Usage / Role
55%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2011-2013Indiana
Stephen Houston
RB • 6'0" • Little Rock, AR, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Stephen Houston leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
77
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
68
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Stephen Houston built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a running back from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 12, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Stephen Houston's career was his backfield work:...
Read the storyStephen Houston, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Indiana. Stephen Houston leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,962
- Rushing yards
- 2,304
- Receiving yards
- 658
- Touchdowns
- 29
Quick Answers
Stephen Houston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,962
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Indiana
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Class 2013
- 2013 Scrimmage yards rank
- 866 scrimmage yards · RB 80th (top 16%) · Big Ten 18th (top 9%) · National 171st (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Indiana | 11 | 966 | 802 | 164 | 8 | 67.6 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Indiana | 12 | 1,130 | 749 | 381 | 16 | 73 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Indiana | 12 | 866 | 753 | 113 | 5 | 56.9 |
Related Context
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Stephen Houston played RB for Indiana. Across 3 tracked seasons, Stephen Houston recorded 2,304 rushing yards, 658 receiving yards, and 29 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Indiana paired 1,130 primary output with 51.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 53.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with 183 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
87.8
Efficiency
53.7
Usage
26.8
Consistency
54.6
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 49. South Carolina State: 21. North Texas: 40. Penn State: 63. Illinois: 138. Wisconsin: 135. Iowa: 73. Northwestern: 183. Ohio State: 56. Michigan State: 66. Purdue: 142
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ball State: 10 by 50.3. South Carolina State: 6 by 36.5. North Texas: 9 by 42.6. Penn State: 21 by 33.3. Illinois: 17 by 64.2. Wisconsin: 19 by 74. Iowa: 20 by 38.9. Northwestern: 22 by 84.3. Ohio State: 20 by 29.2. Michigan State: 15 by 37.6. Purdue: 9 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins21 · Games = 1 · -73.5 vs Losses
Losses94.5 · Games = 10 · +73.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
100 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Purdue100 rush yards | L 25-33 | 7 | 129 | 18.40 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15.8 |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Michigan State | L 3-55 | 13 | 40 | 3.10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 4.4 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Ohio State | L 20-34 | 20 | 56 | 2.80 | 1 | — | — | 2.8 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Northwestern100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 38-59 | 19 | 151 | 7.90 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 8.3 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Iowa2+ TD | L 24-45 | 19 | 72 | 3.80 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.6 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Wisconsin100 rush yards | L 7-59 | 19 | 135 | 7.10 | 1 | — | — | 7.1 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Illinois | L 20-41 | 14 | 68 | 4.90 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 8.1 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Penn State | L 10-16 | 18 | 60 | 3.30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ North Texas | L 21-24 | 7 | 27 | 3.90 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4.4 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs South Carolina State | W 38-21 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 1 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Ball State | L 20-27 | 9 | 43 | 4.80 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4.9 |
Player Story
Stephen Houston story
Stephen Houston built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a running back from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 12, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Stephen Houston's career was his backfield work: 2,304 rushing yards, 424 carries, 25 rushing touchdowns, and 658 receiving yards across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Indiana. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 658 receiving yards and 296 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Indiana.
The arc is straightforward: Stephen Houston moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Indiana
2011-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201120122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Indiana | 966 | 53.7 | 26.8 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Indiana | 1,130 | 51.5 | 27.5 | 164 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Indiana | 866 | 56.6 | 17.1 | -264 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northwestern
Week 9 · L 38-59 · Conference game
Loss with 183 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
183
Scrimmage Yards
94.7 takeover
183 scrimmage yards and 34.9 usage.
#2
vs Bowling Green
Week 3 · W 42-10
186
Scrimmage Yards
87.5 takeover
Win with 186 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
186 scrimmage yards and 21.9 usage.
#3
@ Purdue
Week 13 · L 35-56 · Conference game
253
Scrimmage Yards
87.2 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
253 scrimmage yards and 60.6 usage.
#4
@ Wisconsin
Week 7 · L 7-59 · Conference game
135
Scrimmage Yards
82.6 takeover
Loss with 135 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
135 scrimmage yards and 35.8 usage.
#5
vs Illinois
Week 11 · W 52-35 · Conference game
150
Scrimmage Yards
81.5 takeover
Win with 150 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
150 scrimmage yards and 27 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Indiana
1,130 primary output · 51.5 efficiency · 27.5 usage
73
#2
2011 Regular Season · Indiana
67.6
966 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 26.8 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Indiana
56.9
866 primary · 56.6 efficiency · 17.1 usage
Milestones
9
100+ rush yards
4
150+ scrimmage yards
7
2+ TD games
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