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Draft Selections
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
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
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in the 165th pick: the Texans steal Styles and grade out a B.

Call it larceny. Sonny Styles sat on the board until No. 165, and the Texans did not need to be asked twice. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

The cost of the Griffith reach is exactly the players who went right after him. For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In pick No. 25 they get a true top target. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick58 Rnd2 Colston Loveland
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Colston Loveland in slot 58. The roster fit checks out.
Pick89 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
They will replay Xavier Watts at pick 89 for years; that is how good the value is. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick126 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
Luke Kandra in No. 126 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick165 Rnd5 Sonny Styles
Steal is underselling it; Sonny Styles at Round 5, Pick 28 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick241 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith at the 241st pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.