Who should the Texans watch for at the combine? Full list of invitees

Feb. 14, 2026, 2:53 p.m. CT

At the end of the day, one pick won’t define the Houston Texans‘ 2026 season, but the notion of missing out on an offensive lineman once again could make or break for the Texans once more.

With the Seattle Seahawks claiming their second Super Bowl title following a 29-13 win over the New England Patriots, the offseason is underway and all 32 teams know where they’re picking for the 2026 NFL Draft.

The Texans own nine picks in the draft, including four inside the top 70. Those could be the most important selections of general manager Nick Caserio’s tenure since this is a make-or-break season for the current iteration of the roster, entering extension talks for defensive end Will Anderson Jr. and quarterback C.J. Stroud.

Caserio and head coach DeMeco Ryans, along with the Texans’ scouting department, will spend a week at Lucas Oil Stadium studying the prospects to determine which names should be in play when on the clock. The NFL has invited 319 prospects to the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine.

 View the full list of invited prospects below, sorted by position.

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.Players invited to NFL combineQUARTERBACKSDrew Allar, Penn StateLuke Altmyer, IllinoisCarson Beck, MiamiJalon Daniels, KansasJoe Fagnano, UConnTaylen Green, ArkansasHaynes King, Georgia TechCade Klubnik, ClemsonFernando Mendoza, IndianaBehren Morton, Texas TechGarrett Nussmeier, LSUDiego Pavia, VanderbiltCole Payton, North Dakota StateSawyer Robertson, BaylorTy Simpson, AlabamaRUNNING BACKSKaytron Allen, Penn StateMax Bredeson, MichiganDemond Claiborne, Wake ForestJonah Coleman, WashingtonCJ Donaldson, Ohio StateRahsul Faison, South CarolinaEli Heidenreich, NavyRoman Hemby, IndianaRobert Henry Jr., UTSAEmmett Johnson, NebraskaJeremiyah Love, Notre DameSeth McGowan, KentuckyJam Miller, AlabamaLe’Veon Moss, Texas A&MJadarian Price, Notre DameAdam Randall, ClemsonDesmond Reid, PittsburghNicholas Singleton, Penn StateJ’Mari Taylor, VirginiaMike Washington Jr., ArkansasNoah Whittington, OregonWIDE RECEIVERSAaron Anderson, LSUVinny Anthony II, WisconsinChris Bell, LouisvilleDillon Bell, GeorgiaSkyler Bell, UConnMalik Benson, OregonGermie Bernard, AlabamaDenzel Boston, WashingtonZachariah Branch, GeorgiaChris Brazzell II, TennesseeBarion Brown, LSUDeion Burks, OklahomaJeff Caldwell, CincinnatiJosh Cameron, BaylorKevin Coleman Jr., MissouriKC Concepcion, Texas A&MOmar Cooper Jr., IndianaCJ Daniels, MiamiCaleb Douglas, Texas TechMalachi Fields, Notre DameEmmanuel Henderson Jr., KansasChris Hilton Jr., LSUJordan Hudson, SMUTed Hurst, Georgia StateCaullin Lacy, LouisvilleBryce Lance, North Dakota StateJa’Kobi Lane, USCKendrick Law, KentuckyMakai Lemon, USCEric McAlister, TCUDonaven McCulley, MichiganEric Rivers, Georgia TechChase Roberts, BYUElijah