Usage / Role
19%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2014South Alabama
Kendall Houston
RB • 5'10" • Mobile, AL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Kendall Houston leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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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: 2014 Postseason · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Player Story
Kendall Houston built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a running back from Mobile, AL wearing No. 29, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Kendall Houston's career was his backfield...
Read the storyKendall Houston, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · South Alabama. Kendall Houston leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,191
- Rushing yards
- 1,131
- Receiving yards
- 60
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Kendall Houston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,191
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · South Alabama
- Top game
- Troy
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Class 2014
- 2014 Scrimmage yards rank
- 723 scrimmage yards · RB 113th (top 21%) · Sun Belt 23rd (top 12%) · National 247th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | South Alabama | 12 | 251 | 217 | 34 | 3 | 38.2 |
| 2013 Regular Season | South Alabama | 10 | 217 | 209 | 8 | 6 | 37.3 |
| 2014 Postseason | South Alabama | 13 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 64.9 |
| 2014 Regular Season | South Alabama | 13 | 670 | 652 | 18 | 1 | 64.9 |
Related Context
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Kendall Houston played RB for South Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kendall Houston recorded 1,131 rushing yards, 60 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
South Alabama paired 723 primary output with 51.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 51.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Win with 185 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Postseason · South Alabama
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
55.6
Efficiency
51.8
Usage
19
Consistency
53.4
Best Game by takeover score
Troy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 53. Kent State: 46. Mississippi State: 18. Georgia Southern: 38. Idaho: 37. App State: 15. Georgia State: 55. Troy: 185. Louisiana: 42. Arkansas State: 14. Texas State: 73. South Carolina: 68. Navy: 79
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bowling Green: 5 by 94.2. Kent State: 13 by 36.9. Mississippi State: 3 by 62.5. Georgia Southern: 7 by 56.5. Idaho: 9 by 42.8. App State: 4 by 39.1. Georgia State: 12 by 47.7. Troy: 19 by 90.6. Louisiana: 15 by 29.2. Arkansas State: 6 by 24.3. Texas State: 11 by 70.2. South Carolina: 17 by 43.2. Navy: 23 by 36
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins68.5 · Games = 6 · +23.9 vs Losses
Losses44.6 · Games = 7 · -23.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Troy
Best efficiency game
94.2 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/21 | @ Bowling Green | L 28-33 | 5 | 53 | 10.60 | 1 | — | — | 10.6 |
| Fri 11/28 | vs Navy | L 40-42 | 21 | 73 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.4 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ South Carolina | L 12-37 | 16 | 68 | 4.30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Texas State | W 24-20 | 10 | 68 | 6.80 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6.6 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Arkansas State | L 10-45 | 6 | 14 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Louisiana | L 9-19 | 15 | 42 | 2.80 | 0 | — | — | 2.8 |
| Fri 10/24 | vs Troy100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 27-13 | 18 | 178 | 9.90 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9.7 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Georgia State | W 30-27 | 12 | 55 | 4.60 | 0 | — | — | 4.6 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ App State | W 47-21 | 4 | 15 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Idaho | W 34-10 | 9 | 37 | 4.10 | 0 | — | — | 4.1 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Georgia Southern | L 6-28 | 7 | 38 | 5.40 | 0 | — | — | 5.4 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Mississippi State | L 3-35 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Kent State | W 23-13 | 13 | 46 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
Player Story
Kendall Houston story
Kendall Houston built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a running back from Mobile, AL wearing No. 29, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Kendall Houston's career was his backfield work: 1,131 rushing yards, 286 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 60 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 60 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kendall Houston's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Alabama
2012-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | South Alabama | 251 | 25.6 | 12.8 | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | South Alabama | 217 | 30.3 | 11.4 | -34 |
| 2014 Postseason | South Alabama | 723 | 51.8 | 19 | 506 |
| 2014 Regular Season | South Alabama | 723 | 51.8 | 19 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Troy
Week 9 · W 27-13 · Conference game
Win with 185 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
96.9 takeover
185 scrimmage yards and 35.8 usage.
#2
@ NC State
Week 3
130
Scrimmage Yards
84.6 takeover
Game with 130 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
130 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#3
vs UTSA
Week 1 · L 31-33
53
Scrimmage Yards
70.9 takeover
Loss with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
53 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
#4
vs Kent State
Week 8 · W 38-21
43
Scrimmage Yards
64.5 takeover
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43 scrimmage yards and 10.3 usage.
#5
@ Navy
Week 12 · L 14-42
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Scrimmage Yards
63.7 takeover
Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41 scrimmage yards and 21.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Postseason · South Alabama
723 primary output · 51.8 efficiency · 19 usage
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#2
2014 Regular Season · South Alabama
64.9
723 primary · 51.8 efficiency · 19 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · South Alabama
38.2
251 primary · 25.6 efficiency · 12.8 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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