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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Sanders: B.

The Texans did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Raheim Sanders fell into slot 241.

The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In slot 25 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker in the 58th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick89 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts in Round 3, Pick 25 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick126 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Luke Kandra in pick No. 126, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick164 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
You do not let a linebacker like Smael Mondon Jr. reach No. 164 and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick241 Rnd7 Raheim Sanders
Steal is underselling it; Raheim Sanders at pick 241 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.