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Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Ty Hamilton Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ty Hamilton
DT Ohio State
Jermari Harris Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jermari Harris
CB Iowa
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Texans.

The one they had to fix is still broken. The Texans left edge rusher untouched, and that omission hangs over an otherwise reasonable haul.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Sampson. Hamilton has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get an anchor for the offensive line, even if it was a touch early.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tre Harris
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tre Harris. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick79 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
A quiet steal in No. 79: Dylan Sampson for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick89 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 89 with a little surplus value in Ozzy Trapilo. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick166 Rnd5 Kyle Williams
Kyle Williams in pick 166 is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick236 Rnd7 Ty Hamilton
Ty Hamilton at slot 236 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick241 Rnd7 Jermari Harris
Jermari Harris slipping to the Round 7 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.