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Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Omarr Norman-Lott Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT Tennessee
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B+
ValueA+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans won the night they stopped Stowers from sliding. Grade: B+.

The Texans did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Eli Stowers fell into pick No. 241. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.

A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In pick No. 25 they get an every-down engine for the run game, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick57 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
They robbed the room for Tyler Booker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
Pick89 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Tate Ratledge in the Round 3 slot, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick126 Rnd4 Omarr Norman-Lott
Omarr Norman-Lott at pick 126 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick164 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. in slot 164 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick241 Rnd7 Eli Stowers
The board fumbled Eli Stowers all the way to the 241st pick, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.