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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Tyler Owens Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tyler Owens
S Texas Tech
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (HOU)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the Round 4 slot lands the Texans a B, Bullock and all.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Calen Bullock, slot 123, roughly 39 picks past where he belonged. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

Cephus has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
Olumuyiwa Fashanu at the Round 2 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper is a better player than Round 2, Pick 27 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick86 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette slid further than he should have, and slot 86 is lovely value for the wide receiver. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick123 Rnd4 Calen Bullock
The board fumbled Calen Bullock all the way to pick No. 123, and they scooped it up. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick127 Rnd4 Leonard Taylor III
They read the board right and Leonard Taylor III was the payoff at the 127th overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick188 Rnd6 Sione Vaki
Sione Vaki in the 188th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick238 Rnd7 Tyler Owens
A reach for Tyler Owens in pick 238; a little patience would have been rewarded. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick247 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
Joshua Cephus in No. 247 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick252 Rnd7 Sam Hartman
Sam Hartman in pick 252 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.