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Draft Selections
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (HOU)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (HOU)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (HOU)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (HOU)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (HOU)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Connor Colby
OT Iowa
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (HOU)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Moose Muhammad III Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (HOU)
Moose Muhammad III
WR Texas A&M
Draft Picks Received
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (SF)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (WSH)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (SEA)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (SEA)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (PHI)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (DET)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIA)
Connor Colby
OT Iowa
Draft Picks Traded
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (DET)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (WSH)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (SEA)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
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C.J. Gardner-Johnson
S
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Danielle Hunter
EDGE
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Rashaad Penny
RB
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Jalen Ramsey
CB
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Fred Warner
LB
Players traded away
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Austin Deculus
OT
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Brevin Jordan
TE
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Dameon Pierce
RB
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Davis Mills
QB
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Denzel Perryman
LB
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Jalen Pitre
S
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John Metchie III
WR
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Kenyon Green
OG
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Shaquill Griffin
CB
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Steven Nelson
CB
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Tytus Howard
OT
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall D-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureC+
The Texans won the night they stopped Muhammad III from sliding. Grade: D-.

Nobody else had Tahj Brooks anywhere near No. 154. The Texans did, by 41 spots, and that gap is the whole story. The process wobbled, and the D- is where it lands.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. Landing Muhammad III that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The Texans indulged a want in Smith while a need in edge rusher stayed open.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 T'Vondre Sweat
In slot 31 they get a disruptive interior force. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick33 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Nice patience on Emeka Egbuka, who had no business lasting to pick 33. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick37 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at the 37th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick49 Rnd2 Javon Foster
Javon Foster in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick77 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A curious use of Round 3, Pick 13. Edge rusher needed the pick; a DT-EDGE in Maason Smith did not.
Pick79 Rnd3 D.J. James
They took D.J. James at par in slot 79, which is nothing to complain about. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick97 Rnd3 Junior Colson
A big swing on Junior Colson at the 97th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick126 Rnd4 James Williams
James Williams at the 126th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick127 Rnd4 Cade Stover
Cade Stover in No. 127 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It fills a real need, too.
Pick154 Rnd5 Tahj Brooks
A real head-scratcher, Tahj Brooks in the Round 5 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick166 Rnd5 Connor Colby
Connor Colby is a better player than pick 166 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick234 Rnd7 Sam Hartman
Sam Hartman in pick No. 234 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick238 Rnd7 Moose Muhammad III
They robbed the room for Moose Muhammad III here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.