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Draft Selections
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Nic Scourton Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Nic Scourton
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Josh Conerly Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (HOU)
Josh Conerly Jr.
OT Oregon
Drew Allar Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Drew Allar
QB Penn State
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (HOU)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (HOU)
Alfred Collins
DL Texas
Shawn Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (HOU)
Shawn Murphy
LB Alabama
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Sanders fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Shilo Sanders, pick 120, roughly 41 picks past where he belonged.

That running back hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They will need Murphy to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Denzel Burke
In pick 24 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value.
Pick41 Rnd2 Nic Scourton
You do not let an edge rusher like Nic Scourton reach Round 2, Pick 9 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick56 Rnd2 Josh Conerly Jr.
Nothing to complain about; Josh Conerly Jr. went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick88 Rnd3 Drew Allar
They let Drew Allar come to them and pounced at No. 88. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick120 Rnd4 Shilo Sanders
Somehow Shilo Sanders was still sitting there in the Round 4 slot, and they pounced on premier safety value. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick155 Rnd5 Alfred Collins
They jumped the gun on Alfred Collins, taking him earlier than his grade liked. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick216 Rnd7 Shawn Murphy
Shawn Murphy at slot 216 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.