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Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (HOU)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (HOU)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (KC)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (CLE)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (CLE)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (CLE)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
Tatum Bethune Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (KC)
Tatum Bethune
LB Florida State
Arik Gilbert Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (KC)
Arik Gilbert
TE Nebraska
Players traded away
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Dameon Pierce
RB
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Jerry Hughes
EDGE
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Robert Woods
WR
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall D+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Texans robbed the room for Coleman. Final grade: D+.

Somebody took the Texans to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. The math is unkind, and the D+ follows.

It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Texans had louder needs to answer first. Every board in the league had Tupuola-Fetui lower, and that gap is the story. Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

On value alone, Coleman makes the weekend a net positive.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In No. 27 they get a disruptor off the edge, though they paid up to get him. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick53 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
Circle this one: Keon Coleman at the Round 2 slot is a fall that decides a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick88 Rnd3 Trey Benson
Trey Benson in the 88th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick89 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 89th pick on Maason Smith with interior defensive lineman, quarterback and other spots unsolved.
Pick90 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
Malachi Corley at pick No. 90 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick121 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni in pick 121 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It fills a real need, too.
Pick127 Rnd4 Jaden Hicks
A straight-up fair deal on Jaden Hicks at pick 127, value and slot in agreement. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick138 Rnd5 Nehemiah Pritchett
They did well to land Nehemiah Pritchett in No. 138, just ahead of his grade. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick158 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
A real head-scratcher, Zion Tupuola-Fetui in the 158th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick199 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
Michael Barrett is a better player than slot 199 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It patches a soft spot without any drama.