andre Ufomba Kamalu ooh-fom-ba ka-ma-lu Senio Kelemete SENN-ee-oh KEL-uh-MET-tay Josh Keyes kize Whitney Mercilus MER-sih-lus Gimel President juh-meel Jay Prosch PRAWSH MyCole Pruitt MY-cole David Quessenberry KWESS-en-berry GP GS DNP IA PARTICIPATION KEY Games Played Games Started Did Not Play Inactive 16
TEXANS NUMERICAL ROSTER NFL HOW NO. NAME POS HT WT AGE EXP COLLEGE HOMETOWN ACQUIRED 3 Brandon Weeden QB 6-3 230 34 7 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. UFA- 18 (TEN) 4 Deshaun Watson QB 6-3 215 22 2 Clemson Gainesville, Ga. D1-17 5 Joe Webb III QB 6-4 230 31 9 Alabama-Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. UFA- 18 (BUF) 7 Ka imi Fairbairn K 6-0 190 24 3 UCLA Kailua, Hawaii CFA- 16 9 Shane Lechler P 6-2 240 41 19 Texas A&M East Bernard, Texas UFA- 13 (OAK) 10 DeAndre Hopkins WR 6-1 210 25 6 Clemson Central, S.C. D1-13 11 DeAndrew White WR 6-0 195 26 2 Alabama Houston, Texas FA- 17 12 Bruce Ellington WR 5-9 200 26 5 South Carolina Moncks Corner, S.C. FA- 17 13 Braxton Miller WR 6-2 215 25 3 Ohio State Springfield, Ohio D3-16 14 Chris Thompson WR 6-0 170 23 2 Florida Gainesville, Fla. CFA- 17 15 Will Fuller V WR 6-0 185 24 3 Notre Dame Philadelphia, Pa. D1-16 18 Sammie Coates WR 6-1 210 25 4 Auburn Leroy, Ala. W- 18 (CLE) 19 Montay Crockett WR 6-0 185 24 1 Georgia Southern Rock Hill, S.C. W- 18 (JAX) 20 Johnson Bademosi CB 6-0 205 27 7 Stanford Silver Spring, Md. UFA- 18 (NE) 21 Tyler Ervin RB 5-10 180 24 3 San Jose State San Bernardino, Calif. D4-16 22 Aaron Colvin CB 6-0 195 26 5 Oklahoma Tulsa, Okla. UFA- 18 (JAX) 23 Kurtis Drummond S 6-1 210 26 4 Michigan State Masury, Ohio CFA- 15 24 Johnathan Joseph CB 5-11 190 34 13 South Carolina Rock Hill, S.C. UFA- 11 (CIN) 25 Kareem Jackson CB 5-10 190 30 9 Alabama Macon, Ga. D1-10 26 Lamar Miller RB 5-10 225 26 7 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. UFA- 16 (MIA) 27 D Onta Foreman RB 6-0 235 21 2 Texas Texas City, Texas D3-17 29 Andre Hal S 5-10 190 25 5 Vanderbilt Port Allen, La. D7a- 14 30 Kevin Johnson CB 6-0 190 25 4 Wake Forest Clarksville, Md. D1-15 31 Treston Decoud CB 6-3 210 24 2 Oregon State Covington, La. D5-17 32 Tyrann Mathieu S 5-9 185 25 6 LSU New Orleans, La. FA- 18 33 Troymaine Pope RB 5-8 205 24 2 Jacksonville State Anniston, Ala. FA- 17 34 Dee Virgin CB 5-10 205 24 1 West Alabama Donalsonville, Ga. CFA- 17 36 Josh Thornton CB 5-11 185 25 1 Southern Utah West Palm Beach, Fla. FA- 17 37 Bryce Jones CB 6-0 180 23 1 Akron University Heights, Ohio CFA- 17 39 Ibraheim Campbell S 5-11 210 25 4 Northwestern Philadelphia, Pa. FA- 17 41 Zach Cunningham ILB 6-4 230 23 2 Vanderbilt Pinson, Ala. D2-17 43 Corey Moore S 6-2 205 25 3 Georgia Griffin, Ga. CFA- 15 45 Jay Prosch FB 6-1 255 25 5 Auburn Mobile, Ala. D6c- 14 46 Jon Weeks LS 5-10 250 32 9 Baylor Bethpage, N.Y. FA- 10 47 Kennan Gilchrist ILB 6-1 230 23 1 Appalachian State Abbeville, S.C. FA- 17 49 Josh Keyes ILB 6-2 230 25 4 Boston College Philmont, N.Y. FA- 18 50 Ben Heeney ILB 6-0 230 25 4 Kansas Overland Park, Kan. W- 17 (NO) 51 Dylan Cole ILB 6-1 240 23 2 Missouri State Springfield, Mo. CFA- 17 52 Brian Peters ILB 6-4 235 29 4 Northwestern Pickerington, Ohio FA- 15 53 Gimel President OLB 6-4 275 24 1 Illinois Mt. Pleasant, S.C. CFA- 17 54 LaTroy Lewis OLB 6-3 255 24 1 Tennessee Akron, Ohio FA- 17 55 Benardrick McKinney ILB 6-4 250 25 4 Mississippi State Tunica, Miss. D2-15 57 Brennan Scarlett OLB 6-4 265 24 3 Stanford Portland, Ore. CFA- 16 59 Whitney Mercilus OLB 6-4 260 27 7 Illinois Akron, Ohio D1-12 61 Kyle Fuller G 6-5 315 24 2 Baylor Wylie, Texas D7-17 62 Chad Slade G 6-5 315 25 2 Auburn Moody, Ala. CFA- 15 63 Kendall Lamm T 6-6 305 25 4 Appalachian State Charlotte, N.C. CFA- 15 64 Senio Kelemete G 6-3 300 27 6 Washington Seattle, Wash. UFA- 18 (NO) 65 Greg Mancz C/G 6-4 300 25 4 Toledo Cincinnati, Ohio CFA- 15 66 Nick Martin C 6-5 300 24 3 Notre Dame Indianapolis, Ind. D2-16 67 Marcus Hardison NT 6-3 310 26 3 Arizona State Punta Gorda, Fla. FA- 17 69 Matthew Godin DE 6-6 295 24 2 Michigan Novi, Mich. CFA- 17 70 Julién Davenport T 6-7 315 23 2 Bucknell Paulsboro, N.J. D4a- 17 71 Jeff Allen G 6-4 305 28 7 Illinois Chicago, Ill. UFA- 16 (KC) 73 Zach Fulton C/G 6-5 315 26 5 Tennessee Homewood, Ill. UFA- 18 (KC) 76 Seantrel Henderson T 6-7 330 26 5 Miami (Fla.) St. Paul, Minn. UFA- 18 (BUF) 77 David Quessenberry G 6-5 310 27 1 San Jose State Encinitas, Calif. D6a- 13 78 Jake Rodgers T 6-6 320 26 1 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. FA- 17 81 Jevoni Robinson TE 6-7 240 25 1 North Carolina State Charlotte, N.C. FA- 17 82 Matt Lengel TE 6-7 265 27 3 Eastern Kentucky Mechanicsburg, Pa. W- 18 (CLE) 84 Ryan Griffin TE 6-6 255 28 6 Connecticut Londonderry, N.H. D6d- 13 85 MyCole Pruitt TE 6-2 260 26 2 Southern Illinois South Bend, Ind. FA- 17 86 Zach Conque TE 6-6 240 23 1 Stephen F. Austin Little Rock, Ark. FA- 17 88 Ryan Malleck TE 6-4 250 24 1 Virginia Tech Point Pleasant, N.J. FA- 17 89 Stephen Anderson TE 6-3 230 25 3 California San Jose, Calif. CFA- 16 90 Jadeveon Clowney OLB/DE 6-5 270 25 5 South Carolina Rock Hill, S.C. D1-14 91 Carlos Watkins DE 6-3 305 24 2 Clemson Mooresboro, N.C. D4b- 17 92 Brandon Dunn NT 6-2 300 25 3 