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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Tyler Owens Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tyler Owens
S Texas Tech
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Texans a B.

The Texans treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending No. 188 on Frank Gore Jr. a full 38 spots early.

That Latu pick is the receipt they will wave around later. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through offensive lineman. Job largely done: running back settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but offensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Laiatu Latu
Laiatu Latu in pick No. 42 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Edgerrin Cooper at Round 2, Pick 27. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick86 Rnd3 Michael Hall Jr.
Michael Hall Jr. in the 86th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick123 Rnd4 Cam Hart
Cam Hart at the Round 4 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick127 Rnd4 Luke McCaffrey
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Luke McCaffrey well ahead of where he belonged. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick188 Rnd6 Frank Gore Jr.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Frank Gore Jr. in slot 188, miles early. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick247 Rnd7 Tyler Owens
A conviction pick on Tyler Owens at pick No. 247 that the board grades a round light. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.