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Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Tyler Owens Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tyler Owens
S Texas Tech
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (GB)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureD-
The Texans let Trotter Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Jeremiah Trotter Jr. slide, and the Texans were the ones holding the card at pick No. 123. Highway robbery. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

Every board in the league had Tagovailoa lower, and that gap is the story. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In the 23rd overall pick they get a long-term starter on the line at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick24 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick25 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In pick No. 25 they get a premier pass rusher. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick59 Rnd2 Roman Wilson
Value with a capital V on Roman Wilson in the 59th pick, a genuine coup. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick86 Rnd3 Max Melton
A quiet steal in pick 86: Max Melton for less than the market said. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick87 Rnd3 Tyler Davis
Tyler Davis in the Round 3 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick123 Rnd4 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at No. 123 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick126 Rnd4 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop at slot 126 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick127 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
A straight-up fair deal on Isaac Guerendo at pick No. 127, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick224 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Tanner McLachlan slipping to slot 224 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick238 Rnd7 Tyler Owens
They paid up for Tyler Owens at the 238th pick when waiting would have done the job. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick247 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
A wild overpay on Taulia Tagovailoa in the 247th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It fills a real need, too.