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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 58 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
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Draft Picks Received
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Draft Picks Traded
Tosh Baker Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (GB)
Tosh Baker
OT Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B+
ValueA+ NeedB+ TradesA- FutureC
The Texans let Tuten fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

You could see the war room lean forward. Bhayshul Tuten at pick 241 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. The Mukuba pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at wide receiver, edge rusher and other spots.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In pick No. 25 they get a bell-cow for the offense, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Steal is underselling it; Kenneth Grant at the 57th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
A offensive lineman of that caliber at pick 58 is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick89 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at the Round 3 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick126 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went safety with Andrew Mukuba while clear needs at wide receiver, edge rusher and other spots sat open.
Pick241 Rnd7 Bhayshul Tuten
They barely believed it either: Bhayshul Tuten still on the board at slot 241. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.