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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (HOU)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (HOU)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (HOU)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Reuben Fatheree II Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (HOU)
Reuben Fatheree II
OT Texas A&M
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Texans.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Texans took Ricky Pearsall at the 154th overall pick, roughly 46 spots before his name belonged.

They banked enough surplus on Noel to cover a lot of smaller sins. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the Round 1 slot they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick49 Rnd2 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at pick 49 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick92 Rnd3 Max Melton
Value said wait; Max Melton in Round 3, Pick 29 says they were not listening. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick117 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
Smael Mondon Jr. at the 117th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It fills a real need, too.
Pick126 Rnd4 Devin Neal
They reached into another round for Devin Neal, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick154 Rnd5 Ricky Pearsall
A big swing on Ricky Pearsall at the 154th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick234 Rnd7 Jaylin Noel
Circle this one: Jaylin Noel at slot 234 is a fall that decides a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick238 Rnd7 Reuben Fatheree II
Nothing to complain about; Reuben Fatheree II went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.