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How did the Texans 2025 draft class grade out?
Like a flash, the 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone. Chock full of trades, charades, and busted parlays, this draft will go down as being one of the weirdest in recent history. Only two quarterbacks, Cam Ward and Jaxson Dart, were taken in the first round. Offensive and defensive linemen, the “hog mollies,” came off the board early, with five taken in the top ten picks and eleven taken in the top twenty. Late-round sleepers going went high, blue-chip players fell into the third round; you name it, it probably happened during the draft.
In similar fashion, the Houston Texans also had an extremely odd, unpredictable NFL Draft, packed with six trades and nine selections; each one zanier than the last. No draft manned by general manager Nick Caserio will ever be boring, that’s for sure! Now that all of us in the peanut gallery are left to sift through the rubble, I think it’s time to throw out some grades. Here’s my first impression, knee-jerk grades to all nine selections:
Iowa State’s most targeted receiver in 2024, Jayden Higgins was a big-body threat that had the speed to threaten at all levels of the opposing defense. He’s got an uncanny ability to track the ball and get his hands on it, even with cornerbacks draped all over him. Although, with as much speed as he has, he isn’t very creative with it and doesn’t gain much separation. But, with raw ability and production like this, you can’t blame Nick Caserio for taking a chance of Higgins.
You know, as I keep watching him, I start to understand why current Houston Texans wide receiver Nico Collins was such a parroted comparison. Just like Collins when he was coming out of Michigan in 2021, Higgins is an attractive professional prospect because of his height, speed, and ball skills. Just like Collins, he ran a bit on an incomplete route tree and didn’t use his speed as much as you would have liked to have seen. And, just like Collins, I predict Jayden Higgins will master his weaknesses, become a true X receiver, and eventually become a starter for the Houston Texans.
