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Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Phil Mafah Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Phil Mafah
RB Clemson
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Texans.

The Texans' one glaring miss is edge rusher, a need they left exactly as they found it. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

Reaching for Thornton Jr. left real value on the table behind him. The Mafah value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
In slot 25 they get a building block for the line, even if it was a touch early. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
A reach on Donovan Jackson in Round 2, Pick 26; the board had better options right there. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick79 Rnd3 Mason Taylor
By-the-book stuff, Mason Taylor at pick 79 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick89 Rnd3 Deone Walker
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 3 slot with a little surplus value in Deone Walker. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick166 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick No. 166 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick236 Rnd7 Cam Jackson
A straight-up fair deal on Cam Jackson at the 236th pick, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick241 Rnd7 Phil Mafah
Phil Mafah at No. 241 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.