Louisville Louisville, Ky. FA- 15 93 Joel Heath DE 6-6 295 24 3 Michigan State Cincinnati, Ohio CFA- 16 94 Ufomba Kamalu OLB 6-6 300 25 3 Miami (Fla.) Fayetteville, Ga. CFA- 16 95 Christian Covington DE 6-2 290 24 4 Rice Vancouver, BC, Canada D6b- 15 96 Darius Kilgo NT 6-3 320 26 3 Maryland Matthews, N.C. FA- 18 97 Angelo Blackson DE 6-4 320 25 4 Auburn Bear, Del. FA- 17 98 D.J. Reader NT/DE 6-3 325 23 3 Clemson Greensboro, N.C. D5b- 16 99 J.J. Watt DE 6-5 290 29 8 Wisconsin Pewaukee, Wis. D1-11 COACHING ROSTER COACH POSITION Bill O Brien Head Coach Romeo Crennel Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator Brad Seely Special Teams Coordinator Danny Barrett Running Backs Mike Devlin Offensive Line Mike Eubanks Assistant Strength & Conditioning Jason George Assistant Strength & Conditioning Tim Kelly Tight Ends Bobby King Inside Linebackers Will Lawing Offensive Asst. / Offensive Line D Anton Lynn Assistant Secondary Anthony Midget Secondary Matt O Donnell Defensive Quality Control John Pagano Senior Defensive Assistant / Outside Linebackers John Perry Wide Receivers Luke Richesson Sr. Director of Sports Performance Sean Ryan Quarterbacks Tracy Smith Assistant Special Teams Billy Voltaire Assistant Strength & Conditioning / Performance Therapist Anthony Weaver Defensive Line Wes Welker Offensive / Special Teams Asst. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PLAYER Ibraheim Campbell ee-bra-heim Jadeveon Clowney juh-dev-ee-on Julién Davenport jew-lee-own Treston Decoud DAY-coo Ka imi Fairbairn kai-ee-me FAIR-bairn D Onta Foreman dee-on-tay Matthew Godin GO-din DeAndre Hopkins dee-andre Ufomba Kamalu ooh-fom-ba ka-ma-lu Senio Kelemete SENN-ee-oh KEL-uh-MET-tay Josh Keyes kize Whitney Mercilus MER-sih-lus Gimel President juh-meel Jay Prosch PRAWSH MyCole Pruitt MY-cole David Quessenberry KWESS-en-berry HOW ACQUIRED KEY CFA College Free Agent D Draft Pick FA Free Agent T Trade UFA Unrestricted Free Agent W Waivers () Previous Team 17
NFL DRAFT ORDER ROUND 1 ROUND 2 Pick Overall Team 1 1 Cleveland Browns 2 2 New York Giants 3 3 New York Jets from Indianapolis Colts 4 4 Cleveland Browns from Houston Texans 5 5 Denver Broncos 6 6 Indianapolis Colts from New York Jets 7 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8 8 Chicago Bears 9 9 San Francisco 49ers 10 10 Oakland Raiders 11 11 Miami Dolphins 12 12 Buffalo Bills from Cincinnati Bengals 13 13 Washington Redskins 14 14 Green Bay Packers 15 15 Arizona Cardinals 16 16 Baltimore Ravens 17 17 Los Angeles Chargers 18 18 Seattle Seahawks 19 19 Dallas Cowboys 20 20 Detroit Lions 21 21 Cincinnati Bengals from Buffalo Bills 22 22 Buffalo Bills from Kansas City Chiefs 23 23 New England Patriots from Los Angeles Rams 24 24 Carolina Panthers 25 25 Tennessee Titans 26 26 Atlanta Falcons 27 27 New Orleans Saints 28 28 Pittsburgh Steelers 29 29 Jacksonville Jaguars 30 30 Minnesota Vikings 31 31 New England Patriots 32 32 Philadelphia Eagles Pick Overall Team 1 33 Cleveland Browns 2 34 New York Giants 3 35 Cleveland Browns from Houston Texans 4 36 Indianapolis Colts 5 37 Indianapolis Colts from New York Jets 6 38 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 39 Chicago Bears 8 40 Denver Broncos 9 41 Oakland Raiders 10 42 Miami Dolphins 11 43 New England Patriots from San Francisco 49ers 12 44 Washington Redskins 13 45 Green Bay Packers 14 46 Cincinnati Bengals 15 47 Arizona Cardinals 16 48 Los Angeles Chargers 17 49 Indianapolis Colts from New York Jets through Seattle Seahawks 18 50 Dallas Cowboys 19 51 Detroit Lions 20 52 Baltimore Ravens 21 53 Buffalo Bills 22 54 Kansas City Chiefs 23 55 Carolina Panthers 24 56 Buffalo Bills from Los Angeles Rams 25 57 Tennesse Titans 26 58 Atlanta Falcons 27 59 San Francisco 49ers from New Orleans Saints 28 60 Pittsburgh Steelers 29 61 Jacksonville Jaguars 30 62 Minnesota Vikings 31 63 New England Patriots 32 64 Cleveland Browns from Philadelphia Eagles 18
NFL DRAFT ORDER ROUND 3 ROUND 4 Pick Overall Team 1 65 Buffalo Bills from Cleveland Browns 2 66 New York Giants 3 67 Indianapolis Colts 4 68 Houston Texans 5 69 New York Giants from Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 70 San Francisco 49ers from Chicago Bears 7 71 Denver Broncos 8 72 New York Jets 9 73 Miami Dolphins 10 74 San Francisco 49ers 11 75 Oakland Raiders 12 76 Green Bay Packers 13 77 Cincinnati Bengals 14 78 Kansas City Chiefs from Washington Redskins 15 79 Arizona Cardinals 16 80 Houston Texans from Seattle Seahawks 17 81 Dallas Cowboys 18 82 Detroit Lions 19 83 Baltimore Ravens 20 84 Los Angeles Chargers 21 85 Carolina Panthers from Buffalo Bills 22 86 Kansas City Chiefs 23 87 Los Angeles Rams 24 88 Carolina Panthers 25 89 Tennessee Titans 26 90 Atlanta Falcons 27 91 New Orleans Saints 28 92 Pittsburgh Steelers 29 93 Jacksonville Jaguars 30 94 Minnesota Vikings 31 95 New England Patriots 32 96 Buffalo Bills from Philadelphia Eagles 33 97 Arizona Cardinals (Compensatory) 34 98 Houston Texans (Compensatory) 35 99 Denver Broncos (Compensatory) 36 100 Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory) Pick Overall Team 1 101 Green Bay Packers from Cleveland Browns 2 102 Tampa Bay Buccaneers from New York Giants 3 103 Houston Texans 