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Draft Selections
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (HOU)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Bru McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Bru McCoy
WR Tennessee
Draft Picks Received
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (PHI)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (PHI)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (PHI)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Winston Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

When a board-topper like Kevin Winston Jr. slides to the 165th pick, you do not overthink it, and the Texans did not. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

The cost of the McCoy reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They punted on edge rusher, 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. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Isaiah Bond
In pick No. 25 they get a weapon on the perimeter, though they paid up to get him. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Steal is underselling it; Tyler Booker at No. 58 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick95 Rnd3 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills in pick 95 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick126 Rnd4 Demetrius Knight Jr.
You do not let a linebacker like Demetrius Knight Jr. reach Round 4, Pick 25 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Pick128 Rnd4 Quinshon Judkins
A running back of that caliber at the 128th pick is the definition of value, full stop. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick165 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. in the Round 5 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick241 Rnd7 Bru McCoy
A real head-scratcher, Bru McCoy in slot 241 is miles ahead of his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.