Sarratt, IndianaDe’Zhaun Stribling, MississippiJ. Michael Sturdivant, FloridaCarnell Tate, Ohio StateZavion Thomas, LSUBrenen Thompson, Mississippi StateJordyn Tyson, Arizona StateReggie Virgil, Texas TechHarrison Wallace III, MississippiJalen Walthall, Incarnate WordKaden Wetjen, IowaAntonio Williams, ClemsonColbie Young, GeorgiaTIGHT ENDSDallen Bentley, UtahNate Boerkircher, Texas A&MJosh Cuevas, AlabamaOscar Delp, GeorgiaKhalil Dinkins, Penn StateJack Endries, TexasJohn Michael Gyllenborg, WyomingMatthew Hibner, SMUJustin Joly, N.C. StateWill Kacmarek, Ohio StateJaren Kanak, OklahomaMiles Kitselman, TennesseeMax Klare, Ohio StateMarlin Klein, MichiganTanner Koziol, HoustonRJ Maryland, SMULake McRee, USCRiley Nowakowski, IndianaEli Raridon, Notre DameDJ Rogers, TCUSam Roush, StanfordJoe Royer, CincinnatiKenyon Sadiq, OregonBauer Sharp, LSUEli Stowers, VanderbiltMichael Trigg, BaylorDae’Quan Wright, MississippiOFFENSIVE LINEMENChris Adams, MemphisAustin Barber, FloridaEvan Beerntsen, NorthwesternMarkel Bell, MiamiChase Bisontis, Texas A&MJude Bowry, Boston CollegeParker Brailsford, AlabamaJoshua Braun, KentuckyTravis Burke, MemphisJager Burton, KentuckyDJ Campbell, TexasFernando Carmona, ArkansasKage Casey, Boise StatePat Coogan, IndianaAnez Cooper, MiamiDametrious Crownover, Texas A&MEnrique Cruz Jr., KansasJ.C. Davis, IllinoisGarrett DiGiorgio, UCLAGennings Dunker, IowaFa’alili Fa’amoe, Wake ForestSpencer Fano, UtahJalen Farmer, KentuckyMonroe Freeling, GeorgiaMatt Gulbin, Michigan StateAlex Harkey, OregonSam Hecht, Kansas StateAlan Herron, MarylandMax Iheanachor, Arizona StateOlaivavega Ioane, Penn StateLogan Jones, IowaConnor Lew, AuburnCaleb Lomu, UtahFrancis Mauigoa, MiamiBlake Miller, ClemsonMicah Morris, GeorgiaFebechi Nwaiwu, OklahomaBrian Parker II, DukeDiego Pounds, MississippiEmmanuel Pregnon, OregonKadyn Proctor, AlabamaAr’maj Reed-Adams, Texas A&MJaeden Roberts, AlabamaKeylan Rutledge, Georgia TechBilly Schrauth, Notre DameDrew Shelton, Penn StateJake Slaughter, FloridaBeau Stephens, IowaLogan Taylor, Boston CollegeCaleb Tiernan, NorthwesternKeagen Trost, MissouriDillon Wade, AuburnAamil Wagner, Notre DameCarver Willis, WashingtonIsaiah World, OregonJeremiah Wright, AuburnTrey Zuhn III, Texas A&MDEFENSIVE LINEMENVincent Anthony Jr., DukeDavid Bailey, Texas TechRueben Bain Jr., MiamiCameron Ball, ArkansasCaleb Banks, FloridaJaishawn Barham, MichiganNick Barrett, South CarolinaRayshaun Benny, MichiganDeMonte Capehart, ClemsonBrandon Cleveland, N.C. StateDontay Corleone, CincinnatiKeyron Crawford, AuburnCaden Curry, Ohio StateDani Dennis-Sutton, Penn StateZane Durant, Penn StateBryson Eason, TennesseeDeven Eastern, MinnesotaLogan Fano, UtahKeldric Faulk, AuburnSkyler Gill-Howard, Texas TechGeorge Gumbs Jr., FloridaDavid Gusta, KentuckyGracen Halton, OklahomaZxavian Harris, MississippiRomello Height, Texas TechCashius Howell, Texas A&MAidan Hubbard, NorthwesternLee Hunter, Texas