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Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Julius Welschof Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Julius Welschof
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Texans took Julius Welschof a full 81 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Wilson.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick 23 they get a press-man option on the boundary at a price that makes it sweeter. More want than need.
Pick59 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper in the 59th pick is fair value, right on his grade. The roster fit checks out.
Pick85 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
The board had Payton Wilson higher than Round 3, Pick 22, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick123 Rnd4 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha at slot 123 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick127 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
They reached into another round for Braelon Allen, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick164 Rnd5 De'Corian Clark
They talked themselves into De'Corian Clark at the 164th overall pick, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick239 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Tanner McLachlan at pick 239 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick248 Rnd7 Julius Welschof
They reached a country mile for Julius Welschof at slot 248, and the board is aghast. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.