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Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
David Ugwoegbu Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
David Ugwoegbu
OLB-EDGE Houston
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Texans, and a B- to prove it.

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Texans spent No. 247 on David Ugwoegbu, a name the board had a full 84 spots lower.

That running back hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. With running back, edge rusher and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them. That Melton pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
A clean, defensible pick in No. 42 with a little surplus value in Xavier Legette. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick59 Rnd2 Braden Fiske
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Braden Fiske. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick86 Rnd3 Max Melton
Max Melton slid further than he should have, and pick No. 86 is lovely value for the cornerback. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick123 Rnd4 Theo Johnson
No drama and no debate, Theo Johnson went about where he belonged in Round 4, Pick 23. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick127 Rnd4 Kalen King
A curious use of the 127th pick. Running back, edge rusher and other spots needed the pick; a cornerback in Kalen King did not.
Pick188 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford at the 188th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick247 Rnd7 David Ugwoegbu
David Ugwoegbu at Round 7, Pick 27 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It fits a board better than it fits this team.