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Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Julius Welschof Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Julius Welschof
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Draft Picks Received
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureF
The Texans won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.

Some picks age like wine; Julius Welschof at the Round 7 slot will need to, sitting 81 spots clear of his grade. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Corley. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptor off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick24 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In pick 24 they get a lockdown presence outside. More want than need.
Pick25 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In No. 25 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick59 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Troy Franklin in Round 2, Pick 27, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick85 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
The board had Payton Wilson higher than slot 85, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick123 Rnd4 Malachi Corley
They barely believed it either: Malachi Corley still on the board at pick No. 123. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick127 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
They paid up for Malik Mustapha at slot 127 when waiting would have done the job. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick164 Rnd5 Braelon Allen
They let Braelon Allen come to them and pounced at the Round 5 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
The board fumbled Blake Watson all the way to the 239th overall pick, and they scooped it up. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick248 Rnd7 Julius Welschof
Julius Welschof at pick 248 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.