4 104 Indianapolis Colts 5 105 Chicago Bears 6 106 Denver Broncos 7 107 New York Jets 8 108 New York Giants from Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 109 Washington Redskins from Denver Broncos through San Francisco 49ers 10 110 Oakland Raiders 11 111 Los Angeles Rams from Miami Dolphins 12 112 Cincinnati Bengals 13 113 Denver Broncos from Washington Redskins 14 114 Cleveland Browns from Green Bay Packers 15 115 Chicago Bears from Arizona Cardinals 16 116 Dallas Cowboys 17 117 Detroit Lions 18 118 Baltimore Ravens 19 119 Los Angeles Chargers 20 120 Seattle Seahawks 21 121 Buffalo Bills 22 122 Kansas City Chiefs 23 123 Miami Dolphins from Cleveland Browns through Carolina Panthers 24 124 Kansas City Chiefs from Los Angeles Rams 25 125 Tennessee Titans 26 126 Atlanta Falcons 27 127 New Orleans Saints 28 128 San Francisco 49ers from Pittsburgh Steelers 29 129 Jacksonville Jaguars 30 130 Philadelphia Eagles from Minnesota Vikings 31 131 Miami Dolphins from New England Patriots through Philadelphia Eagles 32 132 Philadelphia Eagles 33 133 Green Bay Packers (Compensatory) 34 134 Arizona Cardinals (Compensatory) 35 135 Los Angeles Rams from New York Giants (Compensatory) 36 136 Los Angeles Rams from New England Patriots (Compensatory) 37 137 Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory) 19
NFL DRAFT ORDER ROUND 5 ROUND 6 Pick Overall Team 1 138 Green Bay Packers from Cleveland Browns 2 139 New York Giants 3 140 Indianapolis Colts 4 141 Seattle Seahawks from Houston Texans 5 142 Washington Redskins from Denver Broncos 6 143 San Francisco 49ers from New York Jets 7 144 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8 145 Chicago Bears 9 146 Seattle Seahawks from Oakland Raiders 10 147 New Orleans Saints from Miami Dolphins 11 148 Pittsburgh Steelers from San Francisco 49ers 12 149 Denver Broncos from Washington Redskins 13 150 Cleveland Browns from Green Bay Packers 14 151 Cincinnati Bengals 15 152 Arizona Cardinals 16 153 Detroit Lions 17 154 Baltimore Ravens 18 155 Los Angeles Chargers 19 156 Seattle Seahawks from Philadelphia Eagles through Seahawks 20 157 New York Jets from Dallas Cowboys 21 158 Cincinnati Bengals from Buffalo Bills 22 159 Oakland Raiders from New England Patriots through Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs 23 160 Denver Broncos from Los Angeles Rams 24 161 Carolina Panthers 25 162 Tennessee Titans 26 163 Washington Redskins from Denver Broncos through Atlanta Falcons 27 164 New Orleans Saints 28 165 Pittsburgh Steelers 29 166 Buffalo Bills from Jacksonville Jaguars 30 167 Minnesota Vikings 31 168 Seattle Seahawks from New England Patriots 32 169 Philadelphia Eagles 33 170 Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory) 34 171 Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory) 35 172 Green Bay Packers (Compensatory) 36 173 Oakland Raiders from Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory) 37 174 Green Bay Packers (Compensatory) Pick Overall Team 1 175 Cleveland Browns 2 176 Los Angeles Rams from New York Giants 3 177 Houston Texans 4 178 Indianapolis Colts 5 179 New York Jets 6 180 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 181 Chicago Bears 8 182 Arizona Cardinals from Denver Broncos 9 183 Los Angeles Rams from Miami Dolphins 10 184 San Francisco 49ers 11 185 Oakland Raiders 12 186 Green Bay Packers 13 187 Buffalo Bills from Cincinnati Bengals 14 188 Cleveland Browns from Washington Redskins 15 189 New Orleans Saints from Arizona Cardinals 16 190 Baltimore Ravens 17 191 Los Angeles Chargers 18 192 Dallas Cowboys from Oakland Raiders through Seattle Seahawks 19 193 Dallas Cowboys 20 194 Los Angeles Rams from Detroit Lions 21 195 Los Angeles Rams from Buffalo Bills 22 196 Kansas City Chiefs 23 197 Carolina Panthers 24 198 New England Patriots from Los Angeles Rams 25 199 Tennessee Titans 26 200 Atlanta Falcons 27 201 New Orleans Saints 28 202 Tampa Bay Buccaneers from Pittsburgh Steelers 29 203 Jacksonville Jaguars 30 204 Minnesota Vikings 31 205 Washington Redskins from Cleveland Browns through New England Patriots 32 206 Philadelphia Eagles 33 207 Green Bay Packers (Compensatory) 34 208 Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory) 35 209 Miami Dolphins from Los Angeles Rams through Kansas City Chiefs (Compensatory) 36 210 New England Patriots from Oakland Raiders (Compensatory) 37 211 Houston Texans (Compensatory) 38 212 Oakland Raiders (Compensatory) 39 213 Minnesota Vikings (Compensatory) 40 214 Houston Texans (Compensatory) 41 215 Baltimore Ravens (Compensatory) 42 216 Oakland Raiders (Compensatory) 43 217 Oakland Raiders (Compensatory) 44 218 Minnesota Vikings (Compensatory) 20
