We did some sciency stuff to figure out when we can reasonably expect the Texans to pick.
So here we are, T-minus roughly eight hours to the 2025 NFL Draft and the Houston Texans are set to pick 25th this year after going 10-7 and winning their customary Wild Card weekend game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
But when should Texans fans expect the TV to go to commercial—I mean when should we expect the Texans to make their first selection?
Well, we did some research into the matter; and by “research” I mean casually looked through old draft tweets from our official Twitter account (@BattleRedBlog for the uninitiated). As it turns out, we can roughly estimate our pick time based on 2019’s selection of the last offensive lineman drafted by the Texans in the first round: Tytus Howard.
He was selected with the 23rd pick instead of the 25th and that pick took place at about 10:07 pm CDT. But if we take the start of the draft and space out the picks at their maximum seven minutes allotted time (and nobody pulls a Minnesota Vikings and runs over time), we can reasonably expect the Texans to draft at about 9:58 pm CDT.
All of this, of course, presupposes that the Texans neither trade up or down over the course of the night, which, given our braintrust, is not exactly a given.
Current odds on which position the Texans take first from FanDuel are as follows:
Quick explanation on odds: a negative number means you have to bet the amount listed to win $100 (so a -250 means you have to bet $250 to win $100). a positive number means you have to bet $100 to win that amount (so a +250 means you bet $100 to win $250).
Offensive Lineman: -370
Wide Receiver: +350
Defensive Lineman/Edge: +550
Running Back: +2600
Cornerback: +5500
Linebacker: +5500
Tight End: +7000
Safety: +7000
Quarterback: +15000
Who will the Texans take? Well, if I told you that it’d spoil the surprise, now wouldn’t it?