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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Phil Mafah Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Phil Mafah
RB Clemson
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Texans: B-.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Jackson Slater at Round 3, Pick 25 is 60 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

However the rest shakes out, Nolen at that price is a win they earned. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In slot 25 they get a matchup weapon at tight end, and a steal at that.
Pick58 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Walter Nolen reach the 58th overall pick and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick79 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
Dylan Fairchild at pick 79 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jackson Slater
A real head-scratcher, Jackson Slater in the Round 3 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick166 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
A reach on Dont'e Thornton Jr. in pick No. 166; the board had better options right there. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick236 Rnd7 Phil Mafah
They read the board right and Phil Mafah was the payoff at the 236th pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick241 Rnd7 Jalen Travis
They reached into another round for Jalen Travis, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A need, and now a little less of one.