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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (HOU)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (HOU)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Draft Picks Received
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (ARI)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (ARI)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall A-
ValueA NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
Winston Jr. should have been long gone. The Texans pounced, and earned a A-.

The Texans did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Kevin Winston Jr. fell into the Round 5 slot. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A-.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. Running back was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the 19th overall pick they get an every-down engine for the run game, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick45 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
A tidy bit of business in No. 45, where Tyler Booker graded well above the range. The roster fit checks out.
Pick53 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jalon Walker in Round 2, Pick 21, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick76 Rnd3 Tyler Warren
The board fumbled Tyler Warren all the way to pick No. 76, and they scooped it up. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick84 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
They robbed the room for Dylan Fairchild here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick120 Rnd4 Sonny Styles
They took Sonny Styles at par in slot 120, which is nothing to complain about. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick164 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. in the Round 5 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick235 Rnd7 Cam Skattebo
Circle this one: Cam Skattebo at pick 235 is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.