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Draft Selections
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Rod Moore Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (HOU)
Rod Moore
S Michigan
Jacobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jacobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (HOU)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (HOU)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Nolan Rucci Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (HOU)
Nolan Rucci
OT Wisconsin
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Texans, and a B- to prove it.

The Texans spent real capital to be 43 picks early on Nolan Rucci, and the board is going to hold them to it. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

On value alone, Gabriel makes the weekend a net positive. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Harold Perkins Jr.
In No. 24 they get a green-dot type in the middle, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
Pick41 Rnd2 Jack Sawyer
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 2 slot with a little surplus value in Jack Sawyer. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick56 Rnd2 Rod Moore
They liked Rod Moore enough to skip the value, taking him in the 56th overall pick. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick88 Rnd3 Jacobee Bryant
Jacobee Bryant at pick No. 88 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick120 Rnd4 Dillon Gabriel
Dillon Gabriel at pick 120 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The roster fit checks out.
Pick155 Rnd5 T.J. Sanders
They reached into another round for T.J. Sanders, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick216 Rnd7 Nolan Rucci
A wild overpay on Nolan Rucci in the 216th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It patches a soft spot without any drama.