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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Texans: B.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Texans spent pick No. 243 on Thor Griffith, a name most had 50 spots down the list.

Bowman Jr. falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The running back spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In the 25th overall pick they get a red-zone target to build around at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 T.J. Sanders
Value with a capital V on T.J. Sanders in the Round 2 slot, a genuine coup. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick89 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at No. 89 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick127 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
Tez Johnson at the 127th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick167 Rnd5 Billy Bowman Jr.
You do not let a safety like Billy Bowman Jr. reach pick 167 and blink. They did not. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick243 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
A wild overpay on Thor Griffith in Round 7, Pick 25, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.