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Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Frank Gore Jr., 38 picks early at pick 188. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The offensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. On value alone, Barrett makes the weekend a net positive. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
A quiet steal in the 42nd pick: Adonai Mitchell for less than the market said. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
A tidy bit of business in the Round 2 slot, where Edgerrin Cooper graded well above the range. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick86 Rnd3 Maason Smith
Maason Smith at pick 86 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick123 Rnd4 Elijah Jones
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 123 with a little surplus value in Elijah Jones. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick127 Rnd4 Justin Eboigbe
Value said wait; Justin Eboigbe in the 127th overall pick says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick188 Rnd6 Frank Gore Jr.
A real head-scratcher, Frank Gore Jr. in Round 6, Pick 13 is miles ahead of his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick247 Rnd7 Michael Barrett
Michael Barrett at pick No. 247 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.