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    Texans
Draft Selections
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
Tyler Owens Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tyler Owens
S Texas Tech
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Texans a B-.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Texans took Jordan Jefferson a full 60 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The Thomas Jr. steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
A quiet steal in the 42nd overall pick: Brian Thomas Jr. for less than the market said. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
A tidy bit of business in Round 2, Pick 27, where Edgerrin Cooper graded well above the range. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick86 Rnd3 Max Melton
They read the board right and Max Melton was the payoff at pick 86. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick123 Rnd4 Jordan Jefferson
Jordan Jefferson in the Round 4 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick127 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
Isaac Guerendo in the 127th pick is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick188 Rnd6 Logan Lee
A wild overpay on Logan Lee in slot 188, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick247 Rnd7 Tyler Owens
They paid a round early for Tyler Owens in slot 247, more than the board wanted. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.