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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Winston Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Kevin Winston Jr., the No. 104 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 5 slot like a gift left on the doorstep. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

They are betting Griffith proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the Round 1 slot they get an anchor for the defensive front at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Tyler Booker in Round 2, Pick 26, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick89 Rnd3 Elijah Arroyo
A quiet steal in pick 89: Elijah Arroyo for less than the market said. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick127 Rnd4 Savion Williams
They robbed the room for Savion Williams here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick167 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
They will replay Kevin Winston Jr. at pick No. 167 for years; that is how good the value is. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick243 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith at No. 243 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.