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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Ja'Quinden Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ja'Quinden Jackson
RB Arkansas
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans robbed the room for Jackson. Final grade: B.

The Texans did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Ja'Quinden Jackson fell into the Round 7 slot.

The Conner reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

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 pick they get a load in the middle. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick58 Rnd2 Elic Ayomanor
No edge and no loss on Elic Ayomanor in the Round 2 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick89 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
The board had Tate Ratledge higher than Round 3, Pick 25, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. It fills a real need, too.
Pick127 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
Circle this one: Malachi Moore at slot 127 is a fall that decides a draft. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick167 Rnd5 Hayden Conner
Hayden Conner at pick 167 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick243 Rnd7 Ja'Quinden Jackson
Taking Ja'Quinden Jackson in pick No. 243 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.