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Draft Selections
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (HOU)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (HOU)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
Trey Knox Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (HOU)
Trey Knox
TE South Carolina
KT Leveston Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
KT Leveston
OT Kansas State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Jones: B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Elijah Jones, the No. 193 name on the board, stolen at Round 7, Pick 4. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain. They are betting King proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

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

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

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In pick 23 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick59 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson slipping to the Round 2 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick86 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
A quiet steal in Round 3, Pick 23: Xavier Legette for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick122 Rnd4 McKinnley Jackson
No edge and no loss on McKinnley Jackson in the 122nd pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick126 Rnd4 Kalen King
The board had cheaper options than Kalen King at the 126th overall pick, and it noticed. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick224 Rnd7 Elijah Jones
Taking Elijah Jones in No. 224 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick238 Rnd7 Trey Knox
A straight-up fair deal on Trey Knox at pick No. 238, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick247 Rnd7 KT Leveston
Value with a capital V on KT Leveston in slot 247, a genuine coup. It fills a real need, too.