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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Jase McClellan Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jase McClellan
RB Alabama
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Franklin fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Troy Franklin had no business being available in the 59th pick, and the Texans did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

The cost of the Taylor III reach is exactly the players who went right after him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
A clean, defensible pick in No. 23 with a little surplus value in Terrion Arnold. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick59 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
Troy Franklin at Round 2, Pick 27 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick85 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
A wild overpay on Leonard Taylor III in the 85th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick123 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
They paid sticker price for Tommy Eichenberg in slot 123, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick127 Rnd4 Sataoa Laumea
Sataoa Laumea at the 127th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick164 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
Somehow Malik Mustapha was still sitting there in pick 164, and they pounced on premier safety value. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick239 Rnd7 Jase McClellan
Jase McClellan in the Round 7 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick248 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tanner McLachlan in pick No. 248, miles early. It fills a real need, too.