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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Utah Tech
Justin Houston
DB • 6'3" • 191 lbs • Gardena, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Justin Houston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Fresno State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Fresno State • Utah Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Player Story
Justin Houston built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Gardena, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with Fresno State and Utah Tech. The clearest part of Justin Houston's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Fresno State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Justin Houston, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Fresno State. Justin Houston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 70
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Justin Houston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah Tech · DB
- Career Tackles
- 70
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Fresno State
- Top game
- New Mexico
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Junipero Serra · Fresno State
- High school pipeline
- Clovis West · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Fresno State | 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 44.2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Fresno State | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Fresno State | 12 | 36 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 35.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Fresno State | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Fresno State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Fresno State | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Utah Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Justin Houston played DB for Fresno State and Utah Tech. Across 6 tracked seasons, Justin Houston recorded 70 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Fresno State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Fresno State paired 2 primary output with 12.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Fresno State, Utah Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Fresno State
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
12.2
Usage
7.9
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
UNLV
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Sacramento State: 0. New Mexico State: 1. UNLV: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Sacramento State: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 1 by 14.2. UNLV: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UNLV
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs UNLV
Player Story
Justin Houston story
Justin Houston built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Gardena, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with Fresno State and Utah Tech. The clearest part of Justin Houston's career was his defensive production: 70 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Justin Houston's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Fresno State
2020-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Utah Tech
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Fresno State | 3 | 21 | 5.4 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Fresno State | 3 | 15.4 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Fresno State | 3 | 15.4 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | 10.5 | 2.7 | -3 |
| 2023 Postseason | Fresno State | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Fresno State | 2 | 12.2 | 7.9 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Utah Tech | 0 | — | — | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ New Mexico
Week 15 · L 39-49 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
@ UNLV
Week 5 · L 14-59 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#3
vs New Mexico State
Week 3 · W 48-0
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Havoc Plays
51.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.
#4
@ San Diego State
Week 9 · W 30-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
48 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48 takeover score.
#5
vs UConn
Week 1 · W 45-0
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Havoc Plays
35.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Fresno State
2 primary output · 12.2 efficiency · 7.9 usage
52.5
#2
2020 Regular Season · Fresno State
44.2
3 primary · 21 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Fresno State
44.2
0 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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