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  • bill1963 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Tai Felton Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tai Felton
WR Maryland
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Kyle Monangai Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Kyle Monangai
RB Rutgers
Moliki Matavao Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Moliki Matavao
TE UCLA
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Texans.

The Moliki Matavao pick is the one that will follow the Texans into the fall. They took him 31 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Monangai. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In No. 25 they get a cornerstone up front, reach and all.
Pick58 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins in slot 58 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick79 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Donovan Jackson at the Round 3 slot. The roster fit checks out.
Pick89 Rnd3 Tai Felton
Tai Felton in the 89th overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick166 Rnd5 Bhayshul Tuten
Value with a capital V on Bhayshul Tuten in pick 166, a genuine coup. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick236 Rnd7 Kyle Monangai
A running back of that caliber at pick No. 236 is the definition of value, full stop. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick241 Rnd7 Moliki Matavao
They talked themselves into Moliki Matavao at the Round 7 slot, and the board did not agree. It fills a real need, too.