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Draft Selections
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (HOU)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (HOU)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (HOU)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (HOU)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (HOU)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (HOU)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (HOU)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Robert Lewis Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (HOU)
Robert Lewis
WR Georgia State
Draft Picks Received
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DAL)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (PHI)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (DET)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIA)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (DET)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
Players Gained
Head Shot
Nakobe Dean
LB
Head Shot
C.J. Gardner-Johnson
S
Head Shot
Jalen Ramsey
CB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Austin Deculus
OT
Head Shot
Davis Mills
QB
Head Shot
Kenyon Green
OG
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall C+
ValueB- NeedB TradesD- FutureB-
The Texans won the night they stopped Burke from sliding. Grade: C+.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Denzel Burke, the No. 61 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 3 slot like a gift left on the doorstep. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They are betting Milton III proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Ja'Tavion Sanders
In pick 30 they get a matchup weapon at tight end. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
Xavier Worthy at pick No. 33 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick49 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
No drama and no debate, Cooper Beebe went about where he belonged in slot 49. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick92 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing TreVeyon Henderson in the Round 3 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick93 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Denzel Burke in the 93rd pick, plain and simple. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick97 Rnd3 Tyler Davis
A straight-up fair deal on Tyler Davis at the 97th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick117 Rnd4 Junior Colson
They took Junior Colson at par in Round 4, Pick 17, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick126 Rnd4 James Williams
James Williams in No. 126 is fair value, right on his grade. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick127 Rnd4 Beaux Limmer
They paid a round early for Beaux Limmer in No. 127, more than the board wanted. The roster fit checks out.
Pick154 Rnd5 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Antwaun Powell-Ryland at slot 154 is the proof. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick166 Rnd5 Joe Milton III
Value said wait; Joe Milton III in the 166th overall pick says they were not listening. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick234 Rnd7 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark at pick No. 234 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick238 Rnd7 Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis at Round 7, Pick 18 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.