2024'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • 2024 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Texans
Draft Selections
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Jarvis Brownlee Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
CB Louisville
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Miyan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Miyan Williams
RB Ohio State
M.J. Devonshire Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
M.J. Devonshire
CB Pittsburgh
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Texans.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Texans started one anyway for Miyan Williams, 66 picks ahead of schedule. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

However the rest shakes out, Devonshire at that price is a win they earned. They will regret leaving wide receiver for another day if the season turns on it. Running back was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

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

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Cade Stover
Cade Stover in slot 42 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Edgerrin Cooper in the 59th overall pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick86 Rnd3 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright slipping to pick 86 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick123 Rnd4 Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
Jarvis Brownlee Jr. slid further than he should have, and Round 4, Pick 23 is lovely value for the cornerback. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick127 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
A quiet steal in No. 127: Cedric Gray for less than the market said. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick188 Rnd6 Miyan Williams
They reached a country mile for Miyan Williams at the 188th pick, and the board is aghast. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick247 Rnd7 M.J. Devonshire
M.J. Devonshire at the 247th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.