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Draft Selections
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (HOU)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
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
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Draft Picks Received
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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Dameon Pierce
RB
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Davis Mills
QB
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Jonathan Greenard
EDGE
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureD-
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Texans to a D.

The Texans lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again. Hard to defend, and the D reflects that.

They punted on offensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They are betting McLachlan proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Bowers. Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, offensive lineman very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In slot 23 they get a seam-stretching tight end, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
Pick24 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get an island corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick25 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In the Round 1 slot they get a problem off the edge, even if it was a touch early. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick59 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
No edge and no loss on T'Vondre Sweat in the 59th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick85 Rnd3 Marist Liufau
Marist Liufau at the 85th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The roster fit checks out.
Pick87 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Malachi Corley in pick 87. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick123 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha at pick No. 123 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick127 Rnd4 Will Shipley
They took Will Shipley at par in No. 127, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick164 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zion Tupuola-Fetui. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick239 Rnd7 Xavier Thomas
They paid up for Xavier Thomas at the 239th overall pick when waiting would have done the job. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick248 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tanner McLachlan in the Round 7 slot, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.