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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Khalid Duke Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Khalid Duke
DE-EDGE Kansas State
Jordan Whittington Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jordan Whittington
WR Texas
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Texans: B-.

The Khalid Duke pick is the one that will follow the Texans into the fall. They took him 25 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. The McLachlan pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with running back the one that mattered most.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In pick No. 23 they get an island corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick59 Rnd2 Kris Jenkins
A quiet steal in the 59th overall pick: Kris Jenkins for less than the market said. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick86 Rnd3 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright at No. 86 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the running back. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick124 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
A tidy bit of business in the Round 4 slot, where Matt Goncalves graded well above the range. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick128 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
No edge and no loss on Cedric Gray in slot 128; it is a wash and a sensible one. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick236 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Tanner McLachlan at pick 236 is the proof. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick245 Rnd7 Khalid Duke
They left a pile of value on the table to take Khalid Duke this early at Round 7, Pick 25. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick250 Rnd7 Jordan Whittington
Good price on Jordan Whittington in No. 250, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.