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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 5 (HOU)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (BAL)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BAL)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 5 (BAL)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (BAL)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB
Mondon Jr. should have been long gone. The Texans pounced, and earned a B.

The Texans did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Smael Mondon Jr. fell into pick 178. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Sanders has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a load in the middle, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Isaiah Bond
Isaiah Bond in slot 58 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick89 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at the Round 3 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
Pick127 Rnd4 Raheim Sanders
Raheim Sanders at No. 127 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick128 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore at the 128th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick167 Rnd5 Hollin Pierce
Hollin Pierce in pick 167 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick178 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Smael Mondon Jr. at pick No. 178 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick243 Rnd7 Jordan Hancock
Jordan Hancock at the 243rd pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.