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Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Gordon II fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The Texans did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Ollie Gordon II fell into Round 7, Pick 27. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

Spending an early pick on safety with wide receiver, edge rusher and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the 25th overall pick they get a wrecking ball inside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick57 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
The board fumbled Tyler Booker all the way to slot 57, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick89 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at the 89th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick126 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
A surprising call. With wide receiver, edge rusher and other spots still to address, they spent Round 4, Pick 25 on Andrew Mukuba, a safety they were not short of.
Pick164 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Taking Smael Mondon Jr. in the Round 5 slot is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick241 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II at No. 241 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.