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Draft Selections
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (HOU)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Jo'Quavious Marks Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jo'Quavious Marks
RB Mississippi State
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tre Harris
WR Mississippi
Fentrell Cypress II Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (HOU)
Fentrell Cypress II
CB Florida State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Harris should have been long gone. The Texans pounced, and earned a B-.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Tre Harris, the No. 192 name on the board, sitting there at Round 7, Pick 20 like a gift left on the doorstep. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Reaching for Marks left real value on the table behind him.

On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In slot 24 they get a go-to option on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick53 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe in Round 2, Pick 21 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The roster fit checks out.
Pick95 Rnd3 Max Melton
No drama and no debate, Max Melton went about where he belonged in pick 95. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick121 Rnd4 Zach Frazier
Zach Frazier at the Round 4 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick124 Rnd4 Jo'Quavious Marks
Jo'Quavious Marks in No. 124 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick158 Rnd5 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
Fair-plus on Antwaun Powell-Ryland, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick240 Rnd7 Tre Harris
Tre Harris in pick No. 240 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick242 Rnd7 Fentrell Cypress II
Fentrell Cypress II in the 242nd overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.