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Draft Selections
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (HOU)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Devin Culp Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Devin Culp
TE Washington
Draft Picks Received
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (SF)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (SF)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (ARI)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (SF)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (ARI)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Texans: B-.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Texans took Devin Culp at the 247th overall pick, roughly 56 spots before his name belonged. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

Landing McCaffrey that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. at the 42nd overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick63 Rnd2 Tyler Nubin
They robbed the room for Tyler Nubin here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick90 Rnd3 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes in pick No. 90 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It fills a real need, too.
Pick123 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at the Round 4 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick127 Rnd4 Isaiah Davis
Isaiah Davis at Round 4, Pick 27 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick131 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg at the 131st pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick162 Rnd5 Roger Rosengarten
Somehow Roger Rosengarten was still sitting there in the 162nd pick, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick188 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Luke McCaffrey in No. 188, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick247 Rnd7 Devin Culp
This one needs a full-page explanation: Devin Culp in Round 7, Pick 27, miles early. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.