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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Abdul Carter
LB Penn State
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (HOU)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kaimon Rucker
DE-EDGE North Carolina
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (HOU)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (HOU)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Texans for Rucker: B.

The Texans did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Kaimon Rucker fell into Round 4, Pick 24. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

That running back hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Collins pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In slot 24 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece. A real need, handled.
Pick41 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Circle this one: Emeka Egbuka at the 41st overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick56 Rnd2 Andrew Mukuba
They went early on Andrew Mukuba in the 56th pick, and the value did not follow. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick88 Rnd3 Jason Marshall Jr.
They took Jason Marshall Jr. at par in Round 3, Pick 24, which is nothing to complain about. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick120 Rnd4 Kaimon Rucker
Taking Kaimon Rucker in pick 120 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick155 Rnd5 Alfred Collins
They reached a country mile for Alfred Collins at the Round 5 slot, and the board is aghast. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick216 Rnd7 Xavier Truss
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Xavier Truss at pick No. 216 is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.