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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
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
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Tuten fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Bhayshul Tuten, the 241st pick, roughly 86 picks past where he belonged. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In slot 25 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
They read the board right and Tyler Warren was the payoff at pick No. 58. The roster fit checks out.
Pick89 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
They robbed the room for Xavier Watts here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick126 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
You do not let an offensive lineman like Luke Kandra reach the Round 4 slot and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Pick165 Rnd5 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles at the 165th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick241 Rnd7 Bhayshul Tuten
They barely believed it either: Bhayshul Tuten still on the board at pick 241. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.