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Draft Selections
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (HOU)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The Texans torched the value chart for De'Corian Clark, taking him 29 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Trotter Jr.. Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Leonard Taylor III
In No. 23 they get a run-stuffing presence up front, even if it was a touch early. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick58 Rnd2 Jonah Elliss
Jonah Elliss at Round 2, Pick 26 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick90 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in slot 90 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The roster fit checks out.
Pick123 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 4 slot with a little surplus value in Khyree Jackson. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick126 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Malik Mustapha. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick163 Rnd5 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark in the 163rd pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Nothing to complain about; Blake Watson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick247 Rnd7 Jake Briningstool
Jake Briningstool in No. 247 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.