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Draft Selections
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans won the night they stopped Winston Jr. from sliding. Grade: B-.

Call it larceny. Kevin Winston Jr. sat on the board until the 126th overall pick, and the Texans did not need to be asked twice. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

Leaving running back unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Every board in the league had Booker lower, and that gap is the story. They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a cornerstone up front, reach and all. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
They let Tyler Warren come to them and pounced at slot 58. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick89 Rnd3 Deone Walker
They will replay Deone Walker at pick 89 for years; that is how good the value is. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick126 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. in the 126th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick165 Rnd5 Connor Colby
A straight-up fair deal on Connor Colby at the 165th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. It fills a real need, too.
Pick241 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 7 slot with a little surplus value in Shilo Sanders. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.