Texans trade No. 23 pick to Vikings

The Houston Texans no longer have a first-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft.

Houston traded their No. 23 pick, originally acquired in the Deshaun Watson trade with the Cleveland Browns, to the Minnesota Vikings for a package of picks. The Texans received the No. 42 and No. 188 as well as the Vikings’ second-round pick in 2025 for the Nos. 23 and No. 232 picks, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.

Draft trade! The #Vikings have acquired the #Texans’ first-round pick (No. 23 overall) for a package that includes second-rounders this year and next, sources tell me and @RapSheet.

Minnesota gets:
No. 23
No. 232

Houston gets:
No. 42
No. 188
2nd-rounder in ‘25 pic.twitter.com/Oc2zQnCgCK

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 15, 2024

After this move, the Texans still have eight picks in the NFL draft — just none in the first round and two in the second round. Houston traded away the pick it acquired in the Maliek Collins trade with the San Francisco 49ers.

It’s a big move, but one the Texans “won” if you go by certain draft capital models. The extra second-round pick is nice as well in a deep draft. It also gives Houston three top-100 picks and two picks in the top-50.

https://twitter.com/TexansCap/status/1768636526949236745

Houston has the Nos. 42 and 59 (second round), No. 86 (third round), Nos. 122 and 126 (fourth round), No. 188 (sixth round) and Nos. 238 and 247 (seventh round). The Texans sent their other seventh-round pick — No. 224 — to the Cincinnati Bengals for running back Joe Mixon earlier this week.

Time to redo all the Texans mock drafts.