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Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
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 Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall C+
ValueB NeedB TradesC+ FutureD
The Texans let Liufau fall into their laps, and walked away with a C+.

Thirty-one other rooms let Marist Liufau slide, and the Texans were the ones holding the card at pick No. 123. Highway robbery. A weekend of give and take that grades a C+.

The Clark pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. The Smith pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with interior defensive lineman and quarterback still on the board.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick No. 23 they get a potential shutdown corner at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick24 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a premier pass rusher, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick59 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
A reach for Payton Wilson in pick 59; a little patience would have been rewarded. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick85 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went DT-EDGE with Maason Smith while clear needs at interior defensive lineman and quarterback sat open.
Pick87 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
A conviction pick on Blake Fisher at slot 87 that the board grades a round light. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick123 Rnd4 Marist Liufau
A linebacker of that caliber at No. 123 is the definition of value, full stop. The roster fit checks out.
Pick127 Rnd4 Mohamed Kamara
The board had Mohamed Kamara higher than the Round 4 slot, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick164 Rnd5 De'Corian Clark
A wild overpay on De'Corian Clark in the 164th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick239 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Blake Watson in the 239th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick248 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Value said wait; Tanner McLachlan in Round 7, Pick 28 says they were not listening. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.