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    Texans
Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
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
Jaheim Bell Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jaheim Bell
TE Florida State
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (HOU)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
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-
The Texans checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The Texans treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick 245 on Tanner McLachlan a full 45 spots early.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Legette falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In slot 23 they get a lockdown presence outside, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
Pick59 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
They robbed the room for Xavier Legette here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick85 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
They reached a country mile for Leonard Taylor III at the 85th overall pick, and the board is aghast. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick124 Rnd4 Sione Vaki
They went early on Sione Vaki in pick 124, and the value did not follow. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jaheim Bell
Jaheim Bell at Round 4, Pick 28 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick161 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
Nothing to complain about; Ty'Ron Hopper went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick236 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Blake Watson in Round 7, Pick 16 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick245 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
They left a pile of value on the table to take Tanner McLachlan this early at No. 245. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.