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Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Tyler Owens Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tyler Owens
S Texas Tech
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (HOU)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureD-
The Texans let Benson fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Texans were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

Landing Benson that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. Tagovailoa has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In the 23rd overall pick they get a red-zone target to build around at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick24 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In the 24th pick they get a load in the middle. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick41 Rnd2 Terrion Arnold
Terrion Arnold is a better player than the Round 2 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick58 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They read the board right and T'Vondre Sweat was the payoff at slot 58. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick59 Rnd2 Junior Colson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Junior Colson at Round 2, Pick 27 is the proof. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick86 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
A slide stopped in No. 86, with Xavier Legette worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick87 Rnd3 Calen Bullock
Calen Bullock at the 87th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick124 Rnd4 Trey Benson
A running back of that caliber at slot 124 is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick128 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Matt Goncalves at pick 128. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick236 Rnd7 Tyler Owens
Value with a capital V on Tyler Owens in No. 236, a genuine coup. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick245 Rnd7 Trevin Wallace
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Trevin Wallace in pick No. 245. It fills a real need, too.
Pick250 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
They reached into another round for Taulia Tagovailoa, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.