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Draft Selections
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (HOU)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Graham Mertz Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Graham Mertz
QB Florida
Parker Brailsford Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Parker Brailsford
C Alabama
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Kaden Prather Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Kaden Prather
WR Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (TEN)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Parker Brailsford Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (TEN)
Parker Brailsford
C Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (TEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (TEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (TEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (TEN)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Players Gained
Head Shot
Tyjae Spears
RB
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueC NeedB TradesA- FutureB
The Texans did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

The Texans went off the board in a big way for Graham Mertz, 242 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

Getting Mills where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game. They left with running back solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick37 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Malaki Starks in the 37th overall pick. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick57 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
They let Jihaad Campbell come to them and pounced at No. 57. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick89 Rnd3 Graham Mertz
A real head-scratcher, Graham Mertz in pick 89 is miles ahead of his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick121 Rnd4 Parker Brailsford
By-the-book stuff, Parker Brailsford at slot 121 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick126 Rnd4 Donovan Edwards
A wild overpay on Donovan Edwards in pick No. 126, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick164 Rnd5 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills in the Round 5 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick241 Rnd7 Kaden Prather
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kaden Prather. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.