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Draft Selections
Tacario Davis Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tacario Davis
CB Arizona
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (HOU)
Landon Jackson
DE-EDGE Arkansas
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (HOU)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (HOU)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Ben Bywater Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ben Bywater
LB BYU
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans robbed the room for Smith. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Donovan Smith, the No. 111 name on the board, sitting there at slot 155 like a gift left on the doorstep. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Tacario Davis
In No. 24 they get a lockdown presence outside. Need was not the driver here.
Pick41 Rnd2 Tyleik Williams
A quiet steal in slot 41: Tyleik Williams for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick56 Rnd2 Landon Jackson
You do not let an edge rusher like Landon Jackson reach pick 56 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick88 Rnd3 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles at pick No. 88 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick120 Rnd4 J.C. Davis
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing J.C. Davis in the 120th overall pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick155 Rnd5 Donovan Smith
Donovan Smith in the 155th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick216 Rnd7 Ben Bywater
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ben Bywater. It fills a real need, too.