Houston Texans draft history

The following list contains all NFL Draft selections made by the National Football League's Houston Texans franchise since the team's inception into the league in 2002. Included in the list is the 2002 NFL Expansion Draft.

Drafts by year

2003 NFL Draft

2006 NFL Draft

First-Round Draft Picks by year

Draft Picks by College

The following schools have had multiple players selected by the Houston Texans since 2002.

Major draft trades

* The Texans traded their second and fourth-round picks (36th and 117th overall) to the New England Patriots for their second and third-round picks (41st and 75th overall), which were used to select tight end Bennie Joppru and offensive tackle Seth Wand respectively. [cite web | url=http://www.houstontexans.com/news/transactions2003.php | title=Texans 2003 Transactions | publisher=houstontexans.com | date=2007-03-22 | accessdate=2007-03-22 | language=English | format=HTML]

* The Texans traded their second, third and fourth-round picks (40th, 73rd and 103rd overall) in the 2004 NFL Draft to the Tennessee Titans for their 2004 first-round pick (27th overall), which was used to select defensive end Jason Babin. The Texans also exchanged their firth-round pick (138th overall) for Tennessee's fifth-rounder (159th overall) as part of the deal. [cite web | url=http://www.tennessean.com/sports/titans/archives/04/04/50384832.shtml?Element_ID=50384832 | title=Titans trade first-round pick | publisher=tennessean.com | date=2004-04-24 | accessdate=2007-03-21 | language=English | format=HTML]

* The Texans forfeited their second-round pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by selecting running back Tony Hollings in the 2003 Supplemental Draft. [cite web | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06EEDB113DF932A25754C0A9659C8B63&n=Top%2fNews%2fSports%2fPro%20Football%2fNational%20Football%20League%2fHouston%20Texans | title=PLUS: PRO FOOTBALL; Texans Get Hollings In Second Round | publisher=nytimes.com | date=2003-07-11 | accessdate=2007-08-09 | language=English | format=HTML]

* The Texans swapped their first-round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft (13th overall) with the New Orleans Saints (16th overall), which was used to select defensive tackle Travis Johnson. The Texans also received the Saints' third-round pick in the 2006 NFL Draft (66th overall), which was used to select offensive tackle Eric Winston. [cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft05/news/story?id=2041490 | title=Trade tracker: Draft deals | publisher=espn.com | date=2005-04-24 | accessdate=2007-03-22 | language=English | format=HTML]

* The Texans traded their second and third-round picks (47th and 78th overall) in the 2005 NFL Draft to the Oakland Raiders for cornerback Phillip Buchanon. [cite web | url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2005draft/2005-04-20-buchanon-trade_x.htm | title=Raiders trade Buchanon to Texans | publisher=usatoday.com | date=2005-04-20 | accessdate=2007-03-22 | language=English | format=HTML]

* The Texans traded quarterback Drew Henson to the Dallas Cowboys for their third-round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft (73rd overall), which was used to select running back Vernand Morency. [cite web | url=http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F20A14FE355A0C708DDDAA0894DC404482 | title=Henson Finds a Home: Ex-Yankee Is a Cowboy | publisher=nytimes.com | date=2004-03-13 | accessdate=2007-03-22 | language=English | format=HTML]

* The Texans traded their second-round picks in the 2007 (39th overall) and 2008 NFL Draft (48th overall) to the Atlanta Falcons for quarterback Matt Schaub. The Texans (8th overall) and Falcons (10th overall) also swapped first-round picks as part of the deal. The Falcons would go on to draft Jamaal Anderson with the 8th pick and Justin Blalock with the 39th pick, while the Texans would take Amobi Okoye with the 10th pick. [cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2807051 | title=Falcons agree to deal backup QB Schaub to Houston | publisher=espn.com | date=2007-03-21 | accessdate=2007-03-21 | language=English | format=HTML]

*The Texans traded their No. 18 overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for the No. 26 overall pick in the first round, as well as the Ravens' third-round pick (No. 89 overall) and the Ravens' sixth-round pick (No. 173 overall) in the 2008 draft.

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