NFL DRAFT ORDER ROUND 7 Pick Overall Team 1 219 New England Patriots from Cleveland Browns 2 220 Pittsburgh Steelers from New York Giants 3 221 Indianapolis Colts 4 222 Houston Texans 5 223 San Francisco 49ers from Miami Dolphins through Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 224 Chicago Bears 7 225 Minnesota Vikings from Denver Broncos 8 226 Seattle Seahawks from New York Jets 9 227 Miami Dolphins from San Francisco 49ers 10 228 Oakland Raiders 11 229 Miami Dolphins 12 230 Jacksonville Jaguars from Cincinnati Bengals 13 231 Washington Redskins 14 232 Green Bay Packers 15 233 Kansas City Chiefs from Arizona Cardinals 16 234 Carolina Panthers from Los Angeles Chargers through Buffalo Bills 17 235 New York Jets from Seattle Seahawks 18 236 Dallas Cowboys 19 237 Detroit Lions 20 238 Baltimore Ravens 21 239 Green Bay Packers from Buffalo Bills 22 240 San Francisco 49ers from Kansas City Chiefs 23 241 Washington Redskins from Los Angeles Rams 24 242 Carolina Panthers 25 243 Kansas City Chiefs from Tennessee Titans 26 244 Atlanta Falcons 27 245 New Orleans Saints 28 246 Pittsburgh Steelers 29 247 Jacksonville Jaguars 30 248 Seattle Seahawks from Minnesota Vikings 31 249 Cincinnati Bengals from New England Patriots 32 250 Philadelphia Eagles from Seattle Seahawks through Eagles, Seahawks and New England Patriots 33 251 Los Angeles Chargers (Compensatory) 34 252 Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory) 35 253 Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory) 36 254 Arizona Cardinals (Compensatory) 37 255 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Compensatory) 38 256 Atlanta Falcons (Compensatory) The Texans drafted S Andre Hal in the seventh round (216th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft. Hal has played in 61 games (38 starts) and compiled 169 total tackles (119 solo), nine interceptions, 26 passes defensed, six tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two quarterback hits and 1.0 sack. Hal is also first on the Texans with nine interceptions since joining the team in 2014. 21
BRIAN GAINE PRE-DRAFT TRANSCRIPT What is the challenge as you approach the draft without the first two picks? I m going answer that question here, but what I d like to start out by saying first, guys and gals, is that as it relates to the draft process, it s important for me to touch on a few things. This is a process that starts roughly the end of May, early June, and here we are the end of April getting ready to select eight players. Our scouts are on the road from the month of August all the way up through the month of November. They go back out on the road into January, into February, to the combines, to the bowl games, then obviously the pro days. Also, our coaches get involved, but equally our medical staff, our security staff. This is a large, encompassing process and what I d like to do before I go any further is just thank the scouting staff, the coaches, the medical staff, the security staff, our football operations staff. They ve done an excellent job here and all come together as a team. Me getting here in January and kind of putting the plan in place that I wanted to, I just want to thank them for buying in and doing their part to help this be a great draft for us. Just to go back to your question, as it relates to not having a first and second round pick, there are certainly challenges involved with that in terms of getting blue chip talent and blue chip prospects, but the focus that I have had and our staff has had here has been we are going to get a chance to get four players in the top 103 in this draft. So, if things were standard and we had a first and second round pick, a third and fourth round pick, that would still give us four players in the top 103. Now, although they might not be player 50 or 60, we re still going to get four players, we believe, in the top 103. So, we re very positive that we ll be able to get contributing players at any one of those picks in the third and the fourth round. How special of a player would have to be available in order for you to move up into the first or second rounds? On a case-by-case (basis), we ll measure opportunity when it meets itself. If there s a certain player that s falling down on the board that we had a very good grade on, certainly we re always going to talk about that scenario if we have the ammunition and the latitude to go up. I would tell you, historically, I would much prefer to go down than I ever would to go up, to get more at-bats, to accumulate more good players, but on a caseby-case basis, if we re honoring the draft board and we see a player that potentially might be slipping down the draft board and we have the opportunity to go get him and be aggressive, we ll measure that as well. Does not having a first or second round pick affect your scouting process? Part of the process in this player evaluation is mixing the pro scouting element with the college draft process. As it relates to how we re going to solve some of the issues on our roster with personnel, we feel like some of the things we did in free agency are going to put us in position in the draft where you re not going to get forced to have to draft a player based on need. The players that we acquired both on the offensive line and in the secondary give us position flexibility within the group, so at least now we feel like we re in position that if we draft players now, we re hopefully drafting the best available player in that regard. The best combination of a pick is when you take the best available player that also meets a team need. 22 A lot of people have said this is a good draft for defensive backs. Is that an opinion you share? I would