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Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Tyler Owens Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tyler Owens
S Texas Tech
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Draft Picks Received
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureD
The Texans fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Texans would have aced it. Ty'Ron Hopper at slot 127 is 50 spots clear of where he belonged. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Greenfield. With quarterback unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In slot 23 they get a disruptive interior force. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick24 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In the 24th overall pick they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick59 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
Taking Ennis Rakestraw Jr. in Round 2, Pick 27 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick86 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback to take Mike Sainristil, a cornerback that was not the priority.
Pick87 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
They let Xavier Legette come to them and pounced at pick No. 87. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick123 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
Isaac Guerendo at pick 123 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick127 Rnd4 Ty'Ron Hopper
Ty'Ron Hopper at the 127th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick224 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
A straight-up fair deal on Tanner McLachlan at No. 224, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
Pick238 Rnd7 Tyler Owens
Tyler Owens slipping to slot 238 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick247 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
Garret Greenfield in pick 247 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.