{"id":865139,"date":"2026-04-12T23:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/865139\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T23:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:02:52","slug":"five-under-the-radar-prospects-linked-to-texans-before-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/865139\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Under-the-Radar Prospects Linked to Texans Before NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/texans\/onsi\/news\/houston-texans-more-bad-news-nico-collins-new-england-patriots-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Texans<\/a> sit only a few days away from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/texans\/onsi\/news\/houston-texans-draft-trends-how-houston-has-attacked-nfl-combine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft<\/a> getting underway, and they&#8217;ve been busy behind the scenes unpacking this year&#8217;s group of prospects to see who might be the best fits for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/texans\/onsi\/news\/houston-texans-2026-nfl-draft-picks-full-list\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eight total selections across the board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Much talk has been about what the Texans will do with their 28th-overall pick, or their four selections in the top 70. But what about further down the board?<\/p>\n<p>When peeking at what the deeper rounds of this year&#8217;s draft could look like, there&#8217;s bound to be a good share of intriguing prospects to select from. And when sorting through some of whom the Texans have been linked with interest in, a handful stand out within that range as real candidates to land in H-Town.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s unpack five under-the-radar prospects Texans fans should be taking a look at from now until the draft arrives in Pittsburgh:<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: All prospects have had reported top-30 visits with the Texans leading up to the draft.<\/p>\n<p>Kaelon Black | RB, Indiana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Texans sit only a few days away from the 2026 NFL Draft getting underway, and they&#8217;ve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[7,221,253,2368,6,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-865139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-texans","11":"tag-houstontexans","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116394234146303508","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}