List of Houston Texans first-round draft picks

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Reliant Stadium where the Houston Texans play their home games.
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This is a list of first-round draft picks made by the Houston Texans of the National Football League. The Texans joined the NFL in 2002. The Texans first selection as an NFL team was David Carr, a quarterback from Fresno State. The team's most recent first-round selection was Amobi Okoye, a defensive tackle from Louisville.

Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting," which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.

The Texans have selected number one overall twice, David Carr in 2002 and Mario Williams in 2006. The team never selected number two overall and number three overall once, Andre Johnson. As of 2007 the Texans have never selected more than one player from any college. No eventual Hall of Famers were ever selected by the Texans.

[edit] Player selections

Selected number one overall
Draft Player name Position College Notes
Year Pick
2002 1 David Carr QB Fresno State 2001 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winner.
2003 3 Andre Johnson WR Miami (FL) 2x Pro Bowl selection, co-mvp of 2002 Rose Bowl.
2004 10 Dunta Robinson CB South Carolina
27 Jason Babin DE Western Michigan [1]
2005 16 Travis Johnson DT Florida State [2]
2006 1 Mario Williams DE North Carolina State
2007 10 Amobi Okoye DT Louisville Youngest player ever taken in modern draft era.
2008 26 Duane Brown OT Virginia Tech

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ On April 24, 2004 the Texans traded a second round pick, third round pick, fourth round pick and fifth round pick to the Tennessee Titans for this pick and a fifth-round picks.
  2. ^ On April 23, 2005 the Texans traded a first round pick to the New Orleans Saints for this pick and a third round pick in the 2006 draft.

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