Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2020Florida
James Houston IV
LB • 6'1" • 240 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
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James Houston IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
57
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
44
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
James Houston IV built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 41, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of James Houston IV's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 39
- Overall
- No. 217
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
James Houston IV, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Florida. James Houston IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.1 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Florida · LB
- Career Tackles
- 101
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Florida
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · American Heritage · Florida
- High school pipeline
- American Heritage · 80 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 6 · Pick 39 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Junior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · LB 262nd (top 24%) · SEC 88th (top 15%) · National 555th (top 11%)
James Houston IV played LB for Florida. Across 3 tracked seasons, James Houston IV recorded 101 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Florida.
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