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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The tape said wait; the Texans did not. De'Corian Clark went at No. 127, a good 73 picks before the board was ready.

On value alone, Shipley makes the weekend a net positive. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In slot 23 they get a press-man option on the boundary, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
Pick59 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson at the Round 2 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick85 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
They left a pile of value on the table to take Leonard Taylor III this early at pick 85. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick123 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
They liked Malik Mustapha enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 123. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick127 Rnd4 De'Corian Clark
A swing that ignored the value entirely, De'Corian Clark well ahead of where he belonged. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick164 Rnd5 Will Shipley
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Will Shipley in the 164th overall pick, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Value with a capital V on Blake Watson in Round 7, Pick 19, a genuine coup. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick248 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
A wild overpay on Tanner McLachlan in pick No. 248, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.