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Draft Selections
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans land in the muddy middle: C+.

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 89th pick, a good 85 spots before the room expected him. It lands right in the middle: a C+, no more, no less.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Winston Jr.. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

They went 5 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.

The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In the 25th pick they get a building block for the line, even if it was a touch early.
Pick58 Rnd2 Jordan Phillips
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jordan Phillips in pick No. 58, miles early. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick89 Rnd3 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in No. 89 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick127 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
The board fumbled Kevin Winston Jr. all the way to Round 4, Pick 26, and they scooped it up. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick167 Rnd5 Raheim Sanders
Raheim Sanders at slot 167 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick243 Rnd7 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
Somehow Jamon Dumas-Johnson was still sitting there in the Round 7 slot, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. A need, and now a little less of one.