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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (HOU)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Draft Picks Received
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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Dameon Pierce
RB
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Davis Mills
QB
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Jonathan Greenard
EDGE
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Robert Woods
WR
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureD-
The Texans bled value on every deal, hence the D.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Texans started one anyway for Sione Vaki, 40 picks ahead of schedule.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

The Solomon pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback and tight end. On value alone, Cooper makes the weekend a net positive.

Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, quarterback very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get a blindside protector, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick24 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In slot 24 they get an anchor for the defensive front at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick25 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In pick 25 they get juice off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper slipping to the Round 2 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick86 Rnd3 Renardo Green
Renardo Green at pick No. 86 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick87 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
Caelen Carson in the 87th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick124 Rnd4 Javon Solomon
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went OLB-EDGE with Javon Solomon while clear needs at quarterback and tight end sat open.
Pick128 Rnd4 Sione Vaki
A surprising call. With quarterback and tight end still to address, they spent slot 128 on Sione Vaki, a safety they were not short of.
Pick236 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. in the 236th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick245 Rnd7 De'Corian Clark
They talked themselves into De'Corian Clark at Round 7, Pick 25, and the board did not agree. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick250 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
Joshua Cephus at the 250th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.