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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
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
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Mukuba fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

Call it larceny. Andrew Mukuba sat on the board until pick No. 126, and the Texans did not need to be asked twice. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the Round 1 slot they get a workhorse for the backfield, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker at the 57th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick89 Rnd3 Darrell Jackson Jr.
Darrell Jackson Jr. in slot 89 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick126 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
They will replay Andrew Mukuba at Round 4, Pick 25 for years; that is how good the value is. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick164 Rnd5 Eli Stowers
By-the-book stuff, Eli Stowers at pick No. 164 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick241 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
They paid sticker price for Shilo Sanders in No. 241, and that is fine. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.