This was a draft that had few dead-lock cinch guys but was deep in "3/4" guys - guys who are 3/4ths of an NFL stud but you just don't know about the other 1/4th. We got four guys who are generally thought of as solid but perhaps lack some speed or lack some size or lack some maturity, etc. How well the Texans can coach up the 1/4th will determine whether these were great picks or not.
Since I am among those throwing out the ACC card, it should be noted that, in the Rick Smith years (Okoye and forward), the #1 picks have been more evenly distributed:
Okoye - Big East
D. Brown - ACC
Cushing - Pac 12
Jackson - SEC
Watt - Big 10
Mercilus - Big 10
Hopkins - ACC
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