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So ends the Texans draft and I dare say this one was an absolute homerun of a draft:
1) Alec Ogletree - ILB, Georgia
2) Jesse Williams - NT, Alabama
3) Ryan Swope - SWR, Texas A&M
3b) Chris Faulk - OT, LSU
4) Alvin Bailey - G, Alabama
5) Chris Harper - WR, K-State
6) Rontez Miles - FS, Cal (PA)
6b) Steve Williams - NCB, Cal
7) Peter Lalich - QB, Cal (PA)
It's just a great mix of upside and stability. For every Ogletree that could be a character concern, there's a Williams that fell and seems rock solid. For every Faulk that may not recover from injury, there's a healthy Alvin Bailey that can play as a swing-guard on either side of the line.
There's even a toolsy developmental QB in Lalich. There are some much more highly touted guys on the board still, but I don't want to get into a UDFA war for Lalich when I think he has legit starter upside and should be able to push Yates for the backup role immediately (who I'm not impressed with).
It's not a quite a perfect draft, but as I go through my selections and the guys on the board at the time, I just don't see a way I would've preferred to do it, even in hindsight. It's a damn solid effort for a team that was in pretty good shape to begin with.
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