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Draft Selections
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (HOU)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (HOU)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Mitchell Evans Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (HOU)
Mitchell Evans
TE Notre Dame
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (HOU)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Jimmy Horn Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jimmy Horn Jr.
WR Colorado
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Evans: B.

The board owed the Texans one, and it paid up: Mitchell Evans, the No. 47 name on the board, sitting there at No. 120 like a gift left on the doorstep. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The running back spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Wide receiver 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.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Harold Perkins Jr.
In the 24th overall pick they get a downhill thumper at linebacker, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick41 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
The board had Kenneth Grant higher than Round 2, Pick 9, and the interior defensive lineman fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick56 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
Steal is underselling it; JT Tuimoloau at the 56th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick88 Rnd3 Xavier Nwankpa
Taking Xavier Nwankpa in No. 88 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick120 Rnd4 Mitchell Evans
Mitchell Evans in pick 120 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick155 Rnd5 Cobee Bryant
Cobee Bryant in the Round 5 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick216 Rnd7 Jimmy Horn Jr.
Value with a capital V on Jimmy Horn Jr. in pick No. 216, a genuine coup. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.