echo that. But I see that at all levels within this draft. I see opportunities if you re picking day one, day two and day three, especially day three, I see opportunities in the secondary where you can get players at any level in this draft, whether you needed a starter, a contributor or a depth reserve who can be a special teams player. The Texans lead the NFL since 2006 in first round draft picks who have signed a second contract. How helpful is that to you when you re trying to build a team when you have that talent there? We don t have a first round pick this year, as it relates to that. But my philosophy has always been if we can draft, develop, groom and extend our own, that will be the first thing I ll always try to do in terms of philosophy and how we want to build a team, career-wise and longevity-wise. I do subscribe to that philosophy. Under the new CBA and the limited offseason contact with players it allows, what do you have in place to make them as comfortable once they get in the building? We work within the rules that we obviously have, but one element Coach (Bill) O Brien and I have often discussed is the critical element of player development, so that when players come on campus and we get them in our building, is maximizing their abilities, but from the coaching, the fundamentals, the technique, our sports performance element, our strength and conditioning element. So, how can we maximize this player s skillset in a one- to three-year window so they can be exactly who we think they re going to become. Although they re this today, we see this career arc where they can be year two, year three, year four down the line. In our program, we put a large program on player development, teaching technique, teaching them football and obviously body types, sports performance we try to maximize what they can be from a physical standpoint. Do you factor in how NFL-ready a particular player is when you get him? Sure. We grade upside, and I would probably answer that in a way that we grade upside as it relates to a guy s physical dimensions and the intangible profile. So, the upside part is a critical part of how we put final grades on players. Perhaps he may be a fourth or fifth corner today, but maybe in two or three years in our player development program, he can be a third corner. Perhaps he s an eighth or ninth offensive lineman today, but with our strength and conditioning program and with how we re going to teach him football with technique, fundamentals and physical growth, perhaps he ll be a sixth or seventh offensive lineman a year or two years down the road.
BRIAN GAINE PRE-DRAFT TRANSCRIPT How important is the college free agent process? Very good question. This is a large point of emphasis for our scouting staff and we put a great deal of time into the priority free agent process. We ve had examples on our team. One notable from last year, obviously, was Dylan Cole. We ve had other notables in the past. Ka imi Fairbairn, our kicker. Joel Heath comes to mind. These are guys that we got in the undrafted free agent process and they made our team. I would say it started with having a vision for the player. When we would scout that player and some of those guys that we got that were undrafted free agents, perhaps we had a draftable grade on but then they just happened to go undrafted and we pursued them. So, for me, I call that the eighth round. We re always trying to extend the draft. What do you think about the crop of quarterbacks in this year s class? Well, No. 1, I would respond this way: regardless of who we have on our team at quarterback right now, one thing I learned under Coach (Bill) Parcells is you are always developing the position. Year in, year out, you are always contingency planning. Whether you have a starter, a No. 2 or a No. 3 you re doing it at every position but especially quarterback you are always contingency planning and always planning for the future. So, regardless of who we have here today, we are always planning for tomorrow. Quarterback is no different than any other position, but obviously with our situation last year and what happened here with our team losing Deshaun, we re doing our best to fortify the position so that our spots one, two and three are locked and loaded and we can feel confident at every level. What do you think about the quarterback class overall in this draft? They all have their strengths, they all have their weaknesses. I certainly think that if you were a team that needed a quarterback, it s a supply and demand issue. It s not a supply and demand issue per se just because of the draft this year, but it s throughout the league. So, if you need a quarterback, you have to try to strategize a way to go and get one. What is it like going into a draft without having a need at quarterback? It certainly gives you a level of comfort because that s such an important position. But I ll just allude back to what I just said, we re always planning for the future. So, certainly yes I feel confident and comfortable that we have a player like Deshaun (Watson) on our team right now, but I m always going to be trying to fortify the position as it relates to spots two and