East Tennessee State University

Awards & Honors

• SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 1, 2025)
• 2025 Preseason All-SoCon First Team
• 2025 Preseason SoCon Offensive Player of the Year & All-SoCon First Team by Phil Steele 

2024 Season (RS-Junior) - Houston played in 10 of 12 games for the Bucs during his first season in Johnson City in 2024...The Roanoke, Alabama native averaged 5.4 yards per carry on the season and finished second on the team with 648 rushing yards...Had three games where he passed 100 yards rushing...Ran for a season-high 126 yards in the season opener at Appalachian State...In that game against the Mountaineers, Houston ripped off an 80-yard touchdown run, which was the longest run by a Buc in 2024...Got into the end zone against Western Carolina and Furman...Ran for 103 yards against Furman and followed that with a 104-yard effort to close out the season at VMI...Caught five passes for 23 yards on the season and also returned a pair of kicks for 50 yards (25.0 avg.) as well. 

Prior to ETSU - Transfer from UConn...Played three seasons with the Huskies...Had 122 carries for 749 rushing yards and three touchdowns in 23 career games...Hauled in 25 catches for 209 yards and one touchdown...Rushed for 135 yards at FIU on Oct. 8, 2022...Played for Tony Whidden at Handley High School.