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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Jase McClellan Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jase McClellan
RB Alabama
Eric Gentry Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (HOU)
Eric Gentry
LB USC
Draft Picks Traded
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Players Gained
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John Franklin-Myers
EDGE
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Texans let Egbuka fall into their laps, and walked away with a B+.

Somebody in pick 53 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Texans sat still while Emeka Egbuka, the No. 23 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

They are betting Gentry proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The John Franklin-Myers deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
They took Dallas Turner at par in the Round 1 slot, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick53 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
You do not let a wide receiver like Emeka Egbuka reach pick 53 and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick121 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher at pick No. 121 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick124 Rnd4 Jason Marshall Jr.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jason Marshall Jr. at No. 124 is the proof. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick158 Rnd5 T.J. Sanders
T.J. Sanders at Round 5, Pick 22 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick240 Rnd7 Jase McClellan
They paid sticker price for Jase McClellan in slot 240, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick242 Rnd7 Eric Gentry
A conviction pick on Eric Gentry at the 242nd pick that the board grades a round light. It fills a real need, too.