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Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Ty Hamilton Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ty Hamilton
DT Ohio State
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Texans.

The Texans spent real capital to be 44 picks early on Brashard Smith, and the board is going to hold them to it. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Running back is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tyler Booker
In slot 25 they get a building block for the line, though they paid up to get him.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tre Harris
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tre Harris. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick79 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
No drama and no debate, Ozzy Trapilo went about where he belonged in the 79th pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick89 Rnd3 Brashard Smith
Value said wait; Brashard Smith in pick 89 says they were not listening. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick166 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They paid up for Dont'e Thornton Jr. at No. 166 when waiting would have done the job. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick236 Rnd7 Ty Hamilton
They went early on Ty Hamilton in pick No. 236, and the value did not follow. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick241 Rnd7 Jabbar Muhammad
Jabbar Muhammad in the 241st pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A minor need, but a need all the same.