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  • sdcleveland DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Jared Ivey Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jared Ivey
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Pat Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Pat Bryant
WR Illinois
Alijah Huzzie Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Alijah Huzzie
CB North Carolina
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Texans.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Omarion Hampton, Round 2, Pick 26, roughly 28 picks past where he belonged. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

Every board in the league had Conner 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.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with running back chief among the fixes.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In slot 25 they get a seam-stretching tight end, and a steal at that.
Pick58 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Taking Omarion Hampton in the Round 2 slot is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick79 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
The board had Jalen Royals higher than the Round 3 slot, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jared Ivey
They read the board right and Jared Ivey was the payoff at pick No. 89. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick166 Rnd5 Pat Bryant
Pat Bryant slipping to the 166th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick236 Rnd7 Alijah Huzzie
Alijah Huzzie in Round 7, Pick 20 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick241 Rnd7 Hayden Conner
They left a pile of value on the table to take Hayden Conner this early at pick 241. The roster fit checks out.