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2024 draft

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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Shemar James Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Shemar James
LB Florida
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Texans: B-.

The Texans bet big and early on Kyle Williams, 93 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Ersery falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the 25th overall pick they get a load in the middle. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
A slide stopped in No. 58, with Aireontae Ersery worth more than the price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick79 Rnd3 Kyle Williams
Value said wait; Kyle Williams in slot 79 says they were not listening. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick89 Rnd3 DJ Giddens
A wild overpay on DJ Giddens in pick No. 89, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick166 Rnd5 Shemar James
They reached a country mile for Shemar James at Round 5, Pick 28, and the board is aghast. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.