Before the day began, Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio and coach DeMeco Ryans had mapped out a plan, looking a variety of scenarios of how they might approach Day 1 of the NFL draft. They made phone calls around the league Thursday and engaged with teams about potential trades up and trades down.

Instead, the Texans won't pick until the second selection in the second round on Friday in Round 2. Once a run of talent went on interior offensive linemen, it became clear that Houston was going after draft picks than one certain player.

The Texans send their original 25th overall pick to New York in exchange for the Giants’ 2025 second-round draft pick at No. 34 overall along with a third-round pick at 99th overall this year and the Giants’ 2026 third-round pick.