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    Texans
Draft Selections
Shemar Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Shemar Stewart
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

The Oronde Gadsden II pick is the one that will follow the Texans into the fall. They took him 118 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

Swinson at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Shemar Stewart
Shemar Stewart at the 25th overall pick is money in the bank, a edge rusher taken below his worth. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Dylan Sampson
No edge and no loss on Dylan Sampson in slot 58; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick79 Rnd3 Oronde Gadsden II
A wild overpay on Oronde Gadsden II in pick No. 79, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.
Pick89 Rnd3 Bradyn Swinson
They will replay Bradyn Swinson at Round 3, Pick 25 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.