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Draft Selections
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Desmond Watson Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Desmond Watson
DT Florida
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Texans did exactly that with Jalen Travis in slot 241.

That Arroyo pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Jalon Walker
In the 25th pick they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker. A real need, handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at No. 58 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick79 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge is a better player than pick 79 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick89 Rnd3 Elijah Arroyo
Elijah Arroyo slipping to slot 89 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick166 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the Round 5 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick236 Rnd7 Desmond Watson
A tidy little value on Desmond Watson in Round 7, Pick 20, a step better than break-even. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick241 Rnd7 Jalen Travis
Jalen Travis in pick 241 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.