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Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Omarr Norman-Lott Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT Tennessee
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Isaac TeSlaa Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Isaac TeSlaa
WR Arkansas
Cam Horsley Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Cam Horsley
DT Boston College
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall C+
ValueD+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Texans: C+.

Nobody else had Kyle Williams anywhere near the 79th pick. The Texans did, by 93 spots, and that gap is the whole story. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
In No. 25 they get a blindside protector, though they paid up to get him. A real need, handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Omarr Norman-Lott
A premium they did not need to pay, Omarr Norman-Lott a notch or two before his time. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick79 Rnd3 Kyle Williams
Kyle Williams in the Round 3 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick89 Rnd3 Emery Jones Jr.
Emery Jones Jr. at pick No. 89 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It fills a real need, too.
Pick166 Rnd5 DJ Giddens
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on DJ Giddens. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick236 Rnd7 Isaac TeSlaa
Isaac TeSlaa at slot 236 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick241 Rnd7 Cam Horsley
By-the-book stuff, Cam Horsley at the 241st overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.