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Draft Selections
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Moose Muhammad III Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
Moose Muhammad III
WR Texas A&M
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Isaiah Williams Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (HOU)
Isaiah Williams
WR Illinois
Draft Picks Traded
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (PHI)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jason Kelce
C
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Texans robbed the room for Williams. Final grade: B+.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Texans came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. No fireworks, but a solid B+.

Getting Williams where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick53 Rnd2 Denzel Burke
Denzel Burke at the 53rd pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick88 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
They paid sticker price for TreVeyon Henderson in slot 88, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick121 Rnd4 Donovan Jackson
Good price on Donovan Jackson in the 121st overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It fills a real need, too.
Pick127 Rnd4 Junior Colson
Junior Colson slid further than he should have, and pick 127 is lovely value for the linebacker. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick158 Rnd5 Moose Muhammad III
A tidy little value on Moose Muhammad III in the Round 5 slot, a step better than break-even. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick239 Rnd7 Jordan Magee
Steal is underselling it; Jordan Magee at Round 7, Pick 19 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick242 Rnd7 Isaiah Williams
They barely believed it either: Isaiah Williams still on the board at the Round 7 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.