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    Texans
Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Texans.

The Thor Griffith selection is the head-turner. The Texans reached 67 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered.

On value alone, Burke makes the weekend a net positive. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In slot 25 they get a seam-stretching tight end at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick58 Rnd2 Matthew Golden
A slide stopped in No. 58, with Matthew Golden worth more than the price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick89 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Good price on Donovan Jackson in Round 3, Pick 25, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The roster fit checks out.
Pick127 Rnd4 Denzel Burke
Denzel Burke in the Round 4 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick167 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Darius Alexander reach the 167th pick and blink. They did not. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick243 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
They reached into another round for Thor Griffith, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.