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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
LeQuint Allen Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (HOU)
LeQuint Allen
RB Syracuse
Desmond Watson Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Desmond Watson
DT Florida
Mac McWilliams Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Mac McWilliams
CB UCF
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (HOU)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
Draft Picks Received
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (LAC)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
LeQuint Allen Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (LAC)
LeQuint Allen
RB Syracuse
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (LAC)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
Draft Picks Traded
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (LAC)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Allen fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: LeQuint Allen, pick 181, roughly 42 picks past where he belonged.

They are betting Gadsden II proves the room right and everyone else wrong. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The skill positions did well by the weekend.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
Value with a capital V on Tetairoa McMillan in the Round 1 slot, a genuine coup. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick58 Rnd2 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson slid further than he should have, and Round 2, Pick 26 is lovely value for the running back. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick86 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
A clean, defensible pick in slot 86 with a little surplus value in Ozzy Trapilo. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick89 Rnd3 Charles Grant
No edge and no loss on Charles Grant in the 89th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It fills a real need, too.
Pick125 Rnd4 Kyle Williams
They took Kyle Williams at par in the 125th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick166 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II at pick 166 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick181 Rnd6 LeQuint Allen
Somehow LeQuint Allen was still sitting there in No. 181, and they pounced on premier running back value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick236 Rnd7 Desmond Watson
A straight-up fair deal on Desmond Watson at pick No. 236, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick241 Rnd7 Mac McWilliams
Mac McWilliams at pick No. 241 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick256 Rnd7 Teddye Buchanan
By-the-book stuff, Teddye Buchanan at pick 256 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.