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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (HOU)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (HOU)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (HOU)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (HOU)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The Texans clearly saw something nobody else did in Leonard Taylor III, taking him 28 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Turner.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the 23rd pick they get a problem off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick59 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in the 59th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick85 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Leonard Taylor III. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick124 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
No drama and no debate, Kris Abrams-Draine went about where he belonged in No. 124. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick128 Rnd4 Sataoa Laumea
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 4 slot with a little surplus value in Sataoa Laumea. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick161 Rnd5 Braelon Allen
A straight-up fair deal on Braelon Allen at Round 5, Pick 25, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick236 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Brevyn Spann-Ford. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick245 Rnd7 Trey Taylor
They went early on Trey Taylor in the Round 7 slot, and the value did not follow. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.