As we approach the end of the season and inch towards the NFL Draft in April, it\u2019s time to start evaluating the Texans biggest needs this offseason. Unlike Defensive Tackle, which has become a positional need of late due to injury, offensive line has long been a glaring issue for the Texans. Sure, they\u2019ve addressed it through the draft and free agency, but that shouldn\u2019t stop Nick Caserio and Co. from doubling down this offseason.<\/p>\n
In terms of priority, Houston needs a right tackle, right guard, and center. Houston\u2019s right side of the line is manned by Ed Ingram and Trent Brown who are both on one-year deals.<\/p>\n
With that, let\u2019s evaluate the early slate of offensive lineman slated to be selected early in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n
The two players most likely selected before our draft pick are Spencer Fano (Utah) and Francis Mauigoa (Miami). Both are pure right tackles, which is our biggest need and will be top-15 based on initial scouting projections.<\/p>\n
This class appears to be excellent at interior lineman and limited in quality tackle prospects. There are plenty of underclassmen or Juniors who have yet to declare. Their additions should add depth to this top-heavy group by the end of the College Football Bowl season.<\/p>\n
Vega Ioane, Penn State – LG<\/p>\n
Gennings Dunker, Iowa – Right OT\/G<\/p>\n
Emmanuel Pregnon, Oregon – LG<\/p>\n
Kadyn Proctor, Alabama – LT<\/p>\n
Blake Miller, Clemson – Right tackle<\/p>\n
Cayden Green, Missouri – Left OT\/G<\/p>\n
Austin Siereveld, Ohio State – Left Tackle<\/p>\n
Jake Slaughter Florida – Center<\/p>\n
Honorable mentions and players who have not declared: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we approach the end of the season and inch towards the NFL Draft in April, it\u2019s time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,23714,22816,45576],"class_list":{"0":"post-98684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news","11":"tag-houston-texans-analysis","12":"tag-houston-texans-draft","13":"tag-nfl-draft-scouting-reports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}