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After selecting three players on the second day of the draft, the Texans have six picks in the last four rounds.

The most pressing need entering the last day of the draft is quarterback. Don’t be surprised if general manager Rick Smith selects a quarterback in the fourth round – a compensatory pick awarded by the NFL.

“The big picture has gone very well,” Smith said. “There’s an obvious need (quarterback) we haven’t added, but we feel we’ve improved our team. We’ve gotten bigger, stronger and better.

“We’ve done a lot of work on quarterbacks. We’d like to draft one and develop him, but he’s got to have corresponding value.”

Smith traded fourth- and fifth-round picks to Philadelphia on Friday to move back into the third round to take Notre Dame nose tackle Louis Nix III, who was projected as a first- or second-round prospect.

By the time the Texans make their first pick today, the best quarterback prospects remaining — Tom Savage, Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger – could be off the board.

The Texans also have needs at right defensive end, right offensive tackle, free safety, cornerback, running back and inside linebacker.

Smith selected defensive end/outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney, left guard Xavier Su’a-Filo and tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz in the first three rounds. Then Smith made the deal with the Eagles to get Nix, who’ll be competing with veterans Jerrell Powe and Ricardo Mathews for the starting job.

Because they finished with the NFL’s worst record last season, the Texans entered the draft with the first selection in every round, but the Eagles will open the third day of the draft with the Texans’ pick acquired for Nix.

The Texans have one pick in the fourth round, none in the fifth, three in the sixth and two in the seventh.