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Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans robbed the room for Skattebo. Final grade: B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Cam Skattebo, the No. 110 name on the board, stolen at the Round 7 slot. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

Leaving wide receiver unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. If Jackson pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the 25th pick they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick58 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson in slot 58 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick89 Rnd3 Malaki Starks
You do not let a safety like Malaki Starks reach the Round 3 slot and blink. They did not. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick126 Rnd4 Gunnar Helm
Gunnar Helm at pick No. 126 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick165 Rnd5 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles at Round 5, Pick 28 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Pick241 Rnd7 Cam Skattebo
Circle this one: Cam Skattebo at the 241st overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.