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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Abdul Carter
LB Penn State
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Mykel Williams Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (HOU)
Mykel Williams
DE-EDGE Georgia
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (HOU)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Riley Leonard Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (HOU)
Riley Leonard
QB Notre Dame
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (HOU)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Leonard fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Riley Leonard, slot 155, roughly 64 picks past where he belonged. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get the heartbeat of the defense. A real need, handled.
Pick41 Rnd2 Tyleik Williams
Tyleik Williams is a better player than the Round 2 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick56 Rnd2 Mykel Williams
Mykel Williams slipping to No. 56 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick88 Rnd3 Jason Marshall Jr.
They paid sticker price for Jason Marshall Jr. in pick 88, and that is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick120 Rnd4 Nick Emmanwori
Nick Emmanwori in pick No. 120 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick155 Rnd5 Riley Leonard
Riley Leonard in slot 155 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick216 Rnd7 Xavier Truss
Xavier Truss at the 216th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.