Last confirmed: USC, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 220 lb · Carson, CA
John Houston Jr.: LB · USC · #10.
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John Houston Jr.
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the USC linebacker corps. On tape: 13 tackles against Fresno State, Week 1, 2019.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
104 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16
Sports Illustrated Oct 13Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-23vs Fresno State | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-20vs No. 23 Stanford | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 27-30@ BYU | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-23vs No. 10 Utah | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-28@ No. 17 Washington | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-30@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 8 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-14vs Arizona | 8 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 9 | W 35-31@ Colorado | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-56vs No. 7 Oregon | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-26@ Arizona State | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-17@ California | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-35vs UCLA | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-49@ No. 19 Iowa | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 104 | 64 | 7.0 | 2.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
104tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%7 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups104 tackles · 7 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Clay Helton — 34-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 8.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
57.8%
514 pass / 375 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
553 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
104 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at USC, 247 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Clay Helton.
