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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans robbed the room for Tuten. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Bhayshul Tuten, the No. 158 name on the board, sitting there at No. 241 like a gift left on the doorstep. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

Every board in the league had Nwankpa lower, and that gap is the story. That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptive interior force. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
A slide stopped in the 58th pick, with Tyler Warren worth more than the price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick89 Rnd3 Luke Kandra
Value said wait; Luke Kandra in pick No. 89 says they were not listening. It fills a real need, too.
Pick126 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
They barely believed it either: Andrew Mukuba still on the board at No. 126. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick164 Rnd5 Xavier Nwankpa
A wild overpay on Xavier Nwankpa in the 164th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick241 Rnd7 Bhayshul Tuten
Bhayshul Tuten in Round 7, Pick 25 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.