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Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Aaron Frost Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Aaron Frost
OT Arizona State
Draft Picks Received
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
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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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Dameon Pierce
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Denzel Perryman
LB
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Robert Woods
WR
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall C
ValueB NeedB TradesC- FutureF
The Texans landed square in the muddy middle: C.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Texans spent slot 164 on De'Corian Clark, a name most had 31 spots down the list. It lands right in the middle: a C, no more, no less.

The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Tagovailoa falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
Dallas Turner is a better player than the 23rd overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick24 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick25 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In the Round 1 slot they get a lockdown presence outside. More want than need.
Pick59 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
A reach for Payton Wilson in slot 59; a little patience would have been rewarded. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick85 Rnd3 Marist Liufau
Marist Liufau in pick 85 is fair value, right on his grade. It fills a real need, too.
Pick123 Rnd4 Will Shipley
Will Shipley at the 123rd pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick127 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha at Round 4, Pick 27 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick164 Rnd5 De'Corian Clark
A big swing on De'Corian Clark at slot 164, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick239 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
The board fumbled Taulia Tagovailoa all the way to pick 239, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick248 Rnd7 Aaron Frost
A clean, defensible pick in the 248th overall pick with a little surplus value in Aaron Frost. A need, and now a little less of one.