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Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Rakestraw Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Somebody in pick 123 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Texans sat still while Ennis Rakestraw Jr., the No. 38 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In pick 23 they get a wrecking ball inside at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick59 Rnd2 Dallas Turner
Dallas Turner in the Round 2 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick85 Rnd3 Jordan Morgan
The board fumbled Jordan Morgan all the way to Round 3, Pick 22, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
Pick123 Rnd4 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. in the 123rd overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick127 Rnd4 Johnny Wilson
They robbed the room for Johnny Wilson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick164 Rnd5 Braelon Allen
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Braelon Allen at No. 164 is the proof. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick239 Rnd7 Steele Chambers
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Steele Chambers in slot 239. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick248 Rnd7 Blake Watson
You do not let a running back like Blake Watson reach pick No. 248 and blink. They did not. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.