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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Garrett Dellinger Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Garrett Dellinger
OG LSU
Cam Horsley Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Cam Horsley
DT Boston College
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Garrett Dellinger in No. 236, a good 57 spots before the room expected him.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. That is an offensive lineman worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

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

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In the 25th overall pick they get a run-stuffing presence up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at No. 58 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick79 Rnd3 Cameron Williams
A quiet steal in slot 79: Cameron Williams for less than the market said. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jared Wilson
Jared Wilson in pick No. 89 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick166 Rnd5 DJ Giddens
They paid sticker price for DJ Giddens in pick 166, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick236 Rnd7 Garrett Dellinger
A wild overpay on Garrett Dellinger in the Round 7 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick241 Rnd7 Cam Horsley
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cam Horsley. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.