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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Texans: B.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Thor Griffith at Round 7, Pick 25 is 67 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Egbuka at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In the 25th overall pick they get a moveable chess piece at tight end, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka in the 58th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick89 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 89 with a little surplus value in Donovan Jackson. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick127 Rnd4 Savion Williams
They robbed the room for Savion Williams here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick167 Rnd5 Jordan Hancock
They reached into another round for Jordan Hancock, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick243 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
A real head-scratcher, Thor Griffith in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.