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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (HOU)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Texans: B-.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Texans started one anyway for Tanner McLachlan, 34 picks ahead of schedule.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Legette. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
In pick No. 23 they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick59 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
They will replay Xavier Legette at the Round 2 slot for years; that is how good the value is. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick85 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
They reached a country mile for Leonard Taylor III at Round 3, Pick 22, and the board is aghast. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick124 Rnd4 Sione Vaki
They went early on Sione Vaki in No. 124, and the value did not follow. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick128 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
Cedric Gray in the 128th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick161 Rnd5 Renardo Green
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Renardo Green in slot 161. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick236 Rnd7 Blake Watson
They did well to land Blake Watson in slot 236, just ahead of his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick245 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
A wild overpay on Tanner McLachlan in pick No. 245, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.