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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Trajan Jeffcoat Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Trajan Jeffcoat
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans kept it disciplined and banked a B.

The Texans treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 247th overall pick on Trajan Jeffcoat a full 61 spots early. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Mitchell. The Hart pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with offensive lineman, quarterback and other spots still on the board. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through offensive lineman.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Terrion Arnold
Steal is underselling it; Terrion Arnold at the 42nd pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick59 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell at slot 59 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick86 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at No. 86 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick123 Rnd4 Cam Hart
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went cornerback with Cam Hart while clear needs at offensive lineman, quarterback and other spots sat open.
Pick127 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Isaac Guerendo. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick188 Rnd6 Ty'Ron Hopper
Good price on Ty'Ron Hopper in the 188th overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick247 Rnd7 Trajan Jeffcoat
Trajan Jeffcoat at slot 247 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.