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Draft Selections
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Gordon II fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The Texans spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Ollie Gordon II, the No. 174 name on the board, in the 241st overall pick. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Running back was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks in the Round 1 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick58 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins in slot 58 is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick89 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge at pick 89 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick126 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
Tez Johnson in No. 126 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick165 Rnd5 Jared Wilson
Taking Jared Wilson in Round 5, Pick 28 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick241 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
They will replay Ollie Gordon II at pick No. 241 for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.