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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Marcus Yarns Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Marcus Yarns
RB Delaware
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in Round 7, Pick 25 lands the Texans a B-, Reed and all.

The Texans spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Jaylen Reed, the No. 181 name on the board, in slot 241.

If Fairchild pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the 25th overall pick they get a run-stuffing presence up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Dylan Fairchild
They reached into another round for Dylan Fairchild, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick79 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
No drama and no debate, Ozzy Trapilo went about where he belonged in slot 79. The roster fit checks out.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Taking Jayden Higgins in No. 89 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick166 Rnd5 Emery Jones Jr.
Emery Jones Jr. in Round 5, Pick 28 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick236 Rnd7 Marcus Yarns
A straight-up fair deal on Marcus Yarns at pick 236, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick241 Rnd7 Jaylen Reed
Somehow Jaylen Reed was still sitting there in the Round 7 slot, and they pounced on premier safety value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.