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Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (HOU)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (HOU)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Jase McClellan Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jase McClellan
RB Alabama
Draft Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (KC)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (KC)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Draft Picks Traded
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (DAL)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
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Travis Etienne Jr.
RB
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Trey Smith
OG
Players traded away
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Austin Deculus
OT
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Dameon Pierce
RB
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Davis Mills
QB
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Kenyon Green
OG
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureC
The Texans let Hopper fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Ty'Ron Hopper, the No. 153 name on the board, sitting there at slot 239 like a gift left on the doorstep.

They will need Jones to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the Round 1 slot they get juice off the edge, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick59 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
They will replay Xavier Legette at pick No. 59 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick63 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
A quiet steal in slot 63: Ja'Tavion Sanders for less than the market said. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick70 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at pick 70 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick85 Rnd3 Junior Colson
A tidy bit of business in the 85th pick, where Junior Colson graded well above the range. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick87 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at Round 3, Pick 24 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick123 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
Kris Abrams-Draine in the 123rd overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick127 Rnd4 James Williams
They paid sticker price for James Williams in No. 127, and that is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick164 Rnd5 Christian Jones
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Christian Jones well ahead of where he belonged. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick239 Rnd7 Ty'Ron Hopper
Taking Ty'Ron Hopper in pick No. 239 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick248 Rnd7 Jase McClellan
Jase McClellan in No. 248 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.