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Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Darrell Jackson Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Darrell Jackson Jr.
DT Florida State
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
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-
Gordon II should have been long gone. The Texans pounced, and earned a B-.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Ollie Gordon II, the No. 165 name on the board, sitting there at Round 7, Pick 27 like a gift left on the doorstep.

Every board in the league had Jackson lower, and that gap is the story. The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge in Round 1, Pick 25 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick57 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at pick 57 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick89 Rnd3 Darrell Jackson Jr.
Darrell Jackson Jr. at pick No. 89 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick126 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
Taking Andrew Mukuba in No. 126 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick164 Rnd5 Eli Stowers
They took Eli Stowers at par in slot 164, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick241 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
The board fumbled Ollie Gordon II all the way to the 241st pick, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.