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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Texans for Gordon II: B.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Texans were there to profit. Ollie Gordon II, the No. 164 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 241st overall pick. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

They are betting Jackson proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
Kenneth Grant at No. 25 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick58 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
They reached into another round for Donovan Jackson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
Jalen Royals in pick No. 89 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick126 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
A safety of that caliber at slot 126 is the definition of value, full stop. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick165 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
The board fumbled Oronde Gadsden II all the way to the Round 5 slot, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick241 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II at the 241st pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.