three as it relates to down the road. How good do you feel about having QB Deshaun Watson despite the fact it cost you this year s first round draft pick to trade for him? That s the price you pay to get a player such as Deshaun. So, there s positives to that. The positives to that, naturally, we feel very confident about our starting quarterback but I m also looking a year down the road. I m not just looking in the now. I m thinking about our first round pick next year. We have two two s (second round picks) next year. So, planning for the future as well. But I reflect back to what I spoke about earlier, we still have four picks in the first 103 selections. We re going to get four good players here, even though we don t have a one or a two in this draft. Are you hopeful to have a contract extension with DE/OLB Jadeveon Clowney done by the end of the offseason? I won t discuss our negotiations publicly but I m optimistic that something can be done. Would you be disappointed if you don t get a contract extension with DE/OLB Jadeveon Clowney done? I m optimistic something will get done. What do you like about DE/OLB Jadeveon Clowney and what he brings to the team? It s the obvious. The height, weight, speed, the production, the performance, pass rush ability. The guy s a disruptive player, plays the run well. So, we re doing our best to fortify our nucleus of players and we d like him to be a part of that. Are there any positions in this draft that are particularly deep? Without getting into particulars of what s strong and what s weak, I would say that when I m looking at the draft board I m looking at it vertically and horizontally. What I mean by that is that there s opportunities I see regardless of position to populate our roster with contributing players at every level of this draft, day one, day two and day three. I said earlier, the part that does excite me is there are some late round options we feel that would be good developmental upside players and have future potential to contribute for us as well. With all the information that s available to teams now, is there anything historically that tells you it s better to draft certain positions late and other positions early? Does that information matter? I think on a year-to-year basis, when you study your draft board, you do want to take a step back and look at it from a global perspective and see where perhaps your grades are on the draft board and where things are heavy and where things are light. An example of that would be if it was a specific position, when you re looking at it vertically and you re looking at the position, you see you re looking at it, you might have 12 players in that column who you think are draftable. Perhaps if you see that it s really strong in the second and third round and weak in the fourth and fifth round, well if you re thinking about drafting at that position then perhaps your strategy is shifting, thinking if I have to have this position then maybe I m considering that position in the second and third round because it drops off in the fourth and fifth round. So, I ll do that process as well as it relates to strategy of how we go and pursue specific players, but my hope is the way the draft board will be set, that if you have it right, the draft board will speak to you about who the best available player is. 23
BRIAN GAINE PRE-DRAFT TRANSCRIPT What do you anticipate you will do during the first round as you watch the draft unfold? Will you be adjusting your board? Correct. Because we don t have a first and second round, perhaps it could affect draft strategy as it relates to day two based on who got drafted where, what positions perhaps got filled, what team needs were filled by other teams. So, if you saw six quarterbacks go off in the first round and perhaps you were in that quarterback market and you thought you needed one, well, six teams have already solved that problem perhaps. So, maybe from a strategy standpoint, you have that degree of awareness of how you re going to attack that position if you re going to go after that spot. With this being your first draft as general manager, people are going to wonder what type of style and mindset you will have. By nature, are you conservative or are you a gambler or will do we just have to wait and see how it goes? I would wait and see how it comes off. I think it s on a case-by-case basis. When the opportunity presents itself to be aggressive, we ll pursue that opportunity. And when the opportunity presents itself where perhaps we have to be conservative and we have enough guys on the draft board and we have an opportunity to trade down and still get a good player that we like, we ll consider that as well. Each team has a different way to approach the collaborative efforts of the draft and a different amount of input they take from assistant coaches and the medical staff. Logistically, what is the process of consulting with assistant coaches and what you bring from them into the draft room? As it relates from a medical standpoint, our doctors and our trainers do an excellent job. We ve been collaborating with them since the football season ended. So, we had obviously a great