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Draft Selections
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
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
Collin Oliver Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Collin Oliver
LB-EDGE Oklahoma State
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall C+
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A weekend that raised as many questions as it answered. The Texans get a C+.

The tape said wait; the Texans did not. Collin Oliver went at pick 236, a good 56 picks before the board was ready. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Williams. Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

If Jayden Higgins and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Jayden Higgins
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a home-run threat at receiver, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick58 Rnd2 Deone Walker
Value said wait; Deone Walker in pick No. 58 says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick79 Rnd3 Cameron Williams
They let Cameron Williams come to them and pounced at slot 79. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jared Wilson
They paid a round early for Jared Wilson in No. 89, more than the board wanted. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick166 Rnd5 DJ Giddens
A straight-up fair deal on DJ Giddens at the Round 5 slot, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick236 Rnd7 Collin Oliver
Collin Oliver at the 236th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick241 Rnd7 Hayden Conner
They left a pile of value on the table to take Hayden Conner this early at the 241st overall pick. The roster fit checks out.