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Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (HOU)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Texans.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Xavier Legette, the No. 29 name on the board, stolen at the Round 2 slot. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

The cost of the Hopper reach is exactly the players who went right after him. Spending an early pick on DT-EDGE with interior defensive lineman, offensive lineman and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In slot 23 they get a bendy edge with upside, though the board says they badly overpaid. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Circle this one: Xavier Legette at No. 58 is a fall that decides a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick90 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A surprising call. With interior defensive lineman, offensive lineman and other spots still to address, they spent the Round 3 slot on Maason Smith, a DT-EDGE they were not short of.
Pick123 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
They reached into another round for Malik Mustapha, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick126 Rnd4 Ty'Ron Hopper
They reached a country mile for Ty'Ron Hopper at pick No. 126, and the board is aghast. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick163 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
A premium they did not need to pay, Zion Tupuola-Fetui a notch or two before his time. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
No drama and no debate, Blake Watson went about where he belonged in No. 239. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick247 Rnd7 Xavier Thomas
They talked themselves into Xavier Thomas at the 247th overall pick, and the board did not agree. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.