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Draft Selections
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Adisa Isaac Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Adisa Isaac
DE-EDGE Penn State
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Dameon Pierce
RB
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Jonathan Greenard
EDGE
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Robert Woods
WR
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall C-
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureD
The phones sank the Texans this weekend: C-.

The De'Corian Clark pick is the one that will follow the Texans into the fall. They took him 36 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. It washes out to a C-, no better and no worse.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. The Isaac value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

The offensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

If Brock Bowers and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In the 23rd overall pick they get a moveable chess piece at tight end, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick24 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In slot 24 they get a premier pass rusher, even if it was a touch early. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
No drama and no debate, Edgerrin Cooper went about where he belonged in pick 59. It fills a real need, too.
Pick60 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on T'Vondre Sweat. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick85 Rnd3 Adisa Isaac
They will replay Adisa Isaac at No. 85 for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick87 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
You do not let a cornerback like Caelen Carson reach the Round 3 slot and blink. They did not. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick123 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha at pick No. 123 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick127 Rnd4 Will Shipley
By-the-book stuff, Will Shipley at slot 127 squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick164 Rnd5 De'Corian Clark
They reached a country mile for De'Corian Clark at the 164th pick, and the board is aghast. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick239 Rnd7 Xavier Thomas
A premium they did not need to pay, Xavier Thomas a notch or two before his time. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick248 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
Somehow Taulia Tagovailoa was still sitting there in No. 248, and they pounced on premier quarterback value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.