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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Skattebo: B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Cam Skattebo, the No. 110 name on the board, stolen at No. 241. No fireworks, but a solid B.

Reaching for Jackson left real value on the table behind him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
Tetairoa McMillan in No. 25 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick58 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at pick 58 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick89 Rnd3 Armand Membou
Steal is underselling it; Armand Membou at the Round 3 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick126 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Circle this one: Kevin Winston Jr. at the 126th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick165 Rnd5 Danny Stutsman
Taking Danny Stutsman in slot 165 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick241 Rnd7 Cam Skattebo
They will replay Cam Skattebo at pick No. 241 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.