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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick No. 127 lands the Texans a B, Henderson and all.

The Texans spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: TreVeyon Henderson, the No. 55 name on the board, in the 127th overall pick. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The cost of the Griffith reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In pick No. 25 they get a true top target at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge at the 58th pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick89 Rnd3 Nick Emmanwori
A safety of that caliber at the Round 3 slot is the definition of value, full stop. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick127 Rnd4 TreVeyon Henderson
Taking TreVeyon Henderson in pick 127 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick167 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They paid a round early for Dont'e Thornton Jr. in slot 167, more than the board wanted. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick243 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith at the 243rd overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.