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Draft Selections
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Marcus Mbow Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Marcus Mbow
OT Purdue
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans kept it disciplined and banked a B.

The Texans treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending Round 3, Pick 25 on Kyle Williams a full 82 spots early.

That Brooks pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Matthew Golden
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Matthew Golden at pick No. 25 is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick58 Rnd2 Marcus Mbow
They let Marcus Mbow come to them and pounced at the Round 2 slot. It fills a real need, too.
Pick79 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
Ozzy Trapilo in No. 79 is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick89 Rnd3 Kyle Williams
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kyle Williams this early at the 89th pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick166 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
This one needs a full-page explanation: Oronde Gadsden II in the 166th overall pick, miles early. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick236 Rnd7 Tahj Brooks
They robbed the room for Tahj Brooks here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick241 Rnd7 Donovan Edwards
Taking Donovan Edwards in pick 241 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.