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Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (HOU)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Arroyo should have been long gone. The Texans pounced, and earned a B.

You could see the war room lean forward. Elijah Arroyo at the 236th overall pick is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

Every board in the league had Jackson lower, and that gap is the story. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver.

On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the 20th pick they get a three-down runner, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick52 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at No. 52 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick84 Rnd3 Deone Walker
A tidy bit of business in slot 84, where Deone Walker graded well above the range. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick121 Rnd4 Barrett Carter
Somehow Barrett Carter was still sitting there in the 121st overall pick, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick164 Rnd5 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles at the Round 5 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick236 Rnd7 Elijah Arroyo
They barely believed it either: Elijah Arroyo still on the board at Round 7, Pick 22. The roster fit checks out.