advantage in getting a jumpstart on the evaluation process with the Senior Bowl, so our trainers and doctors were there for that as well, and then their preparations for the combine. But we are hands on with our doctors and with our trainers as it relates to process and the medical. With the coaches, we ve had a great partnership. I would say it starts with philosophical alignment between Bill (O Brien) and I. We just firmly believe in a lot of the same fundamental belief systems on how to build a football program, football culture, the types of players that we re looking for. Even drilling down to the level of the prototypical standards, the physical parameters that we want to have at every position that we believe leads to a championship caliber performance. Coach O Brien and I meet daily through this draft process, talking draft board, talking draft strategy. I m meeting daily with the scouting staff as well. We re in a situation now where we re starting to drill down on groupings, clusters and stacking orders of specific players and specific rounds. Coach O Brien and I have had a great partnership in that regard. Equally, our coaches have paired up with our scouts, with position cross-check groups to build consensus and ultimately myself and Coach O Brien, we have to be the consensus builders and we have to be the final filters. Perhaps we see it the same and perhaps if we see it a little bit different. He and I have to be the ones that bring that together if the coaches and the personnel staff perhaps may see it differently. Considering the injuries you had last year, are you extra careful drafting players with an injury history? Durability is something that all our scouts are asked to evaluate. Naturally, they are not doctors and medical professionals but availability is critically important to us. So, if players are going to be available and they ve been durable players in the past, our hope is that they ll be durable players in the future. So, it s a large point of emphasis in our critical factors and position specifics as it relates to durability, production, football character, personal character, learning ability. All those things are critical factors for us. Durability is one of those things. What do you think about what Senior Director of Sports Performance Luke Richesson has done with the weight room and what impact will he be able to make on the team? For those that don t know, we hired Luke Richesson to be our Senior Director of Sports Performance and I ve been asked to no longer call it the weight room. It s the Sports Performance Center, just so you know. But Luke is a highly-skilled individual at what he does. He hired a great staff. Equally, we ve overturned our nutritional element of our operation. Really, I have to thank the McNairs for believing in our vision to improve, upgrade and ascend our sports performance operation and our nutritional element here. We re hoping that s going to pay big dividends for us down the road in terms of player health, durability and availability. Does that mean you have changed the cafeteria or what guys have to eat when they re away from the facility? We have invested a lot as it relates to the football facility, the sports performance room and where the old strength and conditioning room was. We certainly invested a lot in the equipment, but it s also been a philosophical shift in how we train and how we prepare and how we build our guys. Equally, from a nutritional standpoint, we hired a gentleman Ladd Harris, who will partner with Luke Richesson in that regard and he has been a great asset, a great resource. The education part of it is equally important as it relates to nutrition education. And then the third, the execution and follow-up of it. We couldn t have accomplished what we did in a short amount of time in that operation without the support and backing of Bob and Cal McNair. How did the Texans coaching staff coaching the Senior Bowl impact your draft strategy? I would tell you this; I had one other experience of doing this with another coaching staff when I was with the Miami Dolphins, and the insight that it gives you in terms of the head start for the coaches is exceptional because often the coaches will get involved in the personnel process a little later in January, closer to February, like right before the combine, so this gave our coaches and our coaching staff probably about a month ahead of time to get ahead on their stacking orders and their grades for the players. 24
