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Draft Selections
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Quinn Carroll Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Quinn Carroll
OT Minnesota
Garrett Dellinger Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Garrett Dellinger
OG LSU
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Texans.

The Texans bet big and early on Quinn Carroll, 80 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Hampton. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Derrick Harmon
In pick No. 25 they get a load in the middle. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick58 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton at Round 2, Pick 26 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick89 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
They barely believed it either: Denzel Burke still on the board at pick 89. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick126 Rnd4 Howard Cross III
Value said wait; Howard Cross III in the Round 4 slot says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick165 Rnd5 Quinn Carroll
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Quinn Carroll well ahead of where he belonged. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick241 Rnd7 Garrett Dellinger
They jumped the gun on Garrett Dellinger, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.