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Draft Selections
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Rod Moore Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (HOU)
Rod Moore
S Michigan
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (HOU)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Turner Corcoran Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (HOU)
Turner Corcoran
OT Nebraska
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in Round 4, Pick 24: the Texans steal Gabriel and grade out a B-.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Dillon Gabriel, the No. 79 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 4 slot like a gift left on the doorstep.

The cost of the Kiser reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Denzel Burke
In pick 24 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value.
Pick41 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Kenneth Grant at pick No. 41 is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick56 Rnd2 Rod Moore
They paid a round early for Rod Moore in No. 56, more than the board wanted. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick88 Rnd3 Donovan Edwards
A reasonable price with a little left over, Donovan Edwards in the 88th pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick120 Rnd4 Dillon Gabriel
Taking Dillon Gabriel in the Round 4 slot is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. The roster fit checks out.
Pick155 Rnd5 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser at Round 5, Pick 27 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick216 Rnd7 Turner Corcoran
They left a pile of value on the table to take Turner Corcoran this early at slot 216. A need, and now a little less of one.