TechQuintayvious Hutchins, Boston CollegeGabe Jacas, IllinoisDarrell Jackson Jr., Florida StateBobby Jamison-Travis, AuburnMarvin Jones Jr., OklahomaJoshua Josephs, TennesseeTim Keenan III, AlabamaNyjalik Kelly, UCFMalachi Lawrence, UCFMax Llewellyn, IowaAnthony Lucas, USCJackie Marshall, BaylorChris McClellan, MissouriKayden McDonald, Ohio StateAkheem Mesidor, MiamiChristen Miller, GeorgiaDerrick Moore, MichiganTrey Moore, TexasTyler Onyedim, Texas A&MDomonique Orange, Iowa StateLT Overton, AlabamaT.J. Parker, ClemsonPatrick Payton, LSUKaleb Proctor, Southeastern LouisianaJack Pyburn, LSUAlbert Regis, Texas A&MMason Reiger, WisconsinTyreak Sapp, FloridaGary Smith III, UCLAR Mason Thomas, OklahomaNadame Tucker, Western MichiganDamonic Williams, OklahomaWesley Williams, DukePeter Woods, ClemsonZion Young, MissouriLINEBACKERSCJ Allen, GeorgiaLander Barton, UtahWesley Bissainthe, MiamiBryce Boettcher, OregonKendal Daniels, OklahomaKaleb Elarms-Orr, TCUKeyshaun Elliott, Arizona StateAiden Fisher, IndianaEric Gentry, USCJake Golday, CincinnatiOwen Heinecke, OklahomaAnthony Hill Jr., TexasJustin Jefferson, AlabamaJack Kelly, BYUDeontae Lawson, AlabamaKyle Louis, PittsburghRed Murdock, BuffaloNamdi Obiazor, TCUHarold Perkins Jr., LSUArvell Reese, Ohio StateJacob Rodriguez, Texas TechJimmy Rolder, MichiganKarson Sharar, IowaXavian Sorey Jr., ArkansasSonny Styles, Ohio StateJosiah Trotter, MissouriScooby Williams, Texas A&MWade Woodaz, ClemsonTaurean York, Texas A&MDEFENSIVE BACKSKeith Abney II, Arizona StateMarcus Allen, North CarolinaJadon Canady, OregonBrandon Cisse, South CarolinaBud Clark, TCUTacario Davis, WashingtonMansoor Delane, LSUCharles Demmings, Stephen F. AustinThaddeus Dixon, North CarolinaCaleb Downs, Ohio StateDaylen Everette, GeorgiaBishop Fitzgerald, USCAndre Fuller, ToledoJaylon Guilbeau, TexasTJ Hall, IowaAhmari Harvey, Georgia TechA.J. Haulcy, LSUColton Hood, TennesseeJalen Huskey, MarylandDavison Igbinosun, Ohio StateDomani Jackson, AlabamaChris Johnson, San Diego StateDalton Johnson, ArizonaJalon Kilgore, South CarolinaWill Lee III, Texas A&MHezekiah Masses, CalJermod McCoy, TennesseeLatrell McCutchin Sr., HoustonEmmanuel McNeil-Warren, ToledoDevin Moore, FloridaLouis Moore, IndianaAhmaad Moses, SMUMalik Muhammad, TexasJulian Neal, ArkansasXavier Nwankpa, IowaVJ Payne, Kansas StateD’Angelo Ponds, IndianaToriano Pride Jr., MissouriEphesians Prysock, WashingtonKamari Ramsey, USCChandler Rivers, DukeKeionte Scott, MiamiDeShon Singleton, NebraskaAvery Smith, ToledoGenesis Smith, ArizonaRobert Spears-Jennings, OklahomaTreydan Stukes, ArizonaLorenzo Styles Jr., Ohio StateMichael Taaffe, TexasAvieon Terrell, ClemsonDillon Thieneman, OregonJakobe Thomas, MiamiZakee Wheatley, Penn StateCollin Wright, StanfordSPECIALISTSTommy Doman Jr., FloridaRyan Eckley, Michigan StateTrey Smack, FloridaDrew Stevens, IowaJack Stonehouse, SyracuseBrett Thorson, GeorgiaDominic Zvada, Michigan