BRIAN GAINE PRE-DRAFT TRANSCRIPT Does it help especially because you don t have a first and second round pick so you are looking at guys that would be in the later rounds? No, not necessarily. The way I would answer that is you are actually coaching the players. It s not interviews with players, it s not interview with coaches that have coached these players. You re actually getting hands on, applicable experience on that interaction moment. And equally from a scouting perspective, I m able to speak to the coaches about, Hey, how well does he do in the classroom? What s his football character like? It s not theoretical, it s not sourced. I m getting it directly from the coaches who are working with these individuals at the Senior Bowl. It was a great asset. On the flipside of that, there s a reason why we were coaching in the Senior Bowl and I would prefer for us to be playing in January and February and perhaps maybe not doing that. But, we took advantage of that opportunity by really drilling down on the evaluative portion of it. Yes, the performance on the field was critically important, but it was the football intangible element that revealed itself very well for us as it relates to learning a lot about those guys. What was your philosophy on the 30 visits? I would backtrack all the way back to the Senior Bowl all the all-star games when we have a chance to sit down and interview a lot of these players. We took advantage of that moment to get those interviews done. As it relates to the 30 visits that you can bring in here for those that may or may not know, you get 30 chances to bring players into your facility to do a visit. Some of those invites are based on medical. Some of those invites maybe are on one or two football or personal character items that you need clarification on. Others maybe it s a late round guy that maybe you re not sure you may draft or you want to consider him a priority free agent. We ve brought players in at every level. We ve brought in guys who we might think are day two players, equally day three players and other guys that might end up priority free agent types. The medical, football character, the personal character usually are the three things that weigh bringing in those players or not. Do you adjust to how you see what is happening to the board or do you stick to best player available? Best player available combination with need, obviously, is the best selection. If you can accomplish that, that s great. But, the board will always speak to you. The draft board will tell you who the next best player is and then at that stage, if there s two or three guys there, you have to measure based on the composition of your roster, based on maybe your own roster situation and then perhaps what may be available to you in the draft a spot behind you, two spots behind, three spots behind. To answer your question, you certainly have to be cognizant about what s going on during the draft based on supply and demand, so that if you are intent in taking a certain player at a certain spot, if the supply is low, perhaps that player s value might get pushed up even more if another team is chasing the same type of player. We re competing with 31 other teams for the same pool of players so it s always going to be important to know who is getting selected and what other team needs are getting met. So, I would tell you that the best pick that you can make is when it combines best available with player need, but you better be aware of what other teams are doing because some of those selections can affect your strategy. How comfortable have you felt building up to this process in the role you are in now, in the decision making role? With great humility, I would answer it this way; I ve been doing this for 20 years in scouting and in personnel. I ve had the opportunity to be general scout, I ve done pro scouting, I ve done college scouting, I ve been a director, I ve been an assistant general manager. I ve had great partners, great mentors, great people to learn from. At some point you have to trust your training and you do have to trust your instinct. But, also, it goes back to preparation. Preparation will lead to best execution. Do you feel like you have the assets to do whatever you need to do this particular draft, not drafting until the third round but having those three? Absolutely. I will allude back to what I said earlier. If you can get four of the top 100 players in the draft, you re doing pretty good. Perhaps that might not be player 1-50, but based on your grades and your rankings, if you have the chance to get four of those guys, I ll be happy for our team and its future plans. How do you investigate people that are considered character questions? That s a good question. I would tell you that I would answer it this way, as it relates to measuring character, I think about minor, major. If it s a minor character risk, you are studying it on a case-by-case basis. You want to know the whys. If it s a major character risk, you are certainly assessing risk. I think when you draft players that s what you re doing. You re trying to minimize your margin of error, you are trying to assess risk whether you take them in the first, second, sixth through seventh round. But, I m very sensitive to the character portion of our process. We spend a lot of time evaluating that with our scouts because I m critically aware of that impact in the locker room, in the weight room, in the training room, when you get out to the practice field. I want to know exactly what we re getting from a football personal character standpoint. The other thing about that, too, I m certainly aware of this, is we re bringing players into our community here in Houston, and that weighs heavy on me. I want to make sure we re bringing good character people here into the community and into the City of Houston. 25