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Draft Selections
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Gordon II fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

When a board-topper like Ollie Gordon II slides to No. 241, you do not overthink it, and the Texans did not. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

They are betting Capehart proves the room right and everyone else wrong. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker in No. 25 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The roster fit checks out.
Pick57 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge in the 57th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick89 Rnd3 DeMonte Capehart
DeMonte Capehart at the Round 3 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick126 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
A safety of that caliber at Round 4, Pick 25 is the definition of value, full stop. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick164 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
They robbed the room for Smael Mondon Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick241 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
They barely believed it either: Ollie Gordon II still on the board at slot 241. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.