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JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (HOU)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Phil Jurkovec Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Phil Jurkovec
QB Pittsburgh
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (HOU)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami (FL)
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
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The Texans won the night they stopped Shipley from sliding. Grade: B.

Call it larceny. Will Shipley sat on the board until Round 4, Pick 21, and the Texans did not need to be asked twice.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 JC Latham
In slot 27 they get protection for the quarterback, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick53 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette at No. 53 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick88 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson is a better player than Round 3, Pick 25 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
Pick121 Rnd4 Will Shipley
A running back of that caliber at pick 121 is the definition of value, full stop. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick127 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
The board fumbled Braelon Allen all the way to pick No. 127, and they scooped it up. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick158 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha at the 158th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick239 Rnd7 Phil Jurkovec
A quiet steal in the Round 7 slot: Phil Jurkovec for less than the market said. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick242 Rnd7 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo in the 242nd pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.