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Draft Selections
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
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
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (HOU)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (HOU)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Preston Stone Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (HOU)
Preston Stone
QB SMU
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in Round 5, Pick 27 lands the Texans a B-, Davis and all.

Thirty-one other rooms let J.C. Davis slide, and the Texans were the ones holding the card at Round 5, Pick 27. Highway robbery. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Kevin Winston Jr.
In No. 24 they get a centerfielder for the defense at fair value. More want than need.
Pick41 Rnd2 Landon Jackson
A reasonable price with a little left over, Landon Jackson in the Round 2 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jordan Hancock
They paid sticker price for Jordan Hancock in slot 56, and that is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick88 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
They robbed the room for Isaiah Bond here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick120 Rnd4 Jay Higgins
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jay Higgins at pick 120 is the proof. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick155 Rnd5 J.C. Davis
They barely believed it either: J.C. Davis still on the board at the 155th overall pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick216 Rnd7 Preston Stone
Preston Stone at Round 7, Pick 24 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.