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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
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Garrett Dellinger Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Garrett Dellinger
OG LSU
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Carter: B.

Somebody in pick 164 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Texans sat still while Barrett Carter, the No. 86 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

The cost of the Dellinger reach is exactly the players who went right after him. For all the activity, wide receiver went untouched, which is hard to explain. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In pick No. 25 they get a centerpiece for the ground game, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
They robbed the room for Tyler Booker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick89 Rnd3 Tyleik Williams
Tyleik Williams in the 89th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick126 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Kevin Winston Jr. at No. 126 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick164 Rnd5 Barrett Carter
Circle this one: Barrett Carter at the 164th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick241 Rnd7 Garrett Dellinger
Garrett Dellinger in slot 241 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.