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Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Nate Wiggins Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Nate Wiggins
CB Clemson
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (HOU)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Draft Picks Received
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Jerry Hughes
EDGE
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Robert Woods
WR
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA- FutureD
The Texans won the night they stopped Wiggins from sliding. Grade: B-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Nate Wiggins slide, and the Texans were the ones holding the card at the 59th overall pick. Highway robbery. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

It is not that Sainristil is a bad player; it is that the Texans had louder needs to answer first. A whole weekend of picks and offensive lineman is somehow still a want.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In slot 23 they get a load in the middle at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick24 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In No. 24 they get a double-digit-sack hope. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick59 Rnd2 Nate Wiggins
Steal is underselling it; Nate Wiggins at the Round 2 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick60 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
They will replay Edgerrin Cooper at the 60th pick for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick86 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went cornerback with Mike Sainristil while clear needs at offensive lineman and quarterback sat open.
Pick87 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
A tidy bit of business in pick 87, where Xavier Legette graded well above the range. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick122 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
Isaac Guerendo slid further than he should have, and the 122nd overall pick is lovely value for the running back. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick126 Rnd4 Renardo Green
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Renardo Green at Round 4, Pick 26. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick224 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Tanner McLachlan at the Round 7 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick238 Rnd7 Michael Barrett
Taking Michael Barrett in No. 238 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. The roster fit checks out.
Pick247 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. in slot 247 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.