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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Mason Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Mason Fairchild
TE Kansas
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

Some picks age like wine; Mason Fairchild at pick No. 248 will need to, sitting 52 spots clear of his grade. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Kinchens. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get juice off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick59 Rnd2 Kamren Kinchens
A safety of that caliber at the Round 2 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick85 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
A slide stopped in the 85th overall pick, with Payton Wilson worth more than the price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick123 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
Kris Abrams-Draine at slot 123 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick127 Rnd4 Will Shipley
A straight-up fair deal on Will Shipley at pick 127, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick164 Rnd5 Keith Randolph Jr.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Keith Randolph Jr. at No. 164 is the proof. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick239 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
Matthew Jones in Round 7, Pick 19 is fair value, right on his grade. The roster fit checks out.
Pick248 Rnd7 Mason Fairchild
They left a pile of value on the table to take Mason Fairchild this early at No. 248. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.