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Draft Selections
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Tai Felton Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Tai Felton
WR Maryland
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Gordon II: B.

When a board-topper like Ollie Gordon II slides to No. 241, you do not overthink it, and the Texans did not. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. Booker has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
In the 25th overall pick they get a cornerstone up front, reach and all. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick57 Rnd2 Derrick Harmon
Derrick Harmon at the 57th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick89 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
They robbed the room for Xavier Watts here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick126 Rnd4 Gunnar Helm
Gunnar Helm in pick No. 126 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick164 Rnd5 Tai Felton
A wide receiver of that caliber at Round 5, Pick 26 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick241 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II in pick 241 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.