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Draft Selections
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Landon Jackson
DE-EDGE Arkansas
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jordan Hancock
CB Ohio State
Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (HOU)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jamaree Caldwell
DT Oregon
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (HOU)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans let Castro fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Sebastian Castro tumbling to the Texans in pick 120 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. They are betting Hancock proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Harold Perkins Jr.
The board had Harold Perkins Jr. higher than pick No. 24, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick41 Rnd2 Landon Jackson
Landon Jackson in the Round 2 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jordan Hancock
A reach for Jordan Hancock in the 56th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick88 Rnd3 Josh Simmons
They read the board right and Josh Simmons was the payoff at No. 88. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick120 Rnd4 Sebastian Castro
They barely believed it either: Sebastian Castro still on the board at slot 120. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick155 Rnd5 Jamaree Caldwell
They liked Jamaree Caldwell enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 155. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick216 Rnd7 Oronde Gadsden II
The board had cheaper options than Oronde Gadsden II at the 216th overall pick, and it noticed. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.