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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (HOU)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (HOU)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Tyrice Knight Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tyrice Knight
LB UTEP
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Players Gained
Head Shot
Dennis Daley
OG
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
Nobody dealt better than the Texans this weekend: B.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Texans came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Knight. Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In pick 27 they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick59 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat at No. 59 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick85 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
A tidy little value on Cooper Beebe in Round 3, Pick 22, a step better than break-even. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick90 Rnd3 Tykee Smith
No edge and no loss on Tykee Smith in the 90th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick104 Rnd4 Marshawn Kneeland
Marshawn Kneeland at the 104th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick123 Rnd4 Tyrice Knight
Nice patience on Tyrice Knight, who had no business lasting to the Round 4 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick127 Rnd4 Javon Foster
By-the-book stuff, Javon Foster at slot 127 squarely in line with his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick164 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright in pick No. 164 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick239 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
They paid sticker price for Joshua Cephus in Round 7, Pick 19, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick248 Rnd7 Zion Logue
No drama and no debate, Zion Logue went about where he belonged in pick No. 248. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.