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Draft Selections
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in Round 7, Pick 25 lands the Texans a B, Tuten and all.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Bhayshul Tuten, No. 241, roughly 85 picks past where he belonged. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In slot 25 they get a difference-maker at receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Tyler Warren in the Round 2 slot, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick89 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge in Round 3, Pick 25 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick126 Rnd4 Darius Alexander
A straight-up fair deal on Darius Alexander at the 126th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick165 Rnd5 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles at the 165th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick241 Rnd7 Bhayshul Tuten
They robbed the room for Bhayshul Tuten here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.